Purchase Order SPE7L126V1586

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime division, awarded a $2,043.38 firm fixed-price purchase order to Austin Hardware & Supply Inc. on November 3, 2025, for a slide section drawer component (NSN reference: 8511735799). Austin Hardware & Supply Inc., a small business wholesaler of specialty industrial and vehicular hardware based in Reading, Pennsylvania, is the prime contractor on this order with no identified subcontractors. The work will be performed in Reading, PA, with an ultimate completion date of March 9, 2026. This award includes no set-aside designation, though the company maintains an active Indefinite Delivery Contract for slide drawer extensions under the DLA's small business set-aside program.

This purchase order represents a routine procurement action within Austin Hardware & Supply Inc.'s established supplier relationship with the DLA, which has awarded the company over 200 individual purchase and delivery orders since 2007. The company specializes in providing mechanical and structural hardware components critical to military operations and equipment maintenance across aviation, land, and maritime platforms. Austin Hardware & Supply Inc. currently holds four active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the DLA, each valued at a $250,000 ceiling, demonstrating the company's strategic role in supporting recurring hardware supply requirements across the Department of Defense's logistics operations.