Purchase Order SPE8E425PQ492

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded a $2,880 purchase order to Rudy & Associates for metal bars under a firm fixed-price contract effective September 9, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 29, 2025. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas. Rudy & Associates, operated by Ernest Rudy III, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA-certified HUBZone firm specializing in the manufacture of military-specification metal products and components.

Rudy & Associates has a long-standing relationship with the DLA, with SAM.gov registration dating to 2002, and regularly supplies critical metallic components including bars, sheets, plates, tubes, and aviation-grade aluminum parts across the agency's Land and Maritime, Construction and Equipment, and Aviation divisions. The company maintains three Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the DLA Land and Maritime division, each valued at $250,000 and designated for total small business participation, which establish frameworks for supplying metal sheets and metallic tubing to DLA warehouses throughout the continental and outside continental United States. This purchase order represents a specific delivery order within the DLA's ongoing procurement strategy for specialized metal products necessary to maintain critical inventory levels.