Purchase Order SPE8E425V2093

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a $8,979 firm fixed-price purchase order to Rudy & Associates for metal bars on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 29, 2025. The contract, executed without set-aside designation, will be performed at the contractor's facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Rudy & Associates, operated by Ernest Rudy III, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and SBA-certified HUBZone firm specializing in manufacturing specialized metal products to military specifications, including metal bars, sheets, plates, tubes, and aviation-grade aluminum components.

The award reflects the DLA's ongoing procurement strategy to maintain critical inventory levels at Continental and Outside Continental United States warehouse locations through relationships with qualified small business suppliers. Rudy & Associates has demonstrated consistent capability as a metal component supplier to the Defense Logistics Agency since its SAM.gov registration in 2002, with a portfolio including three indefinite delivery contracts valued at $250,000 each for metal sheets and metallic tubing. This purchase order represents a discrete delivery of metal bar stock supporting the DLA's Land and Maritime, Construction and Equipment, and Aviation divisions' operational requirements.