6B Parts LLC

6B Parts LLC, a woman-owned, small disadvantaged business and Black American-owned limited liability company based in Crete, Illinois, supplies precision mechanical components, fasteners, and sealing devices to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, operating across multiple small-business set-asides including Total Small Business designations on a portion of its portfolio.

6B Parts LLC operates exclusively as a prime contractor—181 recent awards, 100% prime—with no subcontract activity. The vendor specializes in standardized hardware and sealing components: gaskets, O-rings, plain seals, self-locking nuts, bolts, washers, fasteners, clips, retaining rings, and connector bodies. Representative work includes a $76,670 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Aviation for 697 shoulder bolts (October 2025), a $83,579 firm fixed-price order for self-locking inserts from DLA Land and Maritime (December 2025), a $41,600 purchase order for plain encased seals (November 2025), and a $39,100 order for clevis rod end components (May 2025). The vendor also holds multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $250,000 to $350,000, covering nonmetallic seals, gaskets, retainer packing, wiper rings, and related components with one-year terms and guaranteed minimum quantities.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. DLA Land and Maritime dominates at 109 awards and $7.1 million combined potential value (60% of the total portfolio); DLA Aviation represents 68 awards and $870 thousand (12%); DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment accounts for 4 awards and $16 thousand (0.2%). Both rankings align perfectly—no tension between volume and dollars. The vendor has served only three distinct customer agencies, all within the Defense Logistics Agency.

6B Parts LLC places work under single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime. The top vehicles in the source are individual IDCs (SPE7L126D60EB, SPE7L126D60RL, SPE7L126D60ZQ, SPE7L126D61AC, SPE7LX25D60PP) carrying one task order each with modest combined values. The vendor maintains four to five concurrent $250,000-to-$350,000 IDC positions, with awards spanning March 2025 through March 2026, all structured as one-year single-award vehicles for specific nonmetallic seals or gasket products under Total Small Business or full-and-open set-aside postures. Performance occurs entirely at 6B Parts LLC's Crete, Illinois facility; the vendor performs no work through subcontractors.

Activity accelerated into late 2025, then moderated in 2026. The vendor received 125 awards in 2025 and 56 in 2026 through April 1, reflecting heavy purchase-order volume from DLA through Q4 2025, followed by a transition to IDC-based ordering. Only one award (valued at $206 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window.

The vendor's footprint centers entirely on DLA's Land and Maritime and Aviation divisions, supplying firm fixed-price purchase orders and single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts for commodity-class fasteners, seals, and mechanical components. The category concentration shows balanced split between Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (52 awards) and Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (52 awards), with Hardware Manufacturing representing 28 additional awards. Top PSCs include Packing and Gasket Materials (48 awards), Nuts and Washers (29), and Commercial Hardware (24). The vendor competes full-and-open on most awards, though approximately 10–15% of its purchase orders and several IDCs carry Total Small Business set-aside designations reflecting its certified small-disadvantaged-business status. 6B Parts LLC has never held a federal contract vehicle (GWAC, BPA, or agency-wide IDIQ) and does not position itself as a subcontractor; the company's entire federal footprint is direct-prime supply to DLA for standardized parts fulfillment.