ACE Aviation Service, Inc.

ACE Aviation Service, Inc., a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Oceanside, California, manufactures and supplies specialized aviation components and mechanical hardware to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor under firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders against multiple indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, with selective Total Small Business set-aside designations on certain IDCs and individual awards that leverage its veteran-owned status.

ACE Aviation Service operates as a 100% prime contractor (1,862 awards across all federal sources since 1983) with zero subcontract footprint. The company manufactures concrete product categories grounded in national stock number specifications: tube and pipe fittings (elbows, tees, adapters, couplings, nipples, reducers), valves (check, angle, shutoff), bushings and sleeves, hose assemblies (preformed and air duct), mechanical fasteners (plugs, pins, rivets), and miscellaneous hardware (brackets, hinges, spacers, caps). Representative contracts include a $35,580 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in May 2025 for elbow tube-to-boss components (2,128 units over 361 days), a $52,115 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA Land and Maritime in June 2024 for elbow tube-to-boss fittings, and a $27,036 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in October 2025 for a single elbow tube-to-boss component.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-source. The Defense Logistics Agency accounts for 1,755 of 1,862 awards (94% coverage) across five sub-units: DLA Land and Maritime dominates with 1,034 awards carrying $6.2 million combined potential value, followed by DLA Aviation (364 awards, $3.5 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware (176 awards, $593 thousand), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (94 awards, $406 thousand), and unspecified DLA divisions (87 awards, $217 thousand). No other federal agencies appear in the award portfolio; ACE Aviation Service's entire business is DLA procurement.

ACE Aviation Service holds six active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA divisions, each valued at $250,000 ceiling and extending through 2026–2030. The most recent IDC award, dated September 8, 2025, is a $250,000 Total Small Business set-aside with DLA Land and Maritime for machine thread plugs (ultimate completion September 8, 2026). An April 15, 2025 non-set-aside $250,000 IDC with DLA Land and Maritime procures connecting link rigs. A March 11, 2025 $250,000 IDC with DLA Aviation (no set-aside) supplies machine thread plugs through March 2030. Two earlier IDCs—one from September 2023 (DLA Aviation, Total Small Business, liquid quantity indicators, through September 2028) and one from April 2023 (DLA Land and Maritime, Total Small Business, straight pipe-to-tube adapters, expired April 2024)—anchor the parent vehicle portfolio. Individual delivery orders and purchase orders under these IDCs range from under $100 to over $50,000, with the majority firm fixed-price and performance at the vendor's Oceanside facility with delivery to DLA depots.

Award activity has grown from 60 per year in 2022 to a peak of 97 in 2024, declining to 73 in 2025 and 12 in the first quarter of 2026. Combined potential value across the entire portfolio is $12.1 million, with $9.9 million obligated (82% execution). The vendor's product footprint aligns with NAICS classifications 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing) and 332913 (Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing), representing 506 and 385 awards respectively. The top PSC category is Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (669 awards), followed by Commercial Hardware (270 awards) and Nonpowered Valves (211 awards). All work is performed in Oceanside, California, with no geographic diversity or overseas manufacturing footprint.

ACE Aviation Service operates as a pure component manufacturer and supplier with no teaming relationships, subsidiaries, or documented engineering services. The vendor has maintained continuous federal contracting registration since February 2002, positioning itself as an established supplier within DLA's supply chain. Recompete exposure is diffuse across the IDC portfolio, with the oldest vehicle expiring in 2024 and the newest extending through 2030. The vendor's entire revenue concentration with a single federal customer (DLA) and absence of prime work with other agencies reflects a highly specialized, logistics-supply positioning rather than broad federal contracting reach.

SUPPLY MACHINED PARTS FOR MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND FIGHTING TANKS-ESPECIALLY HYDRAULIC FITTINGS SUCH AS FOUND UNDER FEDERAL STOCK NO CLASS 4730 AND VALVES UNDER 4820.