Aerol Co., Inc.

Aerol Co., Inc., doing business as Aerol Co and operating as Aerol, LLC Division, is a subsidiary of Preece Incorporated that manufactures industrial mobility components and mechanical hardware for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor competing in full-and-open procurements. Aerol is based in Albion, Michigan and operates exclusively in the commercial market without SBA set-aside designations on the vast majority of awards, though the vendor holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts with set-aside provisions (Total Small Business) valued at $250,000 each covering brake pedal assemblies and cable assemblies.

Aerol's customer base concentrates heavily on the Defense Logistics Agency across multiple divisions. The top five customer entities by award count account for 94% of all awards: the DLA Land and Maritime division (916 awards, $19.5 million combined potential value), DLA Troop Support Hardware (712 awards, $10.5 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (473 awards, $5.4 million), DLA Aviation (292 awards, $5.5 million), and the broader Defense Logistics Agency office (124 awards, $108 thousand). By combined potential value, the ranking remains stable—DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Troop Support Hardware anchor the dollar concentration at $30 million of the vendor's $50 million aggregate potential value across all awards. The vendor has worked with 23 distinct customer agencies, reflecting broad federal exposure despite DLA's dominance.

Aerol's award portfolio spans 2,666 prime delivery orders and purchase orders dating to 1997, with recent activity averaging 23 to 47 awards per year over the past five years. As of February 19, 2026 (the most recent award in the source), Aerol has obligated $30.3 million, or 61% of its combined potential value of $50 million. Representative recent delivery orders include a $100,866.60 order from DLA Land and Maritime for swivel casters (August 17, 2025), a $55,476.63 order from the same division for swivel casters (June 12, 2025), and a $78,725.12 order for swivel casters (October 4, 2024). The vendor also performs work across DLA Aviation, supplying lock assemblies, cable assemblies, and brake pedal assemblies in the $2,000 to $19,000 range per order.

Aerol operates under five primary indefinite delivery contracts. The largest by task-order volume is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE5EY16D0530 with 393 task orders and $3.5 million combined potential value. Other active vehicles include SPM5L507D0259 (115 task orders, $1.7 million), SPE7LX16D0003 (113 task orders, $469 thousand), SPE7LX21D0108 (105 task orders, $1.6 million), and SPM5M512D0001 (42 task orders, $707 thousand). Aerol's core product portfolio, reflected in its top NAICS and PSC concentrations, comprises commercial hardware (1,041 awards), vehicular brake, steering, axle, wheel, and track components (667 awards under PSC codes), aircraft ground servicing and maintenance equipment (208 and 100 awards respectively), and motor vehicle brake and steering system parts (374 combined awards). The $3.9 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime (running through April 2026) for helical compression springs, swivel and rigid casters, wheels, and related mobility components has generated over 75 delivery orders since April 2021.

Aerol subcontracts selectively to major defense primes; the source identifies Lockheed Martin Corporation as a notable customer for Aerol's heavy-duty wheel assemblies and specialized mechanical components on Department of Defense programs. The vendor competes predominantly in unrestricted, full-and-open procurements on the DLA supply chain, with its two Total Small Business set-aside IDVs representing a small fraction of overall activity. Activity has declined modestly from 47 awards in 2022 to 22 in 2025 and 5 through mid-2026, reflecting the natural variance of delivery-order-based supply contracts rather than a structural shift.