Allied Tools, Inc.

Allied Tools, Inc., doing business as Allied Tools, supplies industrial fasteners, tools, and mechanical components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on over seven thousand purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing exclusively full-and-open with no SBA set-aside designations across its prime footprint. The Louisville, Kentucky-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation operates as a small business federal contractor and has maintained a consistent presence in the DLA supply chain since 2003.

Allied Tools' concrete capability portfolio centers on fasteners, cutting tools, and mechanical hardware. Top NAICS categories by award count are Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (2,069 awards), Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing (1,026 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (622 awards). Representative work includes over 2,800 purchase orders from DLA Aviation for screws, pins, washers, and quick-release components; over 2,000 orders from DLA Land and Maritime for pipe fittings, hose assemblies, couplings, and turnbuckles; and over 1,900 orders from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment for milling cutters, abrasive wheels, respirators, and safety welding curtains. Recent dollar-valued examples span a $40.5 thousand delivery order for turnbuckles (Land and Maritime, March 2026), a $13.6 thousand order for breathing facepieces (Construction and Equipment, April 2026), and a $13.3 thousand purchase order for air-filtering respirators (Construction and Equipment, March 2026). Most orders are small-value, firm fixed-price purchase orders ranging from single digits to low five figures.

Customer concentration is tightly focused on DLA. The top four DLA components account for 100% of recorded awards: DLA Aviation (2,834 awards, $6 million combined potential value), DLA Land and Maritime (2,081 awards, $15.6 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (1,982 awards, $5.6 million), and DLA Troop Support Hardware (456 awards, $498 thousand). DLA Land and Maritime anchors the potential value at 56% of the total combined portfolio, while Aviation leads by award count at 38%. The concentration reflects Allied Tools' role as a transactional supplier to DLA's standardized procurement operations rather than a strategic partner with diversified customer relationships.

Allied Tools holds two active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime. An IDC awarded April 10, 2026, with a $350 thousand ceiling procures helical compression springs (National Stock Number 5360002406649) for DLA depot operations through April 2027, with anticipated quarterly orders and a minimum guaranteed quantity of 80 units. A second IDC awarded March 13, 2026, also with a $350 thousand ceiling and Total Small Business set-aside designation, covers electrical insulation tape (NSN 5970014167205) through March 2027, anticipating four orders annually with a 3-unit guaranteed minimum. Both contracts distribute to DLA depots across CONUS and OCONUS locations. These two vehicles carry 26 task orders combined but represent only a small share of Allied Tools' total ordering activity; the balance flows through individual purchase orders.

Activity has remained roughly flat over the past five years — 1,159 awards in 2022 increasing to a peak of 1,270 in 2024, then declining to 313 awards year-to-date in 2026 (a partial-year snapshot). The source reports 60 awards (combined potential value $96 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the total portfolio. Combined obligated dollars across the portfolio stand at $10.4 million, or 38% of the $27.7 million combined potential value, reflecting the purchase-order-driven model with partial funding and fulfillment spreads.

Allied Tools operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and competes on full-and-open contract vehicles with no majority set-aside posture. The vendor's footprint is horizontally distributed across hundreds of small individual DLA orders rather than vertically concentrated in a few large vehicles or strategic relationships, positioning it as a commodity supplier to the DLA supply chain rather than a systems integrator or specialized services provider.