Alpine Fastener & Hardware Inc.

Alpine Fastener & Hardware Inc., a Nevada-based manufacturer and distributor of aircraft fasteners, sells solid rivets, blind rivets, tubular rivets, and related precision fastening components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts without set-aside competition, though the vendor holds two single-award total small business set-aside IDCs worth $350,000 each.

Alpine Fastener operates as a for-profit corporation headquartered in Minden, Nevada, with manufacturing and distribution at its primary facility there and a secondary performance location noted in Beaumont, California on at least one award. The vendor's federal work spans NAICS 332510 (bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing) and NAICS 333999 (all other miscellaneous general-purpose machinery manufacturing), with PSC 53 (hardware and abrasives) as the dominant coding. Alpine Fastener competes predominantly on full-and-open purchase orders; across 1,890 recent awards, only a small fraction carry small business set-aside designations (total small business on a handful of orders and two IDCs), and the vendor does not hold certifications for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other SBA programs.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily concentrated in DLA logistics operations. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 939 awards worth $4.2 million in combined potential value, while DLA Troop Support Hardware dominates by potential-value share at 868 awards and $6.4 million. Together, these two DLA subdivisions represent the vast majority of Alpine Fastener's federal activity. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, the broader DLA enterprise, the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command, and the Air Force Materiel Command round out the agency list but represent minimal volume. Recent awards include a $47,715.52 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation for solid rivets (NSN 8511747796) awarded November 10, 2025 with completion by January 19, 2028; a $28,780.06 purchase order for solid rivets (NSN 8511563624) awarded August 11, 2025; and a $20,599.92 total small business set-aside purchase order for solid rivets (NSN 5320002643219) awarded July 30, 2025. The vendor also holds two newly awarded single-award indefinite delivery contracts: one for $350,000 ceiling with completion by March 22, 2026 (awarded March 12, 2026) and a second for $350,000 ceiling with completion by February 27, 2027 (awarded February 27, 2026), both total small business set-asides for solid rivet procurement.

Alpine Fastener sits on four named indefinite delivery contracts. The largest vehicle is IDC SPE5EY18D0523 carrying 66 task orders worth $163 thousand combined potential value. Three additional IDCs—SPE4A622D5206, SPE4A622D60WE, and SPE4A623D60KY—carry minimal volume (five, three, and one task orders respectively) with sub-thousand-dollar combined potential values. The two largest and most recent IDCs (the $350,000 awards noted above) represent new vehicle positions for the vendor entering 2026 and likely to absorb a material portion of future DLA Aviation and Troop Support orders.

Activity has remained steady to growing. Awards per year over the past five years show 143 in 2022, 137 in 2023, 161 in 2024, and 189 in 2025, with 36 awards recorded year-to-date through April 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, twenty awards with a combined potential value of $181 thousand reach ultimate completion dates, presenting recompete exposure. Alpine Fastener does not operate as a subcontractor on federal awards in the source footprint; all 1,890 awards are prime contractor positions, and there are no federal grant or sub-award relationships identified.

The vendor's award portfolio is dominated by single-item, purchase-order-driven procurement. The combined potential value across 1,890 awards stands at $10.9 million, with $4.4 million obligated (41% utilization), reflecting the high frequency of small, routine standardized-component orders from DLA logistics operations. Award sizes range from under $100 to roughly $47,700, with the median falling in the $1,000 to $5,000 range. This high-frequency, low-value transactional model reflects Alpine Fastener's role as a qualified supplier on DLA's standardized fastener procurement stream, where the vendor fulfills standing inventory replenishment requests across military aviation and logistics operations.