Aurora Industries LLC

Aurora Industries LLC is a Puerto Rico-based manufacturer and subsidiary of Sitnasuak Native Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation headquartered in Nome, Alaska. The company specializes in the production of military uniforms, textiles, personal protective equipment, and specialized apparel for the U.S. Department of Defense, operating a primary manufacturing facility in Camuy, Puerto Rico. As an Alaska Native Corporation-owned, minority-owned, and self-certified small disadvantaged business, Aurora Industries has positioned itself as a critical supplier within the Defense Logistics Agency's military clothing and textiles supply chain and holds multiple indefinite delivery vehicle contracts valued in the tens of millions of dollars across various Department of Defense agencies.

Aurora Industries has demonstrated extensive capability in delivering a comprehensive array of military clothing and protective equipment through numerous federal contract awards. The company has provided Navy Working Uniforms Type III parkas, cold weather parkas and trousers, Army Combat Uniforms (including Type I and Type III variants), non-fire-resistant and fire-resistant combat shirts, cold weather jackets, extreme cold weather jackets, duffel bags, women's coats and trousers, swimmers' trunks, and various specialized organizational clothing and individual equipment items. The vast majority of Aurora Industries' contract awards have been issued by the Defense Logistics Agency Clothing and Textiles division, with additional task orders from various Air Force commands including Air Education and Training Command, Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command, Global Strike Command, Pacific Air Forces, Air Force Space Command, and Air Force Materiel Command. Contract awards have been structured as delivery orders under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, purchase orders, and firm fixed-price contracts, with all work performed at the company's Camuy, Puerto Rico facility. The company has received contract awards without set-aside designations despite qualifying as a small disadvantaged business, demonstrating its competitive standing in open contracting vehicles. Several delivery orders have been explicitly designated as small business set-asides, though the majority of recent awards do not utilize set-aside provisions. Total contract values for individual delivery orders have ranged from under $250 to over $8 million, with cumulative federal contracting activity demonstrating consistent and substantial engagement with Department of Defense procurement requirements.

Aurora Industries currently holds three primary indefinite delivery vehicle contracts with the federal government. The most recent and significant is a $26.0 million single-award indefinite delivery contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Clothing and Textiles division on April 27, 2023, for the manufacture and delivery of Navy Working Uniform Type III parkas, set aside for total small business with an ultimate completion date of September 15, 2026. The contract was originally anticipated to have potential values of up to $112 million across two lots if all option periods were exercised, structured as a one-year base plus three one-year options under North American Industry Classification System code 315990 requiring Berry Amendment-compliant domestic manufacturing. As of the current data, Aurora Industries has received eighteen delivery orders against this IDV totaling approximately $13.7 million, with individual task order values ranging from $21,942 to $3,545,702.40 and completion dates spanning October 2024 through February 2026. The second IDV is an $8.9 million single-award indefinite delivery contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force on February 4, 2022, for the provision of approximately 41,000 non-fire-resistant combat shirts in Operational Camouflage Pattern to Air Force Security Forces personnel, with an ultimate completion date of February 14, 2027. This contract is reserved for small businesses and has generated delivery orders across multiple Air Force commands. The third IDV is a $28.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Clothing and Textiles division on September 21, 2021, for the production of cold weather trousers, also set aside for total small business with an ultimate completion date of September 28, 2025. Individual task orders under this cold weather trousers IDV have ranged from approximately $559,000 to $4.8 million, with the contract generating substantial recurring orders that demonstrate Aurora Industries' established role as a primary supplier of this critical military clothing item. Collectively, these three IDV contracts, valued at approximately $63.4 million, represent the core vehicle structure through which Aurora Industries delivers the majority of its military clothing and textiles production to the Department of Defense.

Manufacture of specialized military apparel.

Aurora Industries, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC Technical Services, LLC, we are an Alaskan Native Corporation, Small Business Disadvantage, 8(a) Certified Company. Aurora Industries, LLC leverages the experience of its sister companies, SNC Manufacturing, LLC and API, LLC which have been producing military garments for the past 10 years, not limited to ACU's, ACS's, FREE Garments, NWU Utility Uniforms and Parkas, Duffel Bags, Balaclavas, Gloves, etc. Aurora has the capability to manufacture on their three main facilities currently operating in Puerto Rico with the availability of over 150,000 manufacturing square feet. Aurora has been the only producers of the Duffel Bags (Regular and the ARMY Improved version) for the last couple of years.