Automated Production Equipment Corp.

Automated Production Equipment Corp., doing business as A P E, is a woman-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in Key Largo, Florida, that supplies electronic repair and maintenance equipment to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor exclusively—all 227 recent awards are prime contracts with no subcontract activity. The vendor competes entirely full-and-open; none of the purchase orders carry set-aside designations except for two Total Small Business awards (a $34,978.56 soldering-desoldering equipment order in February 2024 and a $16,302.86 circuit kit selector in October 2024). A P E has been registered in the federal procurement system since July 2001 and operates across NAICS codes concentrated in welding and soldering equipment manufacturing, handtool manufacturing, and chemical product manufacturing.

A P E's product portfolio centers on precision electronic repair and maintenance supplies. Core offerings include electric solder tips, soldering and brazing flux, maintenance kits for electrical equipment, rotary files, desoldering tools, solder removal tools, glass tubing, and electronic components such as stud terminals and machine screws. Representative prime awards include a $34,978.56 purchase order from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment in February 2024 for 16 units of soldering-desoldering equipment, a $16,302.86 award from DLA Land and Maritime in October 2024 for circuit kit selector panels, a $9,990.47 order from DLA Aviation in December 2025 for an electrical maintenance kit, and a $7,372.83 award from DLA Construction and Equipment in December 2024 for electric solder tips. Recent activity shows quarterly recurring demand across DLA divisions; in 2024 alone, A P E secured 30 awards, declining to 14 in 2025 and 10 through March 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily concentrated within the Defense Logistics Agency ecosystem. DLA divisions account for 188 of 227 awards (84% of the portfolio by count, 83% of combined potential value). Within DLA, the top three customers by potential value are Aviation (24 awards, $652 thousand), Construction and Equipment (79 awards, $554 thousand), and Land and Maritime (37 awards, $165 thousand). The Air Force appears as a secondary customer with 3 awards. Combined potential value across all 227 awards stands at $1.8 million, though actual dollars obligated total $3.7 million (208% of potential value), indicating that invoiced amounts on completed purchase orders have exceeded contract ceilings—typical for firm-fixed-price supply contracts that run to completion.

A P E holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation awarded January 13, 2026, with a $350,000 ceiling running through January 13, 2031. This vehicle represents a strategic shift toward longer-term demand aggregation; prior to this IDC, A P E's business consisted almost entirely of individual firm-fixed-price purchase orders, typically ranging from under $100 to $35,000 in ceiling value. The top parent vehicles in recent award history are older indefinite delivery contracts—IDC SPE4A617D5923 (8 task orders, $8 thousand), IDC SP092002D5071 (3 task orders, $100 thousand), and others—suggesting these vehicles are maturing or inactive relative to the new aviation IDC.

Activity trajectory shows sharp growth in 2024 (30 awards) followed by deceleration in 2025 and early 2026, driven by a shift from high-frequency small purchase orders to consolidation under the new single-award IDC structure. The vendor's historical footprint spans 1980 to present, but the concentration of activity from 2024 forward reflects either increased visibility in the award data or a material uptick in DLA purchasing velocity for maintenance and repair supplies. All 227 awards are with defense logistics and military operations; there is no civilian agency customer exposure in the award portfolio.