Automotive & Industrial Supply, LLC

Automotive & Industrial Supply, LLC (doing business as A I S), a small business headquartered in West Haven, Utah, delivers aerospace coatings, sealants, adhesives, abrasives, and contractor-operated parts store (COPARS) services to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor across full-and-open and small business set-aside vehicles. The company is a subsidiary of Industrial Finishes & Systems, Inc., an Oregon-based aerospace coating manufacturer, and competes predominantly through full-and-open contract awards rather than set-aside categories — though several of its higher-value blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery contracts carry small business set-aside designations.

A I S operates a concentrated, Air Force-centric business focused on sustainment logistics and aircraft maintenance materials. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 84 percent of recent awards. Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) at Hill Air Force Base dominates both volume and potential value, accounting for 191 awards worth $296.8 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $46.6 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA822417D0014) for just-in-time delivery of aerospace coatings, primers, and sealants supporting C-130, F-16, A-10, F-22, F-35, T-38, and B-2 aircraft programs. The Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) places 562 awards worth $48.7 million, primarily COPARS delivery orders and parts store operations at Hill AFB and satellite locations. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OCALC) contributes 33 awards totaling $71.6 million, driven largely by a $27.5 million blanket purchase agreement for frozen sealants (AMS-S-8802, AMS3265, MIL-PRF-81733, BMS 5-142, BMS 5-45 qualified) and a $4.8 million blanket purchase agreement for chromate conversion coating totes. Defense Logistics Agency Distribution and Air Force Space Command round out the top-five customer base. The vendor's portfolio shows 1,460 total awards over two decades of contracting, with 1,459 as prime awards and one subcontract. Dollars obligated stand at $183.2 million (38 percent of combined potential value of $476.2 million), indicating a mix of mature work and unexercised ceiling across the contract vehicles.

Capability concentration reflects the parent company's aerospace coatings heritage. The top NAICS category by award count is Paint and Coating Manufacturing (901 awards), followed by Adhesive Manufacturing (133 awards), General Warehousing and Storage (122 awards), and Abrasive Product Manufacturing (78 awards). Top PSCs mirror this: Paints, Dopes, Varnishes, and Related Products (854 awards), Support-Management Logistics (155 awards), and Preservative and Sealing Compounds (119 awards). Representative prime awards include the $46.6 million OO-ALC aerospace coatings and sealants IDC (issued May 2024, completing May 2027), a $27.5 million frozen sealants BPA with OCALC (issued January 2024, completing January 2030), a $7 million miscellaneous coating and sealant supplies BPA with OO-ALC (issued May 2024, completing May 2029), multiple COPARS delivery orders at AFSC and Hill AFB ranging from $1,500 to $790,000 (cost-no-fee and firm fixed-price), and a $469,000 single-award small business set-aside aircraft painter training IDIQ with OO-ALC for F-16, A-10, and C-130 instruction (issued January 2024, completing January 2029). Delivery order activity under the core $46.6 million aerospace coatings contract includes orders valued at $1.5 million, $8.2 million, $13.5 million, $1.8 million, and $5.9 million, demonstrating sustained task order flow against established vehicles.

A I S holds parent vehicles spanning the Air Force Sustainment Center's COPARS IDIQ (FA820120D0004, 121 task orders, $13.4 million combined value), the OO-ALC aerospace coatings and sealants IDIQ (114 task orders, $76.1 million), multiple frozen sealant and coating/sealant BPAs with OO-ALC and OCALC, a $997,063 single-award small business set-aside DLA Distribution epoxy and adhesive IDIC (issued January 2025, completing January 2030), and a $500,000 GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (issued June 2025, completing June 2030, small business set-aside). The vendor also maintains a $6.6 million hazardous materials sealant BPA with Army Communications Electronics Command (issued November 2023, completing November 2028) and executes sporadic task orders under DLA Distribution abrasives and Defense Logistics Agency broader-scope vehicles. Activity trajectory shows relative stability — awards per year ranged from 53 to 67 across 2022–2025, with 17 awards in the first quarter of 2026. Ten awards valued at $2.9 million face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure but not a material cliff.

A I S's competitive posture is full-and-open rather than set-aside-dependent. Of the top-five customer agencies by award count, the vast majority of awards carry no set-aside designation. However, several cornerstone vehicles — the $46.6 million OO-ALC aerospace coatings IDIC, $27.5 million OCALC frozen sealants BPA, $7 million OO-ALC miscellaneous coatings BPA, $997,063 DLA Distribution epoxy and adhesives IDIC, $500,000 GSA Schedule, $469,000 OO-ALC painter training IDIC, and $6.6 million Army CECOM hazmat sealants BPA — explicitly carry small business set-aside or small business designations, anchoring roughly 40 percent of combined potential value. The vendor subcontracts minimally; only one sub-award appears in the source (F-35A Advanced Travel Pod painting services under prime contractor Kihomac Inc., February 2024).

Geographically, A I S performs primarily from its West Haven, Utah headquarters, with performance recorded at Hill AFB (Utah), Tinker Air Force Base (Oklahoma), Davis-Monthan AFB (Arizona), Layton (Utah), and Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (Oklahoma). Specific recent delivery orders span COPARS parts store operations, aerospace coatings and sealants delivery, frozen sealant procurement, aircraft painter training, adhesive and epoxy supply, abrasive materials (sandpaper discs, bristle discs), and industrial supplies supporting maintenance of fighter aircraft, transport, and strategic platforms. The vendor's most recent awards (April 2026) include a $199,510 COPARS sealant call and a $32,450 painters course follow-on, consistent with historical activity.

Paint, paint supplies and training, delivery