Aef-Performance LLC

Aef-Performance LLC, a HUBZone-certified small business manufacturer based in Picayune, Mississippi, manufactures specialized maritime vessel components and fuel containment systems for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor, with 100% of recent awards as prime work across both competitive and set-aside procurements.

Aef-Performance operates as a subsidiary of Performance Inflatables Co LLC and specializes in industrial coated fabrics and advanced maritime components for naval and amphibious operations. The company's core capability portfolio centers on landing craft air cushion vehicle (LCAC) components—including finger assemblies, seal assemblies, stern and bow segments, and advanced rubberized skirt systems—alongside collapsible fabric tanks, liquid storage tanks, and fuel bladders for military aircraft. Recent representative prime work includes a $10.96 million Other Transaction Order from Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins AFB awarded January 2026 for 3,000-gallon Agile Fuel Bulk Delivery System (AFBDS) bladders supporting C-5, C-17, and C-130 aircraft through July 2030; a $1.31 million definitive contract from Air Force Materiel Command at Warren awarded April 2026 for a 50K fuel IPDS fabric tank assembly; a $1.31 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command awarded December 2025 for two LCAC100 skirt systems under MAC IDIQ N61331221D0001 (AEF); and numerous smaller delivery orders from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for maritime vessel spare parts ranging from sub-$1,000 finger assemblies to $734,696 skirt system deliveries.

Customer concentration is extreme and heavily weighted to Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, which accounts for 2,490 of 2,909 awards (97% of award count) and $271.9 million of the $501.3 million combined potential value. The top five funding agencies by potential-value share—DLA Land and Maritime, Department of the Army Materiel Command at Detroit Arsenal, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, Air Force Materiel Command at Robins AFB, and Naval Sea Systems Command—account for 89% of potential value. The DLA Land and Maritime dominance reflects the core business: task orders issued against multiple IDV vehicles, primarily the $18.3 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE7MX20D0015 awarded December 2024 and running through December 2025, and an older $2 million IDV. Aef-Performance also holds a $7.5 million Naval Sea Systems Command IDV for advanced LCAC skirt systems and a newly awarded $350,000 single-award Total Small Business set-aside IDV from DLA Land and Maritime effective January 2026 through January 2027 for FINGER 14-37 components.

The top three parent vehicles—SPE7MX20D0015 (784 task orders, $22.7 million), SPE7MX14D0116 (687 task orders, $23.1 million), and SPM76003D7001 (237 task orders, $5.6 million)—account for a large share of the company's task-order work. These vehicles provide the contracting mechanism for DLA's routine procurement of maritime spare parts and components.

Activity has declined year over year: 198 awards in 2022, 185 in 2023, 243 in 2024, 157 in 2025, and only 9 in the first four months of 2026. Five awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $22.3 million and represent recompete exposure, though the bulk of the company's revenue derives from rolling task orders against standing IDVs rather than discrete contract completions.

Aef-Performance carries minimal subcontract footprint, with only three sub-awards visible in the source: one sub task to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. for portable fuel tanks. The company operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor under DLA and Navy vehicle agreements. NAICS concentration is sharp—Hardware Manufacturing (NAICS 332510) accounts for 2,045 awards, Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use (NAICS 326220) for 380 awards, and Boat Building (NAICS 336611) for 185 awards. The corresponding PSC concentration is equally narrow: Marine Hardware and Hull Items (PSC 5310) account for 2,662 awards, far outweighing all other categories. This reflects a vendor with deep specialization in fabric-based and metal maritime components, competing full-and-open against other small-business suppliers but also capturing set-aside awards designated as total small business. Aef-Performance competes across both set-aside and unrestricted vehicles; recent awards show no set-aside designation on most DLA Land and Maritime delivery orders, but several purchase orders and the new IDV carry Total Small Business or HUBZone set-aside designations, indicating the vendor pursues both postures.