Bahr Machine Co

Bahr Machine Co, doing business as BMC, is a veteran-owned precision manufacturing firm based in Valencia, California, that manufactures indicator buttons, hydraulic indicators, safety relief valves, valve assemblies, and check valves for defense and aerospace applications, operating exclusively as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal procurement. The company competes without set-aside protection across all major awards and holds no SBA certifications; it registered with the federal contractor system in April 2002.

BMC's customer concentration is heavily skewed to the Defense Logistics Agency. The top two customers account for 96% of recent awards and 87% of combined potential value: DLA Aviation (310 awards, $27.5 million combined potential value) and DLA Land and Maritime (331 awards, $12.8 million combined potential value). The company has also worked with DLA's unallocated contracting arm (58 awards, $889 thousand), the Department of the Air Force (30 awards), and the Department of the Army (6 awards). This concentration reflects BMC's specialization in replacement parts and components for military aircraft, vehicles, and vessel systems across all service branches — work that DLA procures on an as-needed basis through indefinite delivery contracts and delivery orders rather than fixed quantity buys.

The company's vehicle position centers on five active indefinite delivery contracts. The largest is IDC SPM7AX07D7012, which has generated 68 task orders valued at approximately $2 million combined potential value. Three other vehicles generate meaningful volume: SPE4A721D0252 (18 task orders, $1.9 million), SPE4A618D5631 (18 task orders, $97 thousand), and SPE4A715D0438 (16 task orders, $293 thousand). BMC also holds historical single-award IDCs with DLA Aviation for indicator buttons (ceiling $1.99 million, performance through September 2026) and with DLA Land and Maritime for safety relief valves (ceiling $250 thousand, completed August 2023) and valve assemblies (ceiling $250 thousand, completed February 2023). These vehicles enable DLA to order critical components from BMC on firm fixed-price delivery orders ranging from $6,000 to $384,681 per order.

Activity has declined sharply in recent years. The company executed 55 awards in 2022, but volume dropped to 23 in 2023, 7 in 2024, and 10 in 2025, with only one award recorded in 2026 (as of mid-July). Over the source's full history, BMC has earned 769 total awards with a combined potential value of $47.2 million and $28.4 million in obligated dollars (60% realization rate). This trajectory and low recent award count suggest either reduced DLA demand for BMC's component categories, competitive displacement, or expiration of key IDCs without recompete wins. The company manufactures components across five primary categories: nonpowered valves (410 awards), aircraft hydraulic and de-icing system components (240 awards), pressure and temperature measurement devices (54 awards), aircraft air conditioning and pressurizing equipment (49 awards), and aircraft structural components (3 awards).