Bandak Aviation Inc.

Bandak Aviation Inc., doing business as Northstar, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer based in Rancho Cucamonga, California, that supplies precision aviation parts and components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on full-and-open and small business set-aside procurements. The company operates exclusively as a prime on federal awards with no subcontract footprint; all 83 awards in the source data are prime contracts or indefinite delivery contracts.

Bandak Aviation's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Defense Logistics Agency across two divisions. DLA Land and Maritime dominates by volume (43 awards, $23.7 million combined potential value) and dollar magnitude, procuring non-metallic hose assemblies, tube assemblies, O-rings, fasteners, adapters, and fuel inlet tubes that support military aircraft fleet maintenance and logistics operations. DLA Aviation accounts for 39 awards valued at $4.8 million combined potential value, anchored by three single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $1.999 billion ceiling contract for surge suppressors supporting C-130 aircraft extending through June 2029, a $249,999.99 total small business set-aside IDC for ring assemblies running through April 2027, and a newly awarded $9.7 million single-award IDC for mixed aviation components extending through December 2028. Bandak Aviation competes without set-aside restrictions on most Land and Maritime work but holds three small business set-aside positions on Aviation contracts, reflecting its SDB status across a predominantly full-and-open competitive footprint. The single DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment award rounds out the customer set.

Bandak Aviation's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing and supplying discrete aviation maintenance parts — surge suppressors for C-130 aircraft, hose assemblies (metallic and non-metallic), tube assemblies, ring assemblies, O-rings, fasteners (washers, studs, coupling nuts), adapters, fuel inlet tubes, and related structural components. Representative prime work includes a $1.768 billion definitive contract awarded August 24, 2023, by DLA Land and Maritime for 170 non-metallic hose assemblies (NSN 4720005945014); a $799.998 billion purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (September 24, 2024) for 66 units of hose assemblies under a total small business set-aside; and a $159,253.38 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (March 31, 2026) for hose assemblies with completion on August 18, 2026. The $1.999 billion surge suppressor IDC with DLA Aviation (June 2024) has generated delivery orders ranging from $23,400 to $221,520 since award. Award values typically fall between $1,500 and $800,000, with the largest orders being non-metallic hose assembly contracts.

Activity has grown from 16 awards in 2022 to a peak of 23 awards in 2024, before declining to 14 in 2025 and 2 awards through March 2026 in the source snapshot. Of 83 total awards, only 2 awards (combined potential value $221,000) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal near-term recompete exposure; however, the $9.7 million Land and Maritime IDC and the $1.999 billion surge suppressor IDC provide long-term revenue anchors extending to 2028–2029. The vendor's top parent vehicles are five DLA Land and Maritime indefinite delivery contracts (SPE4A720D0209, SPE4A724D0211, SPE7MX18D0084, SPE4A722D5225, SPE7MX26D0009), which collectively sustain the task-order flow. Combined obligated dollars across all 83 awards are $9.6 million, representing 34% utilization of the $28.5 million combined potential value, indicating continued purchasing authority against existing vehicles. Bandak Aviation manufactures its products at its Rancho Cucamonga headquarters; all work is performed on-site with no identified subcontractors. The vendor's NAICS and PSC concentration reflects pure manufacturing specialization: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing dominates (35 awards), followed by Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (17 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (11 awards) — a footprint consistent with a discrete-parts original manufacturer supplying the DoD supply chain rather than a systems integrator or service provider.