Black Sea LLC

Black Sea LLC, a Fort Worth, Texas–based sole proprietor LLC, supplies fastening hardware and specialized components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a small business prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides, with 100 percent of recent awards routed through the DLA's Aviation and Land and Maritime divisions.

Black Sea's footprint is tightly concentrated in commodity supply: 55 awards issued in 2026 across fastening hardware (socket head cap screws, machine screws, self-locking nuts, plain hex nuts, washers, bolts, eye bolts, clamps), specialized hardware (spacer sleeves, close-tolerance screws, hexagon head cap screws), and sealing components (gaskets, packing, preformed packing, encased seals, vehicular communication covers, and handwheels). The portfolio carries a combined potential value of $12.7 million, though only $80 thousand has been obligated to date (1 percent of potential), signaling that most awards remain unfilled orders or options. Representative DLA Aviation awards include a $16.8 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order for handwheels (February 12, 2026), a $17.5 thousand Total Small Business delivery order for socket head cap screws (March 19, 2026), and a $350 thousand single-award indefinite-delivery contract for setscrews under Total Small Business (awarded April 6, 2026). DLA Land and Maritime awards include an $8.6 thousand Total Small Business delivery order for loop clamps (March 5, 2026) and a $350 thousand single-award indefinite-delivery contract for plain encased seals (January 26, 2026).

Customer concentration is total: DLA Aviation accounts for 47 awards and $11.3 million in combined potential value; DLA Land and Maritime holds 8 awards and $1.4 million. The two divisions align on both volume and dollar rankings. Black Sea competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides; only four of the 55 awards carry no set-aside designation. The portfolio is dominated by NAICS 332722 (Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing) work—39 awards—with subordinate exposure in hardware manufacturing, nonferrous forging, and gasket and sealing device manufacturing. PSC code 53 (Hardware and Abrasives) anchors the procurement vehicle structure, with screws accounting for 32 awards and nuts and washers for 9.

Forty-five of the 55 awards are indefinite-delivery contracts, each with a $350 thousand ceiling and a Total Small Business set-aside restriction, all awarded to DLA Aviation between March 6 and April 6, 2026, with ultimate completion dates spanning March 10, 2027 through April 6, 2027. These IDIQs procure specified national stock numbers (NSNs) of fasteners and hardware—machine screws, socket head cap screws, self-locking nuts, hexagon head cap screws, close-tolerance screws, plain hex nuts, and eye bolts—for distribution to DLA depots across the continental United States and overseas locations via consolidation and containerization points. The RFQs originating these contracts, posted January 29, 2026, with closing dates of February 13, 2026, anticipated two to seven orders per year per contract, with guaranteed minimum purchase quantities ranging from 2 to 251 units. Black Sea holds no parent vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, agency-wide IDIQs); all work flows through direct DLA single-award IDIQs and spot purchase orders. Black Sea operates as a 100 percent prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data.