Blade Industrial Products Inc.

Blade Industrial Products Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Wixom, Michigan, supplies industrial components—primarily O-rings, gaskets, seals, rubber sheets, and related nonmetallic sealing devices—to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor, with the vast majority of recent work placed under total small business set-asides across DLA divisions.

The vendor's federal award footprint is heavily concentrated within DLA, which accounts for 100% of the named customer agencies. DLA Land and Maritime leads by potential value at $121.7 million across 6,186 awards, followed by DLA Troop Support Hardware at $53.7 million across 8,251 awards. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, DLA Aviation, and the parent Defense Logistics Agency organization round out the active set. The portfolio splits sharply between transaction count and dollar concentration: while Troop Support Hardware places the highest volume (8,251 awards), Land and Maritime commands the largest combined potential value. Blade Industrial competes predominantly under total small business set-asides; the source data carries no evidence of full-and-open competition, and multiple award summaries note the set-aside designation as characteristic across Land and Maritime, Aviation, and Troop Support divisions.

Blade Industrial holds four single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts, each with a $350,000 ceiling and total small business set-aside designation, awarded between March and April 2026. These vehicles cover nonmetallic seals (NSN 5330012388496), gaskets (NSN 5330002462914), nonmetallic grommets (NSN 5325010137896), and solid rubber sheets (NSN 5330014905014), with estimated order frequency of two to four per year and guaranteed minimum quantities per order. All four contracts run one year from award date or until the ceiling is reached. The vendor places hundreds of task orders and purchase orders under these IDCs and related indefinite delivery contracts (SPE5EY16D0512, SPE5EY15D0501, SPE5EN14D0011, SPE5EY20D0501, SPE7LX18D5066), with the top parent vehicle carrying 1,773 task orders at $1.2 million combined potential value.

Recent award trajectory shows contraction: from 1,346 awards in 2022 to 738 in 2025 and 177 through mid-April 2026 (annualized projection ~470 awards for the year). Within the next twenty-four months, eighty-five awards with combined potential value of $432 thousand reach ultimate completion, exposing modest recompete risk relative to the portfolio's scale. Representative recent work includes a $42.8 million delivery order for O-ring supply under total small business set-aside (award Feb 5, 2026, completion Sep 3, 2026), a $36.3 million delivery order for O-rings under total small business set-aside (award Apr 10, 2026, completion Jul 6, 2027), and a $33.5 million delivery order for O-rings under total small business set-aside (award Feb 13, 2026, completion Nov 10, 2026). Individual purchase orders cluster in the low thousands; the largest named purchase order carries $33.4 million. Performance occurs at the contractor's Wixom, Michigan facility, with delivery to DLA depots throughout the continental United States and overseas locations via consolidation and containerization points.

Blade Industrial's capability portfolio centers on commercial off-the-shelf sealing components and rubber products. The source lists gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing as the dominant NAICS category (9,340 awards), followed by motor vehicle gasoline engine and engine parts manufacturing (2,074 awards). The top PSC category is O-Ring (10,325 awards), followed by packing and gasket materials (4,034 awards). Secondary commodity categories include solid rubber sheet, vehicular components (fenders, splash guards), and miscellaneous mechanical parts (bushings, grommets, cushioning pads, retainers). The vendor also subcontracts to ES3 Prime Logistics Group Inc. on federal work; the source carries one named sub-award for O-ring supply (Feb 20, 2024).

O-rings, Rubber Seals and Gaskets