Bradley-Thompson Tool Company

Bradley-Thompson Tool Company, doing business as BT Aerospace, is a Livonia, Michigan-based small business manufacturer of precision aerospace, maritime, and vehicle components that sells exclusively to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase and delivery orders for mechanical and structural assemblies. The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs; instead, it operates through single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with DLA divisions and discrete purchase orders.

The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation and limited liability partnership structured as a manufacturer of goods. Bradley-Thompson competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides—approximately 60 percent of its award portfolio carries this designation—but also pursues open competition procurements without set-aside restriction. It is not designated as an 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other federal socioeconomic category in the source material.

Bradley-Thompson's concrete capability footprint centers on precision-manufactured mechanical and structural components for defense platforms. Representative work includes a $237,500 firm fixed-price order from DLA Land and Maritime for five units of Gear Mechanism Suba components (March 2026); a $180,213 Total Small Business set-aside for 57 roller assemblies from DLA Land and Maritime (July 2025); a $146,750 cylinder assembly order from DLA Land and Maritime (March 2026); and a $101,150 Total Small Business set-aside for ammunition storage racks from DLA Land and Maritime (January 2026). Recent orders span fairwater caps, brake bands and linings, tensioner pulleys, pipe and tube assemblies, mounting brackets, coupling components, feed slide assemblies, and specialized aerospace fasteners—all shipped from its Livonia facility and priced on firm fixed-price terms with performance periods typically ranging from 90 to 350 days.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-source dependent. DLA Land and Maritime dominates the portfolio at 572 awards and $17.9 million in combined potential value (60 percent of all awards and 61 percent of dollars); DLA Aviation accounts for 304 awards and $7.7 million (27 percent of awards, 26 percent of dollars); and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment represents 117 awards and $2.1 million (10 percent and 7 percent respectively). The top five customer entities account for 96 percent of awards and 99 percent of combined potential value. This concentration reflects Bradley-Thompson's narrow positioning as a discrete-order supplier to DLA's three primary logistics divisions with no diversification into other federal agencies or commercial markets.

Bradley-Thompson operates under four single-award IDCs, each with $350,000 ceilings and one-year performance periods expiring February–February 2027. These vehicles procure bearing carriers, connecting links, fairings, and related mechanical components—each designated Total Small Business set-aside and structured with guaranteed minimum purchases of 1–5 units and estimated procurement frequencies of 3–4 orders annually. The IDCs function as call vehicles rather than broad procurement platforms; they anchor roughly 19 task orders across the recent portfolio, with the balance of activity flowing through individual purchase and delivery orders under open competition or set-aside solicitations. No GSA Schedules, GWACs, or multi-award indefinite delivery vehicles appear in the source.

Activity has grown substantially over five years, from 136 awards in 2022 to 252 in 2024, then declined to 230 in 2025 and 66 year-to-date in 2026 (representing a partial-year snapshot). Combined potential value stands at $29.6 million across 1,133 total awards since 2020 (source data spans from June 1983 forward, but the vendor's SAM.gov registration dates to August 2020). Eighty percent of potential value has been obligated. In the next twenty-four months, 112 awards with combined potential value $3.2 million reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure concentrated in DLA Land and Maritime and Aviation procurement cycles.

Bradley-Thompson takes no subcontractor role; the source identifies zero sub-awards. The vendor operates as a 100 percent prime on all awards—direct manufacturer to DLA customer, with no upstream teaming or prime-contractor relationships.

The company's category footprint reflects its core manufacturing domain: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing leads at 152 awards, followed by Hardware Manufacturing (109), Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment (107), and Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (66). PSC coding emphasizes Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment (114 awards), Hardware Commercial (93), and Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (70). This alignment shows a precision-component and fastening business model targeting DLA's aerospace and maritime logistics supply chains.

Bradley-Thompson registered in SAM.gov in August 2020, establishing its federal footprint approximately five years before the present. Award summaries consistently characterize the company as "a small business manufacturer of precision aerospace and maritime components" with "established track record" across DLA divisions—language suggesting proven performance but not breakthrough scale or market differentiation. The vendor competes on cost, reliability, and compliance with firm fixed-price delivery schedules across commodity-like mechanical and structural parts, with competition intensity and pricing pressure implied by its exclusive reliance on open and set-aside solicitations rather than negotiated vehicle positions.