Bright Lights Usa, Inc.

Bright Lights USA, Inc., doing business as Blusa Defense Manufacturing, manufactures mechanical and electro-mechanical components for Department of Defense supply chains as a prime contractor on over 3,900 small-dollar federal purchase orders and contracts, predominantly in the full-and-open market across Defense Logistics Agency and Army materiel operations. The company is a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, operating under a Subchapter S corporate structure with no federal-wide SBA set-aside certifications beyond self-certified small disadvantaged business status, though it competes successfully across total small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements without designation.

BLUSA Defense Manufacturing's award footprint centers on low-to-mid-value transactional procurements—individual purchase orders, delivery orders, and BPA calls typically ranging from under $1,000 to $60,000—for industrial fasteners, aviation components, and mechanical assemblies. Representative recent work includes a $71,352 DLA Aviation purchase order for conduit assembly (Total Small Business set-aside, March 2026), a $68,320 DLA Aviation procurement for flat washers (Total Small Business set-aside, September 2025), a $60,186 Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for bolt eye hardware (Total Small Business set-aside, September 2025), a $60,958 DLA Land and Maritime call for launcher pistons (Total Small Business set-aside, October 2025), and a $343,726 Department of the Army BPA call order for mixed mechanical and electro-mechanical spare parts (July 2025). The company also executes smaller Government First Article Test procurements, shim delivery orders, and routine fastener and spring procurements, with no performance on major systems integration or engineering-led contracts.

Customer concentration is acute and Defense Logistics Agency-driven. DLA Aviation anchors 29% of all awards ($14.3 million potential value across 1,160 purchase orders and task orders), while DLA Land and Maritime holds 25% of awards ($10.1 million across 993 orders). Together, these two DLA divisions account for 54% of awards and $24.4 million (41% of combined potential value). Department of the Army follows distantly with $9.3 million across 37 awards, and Naval Air Warfare Center contributes $5.4 million across 7 awards. The top five customer organizations (including DLA Troop Support divisions) account for 81% of all awards and roughly 80% of total potential value. This concentration reflects BLUSA's role as a recurring supplier of consumable parts and spares rather than a prime systems contractor.

BLUSA holds three standing indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its procurement model. A July 2025 five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Air Warfare Center carries a $5.0 million ceiling for mechanical and electro-mechanical components. Two DLA single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts—one awarded January 2026 to DLA Land and Maritime for battery chargers ($350,000 ceiling, one-year term) and one December 2025 to DLA Aviation for battery jumper cables ($350,000 ceiling, five-year term through December 2030, Total Small Business set-aside)—provide recurring vehicles for task orders. The company also participates in multiple Army BPAs, including W56HZV18AJ005 (35 task orders, $6.2 million combined value), W56HZV21AJ020 (34 task orders, $3.4 million), and W51B2824AJ018 (20 task orders, $2.9 million). These vehicles structure the procurement flow: recurring small orders for common mechanical parts (springs, fasteners, bushings, seals, clips, hinges, adapters) across DLA aviation and maritime logistics depots.

Activity has been stable but uneven. Awards per year show 425 in 2022, declining to 240 in 2023 and 234 in 2024, then recovering to 300 in 2025 and 58 through April 2026 (within three months of the data snapshot). The combined potential value of $59.4 million represents low velocity work: median and typical award sizes cluster in the $3,000–$40,000 range, with the largest recent single-award order at $343,726. Sixty-two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1.7 million—a modest recompete cliff reflecting the transactional, task-order-driven nature of BLUSA's customer engagement.

BLUSA's capability portfolio, derived from award detail, concentrates on manufacturer-of-goods output: fasteners (screws, bolts, nuts, washers, pins), springs (helical, compression, extension, torsion), bushings and sleeves, shims and spacers, seals and retainers, hinges and clips, hydraulic and pneumatic components, wire and cable assemblies, electrical connectors and protectors, tools, gauges, and miscellaneous mechanical hardware. Top NAICS categories include Hardware Manufacturing (672 awards), Bolt/Nut/Screw/Rivet/Washer Manufacturing (359), Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (343), and Spring Manufacturing (237). No software, services, systems integration, or engineering-led work appears in the award history; BLUSA is entirely transactional components supply. The company also holds a minimal subcontracting position: the source lists only two Boeing sub-awards (PBL Material Aerospace Support, April and June 2025), indicating BLUSA is overwhelmingly prime-focused.

Set-aside posture across the footprint tilts toward full-and-open competition. While the company qualifies for and wins Total Small Business set-asides (roughly 10–15% of recent visible awards carry that designation), the majority of BLUSA's work comes through unrestricted competitions where the company bids as a small business but without SBA set-aside protection. No 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other named SBA program certifications appear in the source; BLUSA relies on self-certified small disadvantaged business status and its minority/Hispanic American-owned profile to compete in small-business-designated procurements when applicable. This posture reflects the transactional nature of purchase orders and BPA call orders, which often default to full-and-open unless explicitly set-aside in the solicitation.

Obligated spend ($41.7 million, 70% of potential ceiling value) indicates consistent performance and delivery against standing contracts, typical for an established supplier in recurring logistics supply. The company maintains compliance and payment discipline adequate to sustain both Army and DLA purchase order authority.

We are a job shop manufacturer of mechanical and electro-mechanical defense spare parts.