C.l. Blankenship, Inc.

C.L. Blankenship, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas–based for-profit small business, supplies specialized mechanical and electrical components and parts kits to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor exclusively through firm fixed-price purchase orders. The vendor has maintained active federal contracting registration since January 2002 and competes under both Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open designations, with set-aside awards representing a minority posture across the prime footprint.

C.L. Blankenship specializes in supplying DLA-procured technical components across five primary commodity categories: compressors and vacuum pumps (23 awards), powered valves (11 awards), refrigeration and air-conditioning components (8 awards), driers and dehydrators (8 awards), and nonpowered valves (6 awards). The underlying NAICS codes reflect manufacturing-adjacent sourcing in air and gas compressor manufacturing, metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing, and industrial valve manufacturing. Recent representative awards include a $17,467.32 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (June 2026) for push switches; a $25,941.90 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (October 2024) for a solenoid valve parts kit; a $12,155.00 Total Small Business order from DLA Aviation (February 2025) for temperature indicators; and a $8,100.00 full-and-open purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (July 2025) for push switches. All work is performed at the contractor's San Antonio facility.

Customer concentration is extreme and vertically integrated within DLA. The top three customers account for 89% of recent awards and represent 100% of combined potential value: DLA Land and Maritime (47 awards, $270 thousand), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (16 awards, $267 thousand), and DLA Aviation (13 awards, $80 thousand). The Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region and the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command account for the remaining awards. The vendor does not subcontract and operates exclusively as a prime, with no identified sub-award activity across the ninety-one–award footprint.

Activity shows volatility with peaks in 2019 (7 awards) and recent uptick in 2025 (7 awards) and 2026 (5 awards to date), offset by dormant years in 2020 and 2023. Combined potential value sits at $644 thousand with $617 thousand obligated (96% realization). The vendor maintains a seat on five DLA indefinite-delivery contracts (SP076003D5K04, SP074004D5A51, SP074004D5C13, SPM74004D5A51, SPM74004D5C13) with minimal task-order velocity — one to two task orders per vehicle — indicating these are catalog-access vehicles rather than primary revenue streams. The award portfolio demonstrates steady but low-dollar procurement patterns typical of component supply relationships with defense logistics operations.

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