CR Daniels Inc.

CR Daniels Inc., doing business as Dandux, is a small business manufacturer of specialized aviation and defense equipment components that operates as a prime contractor to the Department of Defense, with all 1,238 recent prime awards placed through the Defense Logistics Agency and allied military customers. The company manufactures aircraft seats, protective covers, seat cushion covers, wire rope assemblies, stowage bags, dust and moisture boots, and related soft goods and precision components for military aviation and ground support operations. Place of performance spans multiple Maryland facilities (Ellicott City headquarters, manufacturing in Ilchester and Daniels, and operations in Rutledge, Tennessee) with performance also recorded at DLA distribution centers and overseas locations.

CR Daniels is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Ellicott City, Maryland, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides across its Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicles while also winning full-and-open purchase orders and delivery orders. The vendor holds no formal SBA certifications or socioeconomic designations in the source record, though DLA systematically designates the majority of its IDCs with this vendor as small business set-asides. NAICS concentration runs heavily to Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (316 awards) and Hardware Manufacturing (86 awards); PSC codes cluster on Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (335 awards) and Vehicular Furniture and Accessories (112 awards).

Customer concentration is acute and DLA-dominated. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 290 awards and $77.6 million in combined potential value—71% of the vendor's total award count and 71% of total dollars. DLA Aviation's buy profile spans aircraft seats, seat cushion covers, stowage bag assemblies, wire rope assemblies, and protective covers. The second-largest customer by dollars is Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (13 awards, $16 million potential value), followed by DLA Land and Maritime (61 awards, $7 million), DLA itself (214 awards, no dollar total specified), and Department of the Army (186 awards, $4.8 million). Across the top five by potential value, DLA agencies account for 98% of combined dollars and are the exclusive customer set.

CR Daniels holds nine active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency across Aviation and Land and Maritime branches, all structured as single-award vehicles reserved for small business. The largest by ceiling is a $2.5 million non-set-aside IDC for gun seat assemblies (National Stock Number 1680-012520374) for UH-60 series helicopters, awarded December 5, 2025, through December 4, 2027—an approved-manufacturer contract competing against Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation as incumbent. A $1,986,822.75 IDC for seat cushion covers (awarded March 24, 2023, through March 23, 2028) has issued three delivery orders totaling approximately $452 thousand. A $1,999,999.99 IDC for mixed aviation equipment including aircraft seats (awarded March 31, 2022, through March 30, 2024, now expired) generated delivery orders ranging from $138 thousand to $834 thousand. Five additional IDCs carry $250 thousand to $350 thousand ceilings and cover wire rope assemblies, stowage bags, panel assemblies, and dust and moisture boots, all set aside for small business, all with multi-year performance periods extending through 2026 to 2030. These vehicles enable DLA Aviation to issue recurring task orders without re-competition; recent task order activity under these IDCs ranges from $2 thousand to $821 thousand in individual ceiling values.

Activity has contracted in recent years—25 awards in 2022, declining to 19 in 2023, then rising to 40 in 2024 before dropping to 27 in 2025 and 5 year-to-date in 2026 (through March 25). Combined potential value across all awards stands at $108.6 million, though obligated dollars ($134.1 million) exceed potential value by 24%, indicating historical overrun or growth in exercised task orders. Twelve awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $5.1 million—a moderate recompete exposure. The largest near-term completions include the gun seat assembly IDC (December 4, 2027, outside the window) and multiple smaller task orders under expiring delivery vehicles.

CR Daniels lists one identifiable subcontract relationship: the Boeing Company, for which it supplied purchased-outside-production support under a six-month PB Support UCA task, awarded March 11, 2025. The vendor describes itself in award narratives as having served as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics AM General, and Sikorsky Aircraft for soft goods and aircraft parts, though these relationships are not reflected in the awarded-subcontract detail in the source. The vendor competes exclusively or nearly exclusively as a prime, with 1,238 of 1,239 total awards in prime status.

The top parent vehicles by task order count include five unnamed IDIQs and three named IDCs: Indefinite Delivery Contract 4600000033 (20 task orders, no value stated), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A714D5808 (19 task orders, $2.2 million combined potential), and Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A620D5442 (13 task orders, $29 thousand). These vehicle identifiers suggest DLA multiple-award IDIQs spanning Aviation, Land and Maritime, and Construction and Equipment branches. The vendor's position on these vehicles is not exclusively single-award; some represent participation in broader DLA procurement platforms where CR Daniels competes alongside other vendors for task orders.

PRODUCTS INCLUDE: LAUNDRY HAMPERS, AVIATION PARTS, NETS, CANVAS BAGS. SPECIAL CAPABILITIES: MANUFACTURE TO SPEC & COLLABORATE & DEVELOP IDEAS. CATEGORIES INCLUDE: CUT & SEW, INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, PLASTICS, METAL.