C & S Aerospace, Inc.

C & S Aerospace, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Fullerton, California, manufactures precision aerospace and defense components — fasteners, metallic tubes, mechanical assemblies, and ordnance-related parts — as a prime contractor exclusively to the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The vendor operates entirely on purchase orders and indefinite-delivery contracts with no subcontract footprint; 41 of 41 recent awards are prime contracts.

The vendor's customer base is tightly concentrated within two DLA divisions. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation placed 17 awards ($433 thousand combined potential value), while Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime placed 24 awards ($304 thousand combined potential value), accounting for 100% of recent activity. Both rankings align, with Land and Maritime slightly ahead by award count and Aviation ahead by dollar magnitude. The vendor serves no other federal agencies.

C & S Aerospace's capability portfolio centers on small-quantity, individual-component manufacturing for military systems maintenance and supply-chain replenishment. Representative prime work includes a $80,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation (May 27, 2025) for eight units of axial fan impellers; a $86,880 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (December 8, 2025) for 96 coupling-half components; a $58,907 order from DLA Land and Maritime (July 28, 2025) for 1,403 ordnance-related sear components under Total Small Business set-aside; and a $37,500 purchase order for three housing assemblies (August 22, 2025) also under Total Small Business set-aside. The vendor holds one single-award indefinite-delivery contract — a $250,000 ceiling IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (August 5, 2025) for bearing carrier components and related mechanical power transmission equipment under NAICS 333612, from which one delivery order valued at $29,070 has been issued to date. A second single-award IDC with DLA Aviation carries a $250,000 ceiling and covers hinge assembly and access components (NAICS 332994, PSC 53).

Activity accelerated sharply year over year, from unspecified baseline to 32 awards in 2025 and 9 awards in early 2026. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's award distribution by product category shows concentration in fastener manufacturing (bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing: 10 awards), followed by pipe and tube components (4 awards), aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment (4 awards), ordnance accessories (3 awards), and industrial transmission equipment (3 awards). PSC coding mirrors this pattern, with bolts (6 awards) and pipe, tube, and rigid tubing (4 awards) leading the category list. Most awards carry no set-aside designation; approximately one-third are designated Total Small Business. Combined potential value across all awards is $737 thousand, with $374 thousand (51%) obligated to date. All work is performed in Fullerton, California, with deliveries to DLA distribution depots within the Continental United States and Outside Continental United States.