Caprice Engineering Company, Inc.

Caprice Engineering Company, Inc., operating as Caprice Eng Co, manufactures precision aircraft spare and replacement parts for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor, competing almost exclusively under total small business set-asides or full-and-open designations through the Defense Logistics Agency. The company is a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned, veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Inglewood, California, with a focused product portfolio centered on actuator components, hydraulic cylinders, drive shafts, landing-gear assemblies, and fasteners for military aircraft maintenance.

Caprice's customer base is almost entirely concentrated within the Defense Logistics Agency ecosystem. The top customer ranking is dominated by DLA Aviation (203 awards, $3.2 million combined potential value) and the broader DLA organization (92 additional awards, $1.1 million), accounting for 81% of all awards and 86% of combined potential value. DLA Troop Support Hardware, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, and DLA Land and Maritime round out the active set, but these represent small incremental volume. Recent representative work includes a $24.6 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation for actuator piston guide components (NSN 8511743051) awarded November 6, 2025 with total small business set-aside designation and ultimate completion April 30, 2027; a $13.4 thousand purchase order from DLA Aviation for actuator piston guides (NSN 8511541455) awarded July 31, 2025 without set-aside; and a $32.5 thousand purchase order for plain round nuts (NSN 8509148591) awarded June 16, 2022.

Caprice operates through multiple active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA. The top parent vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A714D5086 (9 task orders, $72 thousand combined potential value), SPE4A613D5234 (7 task orders, $48 thousand), SPE4A614D5992 (9 task orders, $11 thousand), SPE4A719D5482 (7 task orders, $13 thousand), and SPE4A718D5417 (4 task orders, $16 thousand). Award volume remains consistent but modest — three to five awards annually since 2021 — with combined potential value of $5.7 million across 502 lifetime awards. However, obligated dollars total $8.2 million, suggesting higher execution rates on smaller task orders than original ceiling values indicate. Product concentration tracks strongly to airframe structural components (164 awards under NAICS Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and hydraulic/landing-gear subsystems. Only four awards face completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $51 thousand), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Caprice operates exclusively as a prime contractor — no sub-award footprint appears in the award record — and places all work at its Inglewood facility, maintaining a vertically integrated small-batch precision manufacturing operation since its SAM.gov registration in 2002.