Cason Engineering Inc.

Cason Engineering Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of precision-engineered structural and mechanical components for military aircraft, serves as a prime contractor to the Defense Logistics Agency, competing predominantly full-and-open without set-aside designations—though the company qualifies as a small business and holds two small-business-set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation. Headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California, Cason Engineering manufactures discrete aircraft hardware, brackets, fittings, hinges, door handles, stiffeners, and related structural components under primary NAICS 3324xx (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and PSC 1705 (Airframe Structural Components).

Cason Engineering operates exclusively as a prime contractor; the source identifies no sub-award footprint. The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Aviation accounts for 659 awards valued at $6 million combined potential value, while DLA Land and Maritime represents 134 awards valued at $397 thousand, DLA Troop Support Hardware 64 awards valued at $104 thousand, and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment 7 awards valued at $44 thousand. This concentration—98% of awards across four DLA customer segments—reflects Cason Engineering's role as a recurring supplier of discrete components to a single federal customer across multiple subordinate organizations.

Cason Engineering holds two active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation. The first IDC, awarded February 17, 2022, with ceiling $249,999.99 and ultimate completion February 16, 2027, covers aircraft door handles and related structural components under set-aside for small businesses; the company has received 12 task orders valued at $160 thousand combined potential value under this vehicle. The second IDC, awarded December 19, 2024, with ceiling $249,999.99 and ultimate completion December 17, 2029, covers aircraft stiffeners and related hardware under total small business set-aside. Both vehicles authorize firm fixed-price task orders ranging from approximately $11,862 to $12,741 with six- to ten-month performance periods. Representative named work includes a $20,999.16 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order for 117 aircraft stiffeners (July 12, 2024, DLA Aviation), a $16,001.44 Total Small Business purchase order for 112 linkage assembly components (August 22, 2025, DLA Aviation), a $20,034.36 Total Small Business delivery order for aircraft door handles (August 19, 2025, DLA Aviation), and a $19,994 purchase order for structural fittings with completion through January 4, 2028 (September 23, 2025, DLA Aviation). Smaller task orders—the majority under $10,000—span door flapper assemblies, clevis rod ends, mounting brackets, support tubes, retainers, and specialized aerospace fastening hardware.

Activity has declined modestly year over year, from 105 awards in 2022 to 68 in 2025 and only 2 recorded awards in 2026 to date. The recompete cliff shows 22 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carrying combined potential value of $129 thousand. Recent awards cluster in the sub-$25,000 range; the largest single contracts visible in the source run to approximately $21,000, consistent with Cason Engineering's business model as a supplier of individual precision components rather than integrated systems or large-scale subassemblies. The vendor performs all manufacturing at its El Dorado Hills facility and operates with no identified subcontractors across the award footprint. Cason Engineering has been registered in the System for Award Management since April 2002 and maintains an established track record of on-time delivery and quality control supporting DLA's aircraft sustainment mission.