CTN Machining LLC

CTN Machining LLC, doing business as CTN Machining, is a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business based in San Jose, California that manufactures and supplies precision-engineered machined components and fasteners to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis. The company is a limited liability company, self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, and DOT-certified as a disadvantaged business enterprise. CTN Machining competes exclusively in open-market federal procurements without set-aside designation across its entire footprint.

CTN Machining's federal business centers on supplying high-volume, low-unit-value machined hardware to the Defense Logistics Agency. The company manufactures bushings, sleeves, spacers, washers, adapters, couplings, plugs, nuts, pins, retainers, and related industrial components that support military aircraft, ground vehicles, and defense equipment maintenance. Representative recent work includes a $6,439 purchase order from DLA Aviation for straight hose adapters (June 2026), a $4,410 order from DLA Land and Maritime for straight tube adapters with completion through March 2026, and a $3,534 tube reducer order from DLA Land and Maritime (December 2024). The company also holds four single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA, each valued at $250,000, covering various machined component categories to support inventory replenishment across DLA's Aviation and Land and Maritime divisions.

Customer concentration is tight and exclusive to the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime together account for 933 of the 1,306 total prime awards (71% of awards) and approximately $3.4 million of the $3.7 million combined potential value, with near-parity between the two divisions. DLA Troop Support Hardware represents 369 awards ($260 thousand) and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment four awards ($23 thousand), covering the remaining 100% of awards. This concentration reflects a single-customer dependency on one federal agency and its internal business units.

Activity has declined over the past five years from a peak of 118 awards in 2023 to 70 in 2024 and 66 in 2025, with only seven awards recorded through mid-2026. The vendor has registered federal awards since June 2009. Two awards carrying combined potential value of $3 thousand are scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete cliff exposure. CTN Machining does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or agency-wide IDIQs; all business flows through DLA single-award IDCs and direct purchase orders placed by DLA divisions. The vendor operates as a pure prime with no documented subcontractor relationships or sub-award activity. Work is performed entirely at the contractor's facility in San Jose, California, with no field or subordinate locations identified in the source.