Davis Gear & Machine Co

Davis Gear & Machine Co, a small business manufacturer headquartered in Gardena, California, supplies precision gear components and mechanical assemblies to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime division as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open purchase orders. The company is a for-profit sole proprietorship classified under NAICS 332611 (Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing) and PSC 5305 (Gears, Pulleys, Sprockets, and Transmission Chain).

Nearly all federal work flows through a single customer. The DLA Land and Maritime division accounts for 273 of 285 recent awards (96% of volume, $2.8 million combined potential value), with one Marine Corps order rounding out the portfolio. The top parent vehicles are five indefinite delivery contracts issued by DLA, each valued at $250,000, with combined task-order activity of 20 orders totaling roughly $48 thousand. Davis Gear operates exclusively as a prime contractor — 100% of its recent awards are prime contracts or IDCs, with no subcontract footprint.

Capability framing centers on spur gears, bevel gears, helical gears, worm gears, gear assemblies, gearshafts, shouldered shafts, spline adapters, and gear racks, delivered to support military equipment maintenance and DLA logistics operations. Representative orders include a $26,125 total small business set-aside purchase order (May 2025, NSN 8511392934, spur gearshaft), a $29,465 total small business set-aside for spur gearshafts (April 2024, NSN 8510570531), and a $18,270 order for gear racks (February 2023, NSN 8509722921). The company also holds an active $250,000 single-award IDC (awarded November 2024, ultimate completion November 2025) reserved as a total small business set-aside, covering spur gears, gear and bearing assemblies, and gearshafts.

Set-aside posture spans total small business designations on its IDCs and scattered total small business set-aside purchase orders, with the majority of task orders placed under full-and-open firm fixed-price purchase and delivery orders. Activity has declined from eighteen awards in 2022 to two in 2026 year-to-date, though the source snapshot captures only the first quarter of 2026. Just two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window. Performance occurs entirely at the Gardena, California facility; the company has been registered with SAM.gov since April 2000.