Desser Tire & Rubber Co., LLC

Desser Tire & Rubber Co., LLC, a Montebello, California-based manufacturer of pneumatic aircraft tires, inner tubes, hose assemblies, and related aerospace components, operates as a prime contractor to the federal government, holding 89% of its recent awards as direct prime contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency and related federal agencies. The company competes in the full-and-open marketplace with no set-aside designations across all awards.

Desser's customer base is heavily concentrated in defense logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates both count and dollar value with 395 awards representing $11.1 million in combined potential value—83% of the portfolio. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 46 awards and $1.7 million, while the Department of the Air Force represents 65 awards and $164 thousand. Combined, these three customers cover 98% of awards and 99% of potential value. The ranking by count and potential value aligns closely, with DLA's single-award IDC SPE7LX21D0051 ($1.6 billion ceiling for pneumatic inner tubes through November 2025) providing the primary vehicle for routine delivery orders.

Desser holds five dominant indefinite delivery contracts. The largest, SPE7LX21D0051 with DLA Land and Maritime, carries a $1.6 billion ceiling and has generated 77 task orders totaling $1.1 million in recent potential value. A second DLA single-award IDC, SPE7MX16D0122, has produced 109 task orders at $1.1 million combined value. A smaller DLA IDC, SPE7LX22D0053, carries a $100,460 ceiling for pneumatic aircraft tires and inner tubes through December 2024. The Air Force's FA861718D6213 IDIQ has generated 59 task orders, and DLA's SPM7LX10D7108 has generated 50 task orders at $607 thousand combined value. These vehicles funnel nearly all of Desser's prime work as small task orders, typically ranging from $2,000 to $50,000 with delivery periods of three to six months.

The award portfolio reflects narrow capability concentration. Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading) and Other Support Activities for Air Transportation account for 342 and 63 awards respectively. Product Service Code tires and tubes pneumatic aircraft dominate with 400 awards, followed by hose and flexible tubing (16 awards) and aircraft wheel and brake systems (7 awards). Recent work includes a $14,175 delivery order for pneumatic inner tubes (January 2026), a $53,655 order for 73 nonmetallic hose assemblies (January 2026), a $90,850 purchase order from the Air Force for F-16 Block 60 main body tires for the 425th Fighter Squadron (May 2024), and a $159,353 order for F-16 tires from Luke Air Force Base (July 2022). U.S. Coast Guard work has included a $148,036.50 order for HC-27J main landing gear tires (March 2022) and a $54,235 order for spare pneumatic aircraft tires for MH-65 aircraft (May 2023).

Desser's subcontract footprint is modest but consistent. The company supplies tires, batteries, plugs, covers, and related components to JPATS Logistics Services, LLC as a subcontractor on the Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply (COMBS III) program. These sub-awards focus on main landing gear tires, tubeless tires, and 24-volt batteries, with awards spanning from March 2023 through August 2024. Subwork represents only 11% of the recent portfolio.

Activity has been steady with modest growth. Awards totaled 32 in 2022, 34 in 2023, 69 in 2024, 30 in 2025, and 4 through January 2026. Combined potential value across 529 awards totals $13.3 million, with $12.6 million obligated (95% of potential). Only two awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, representing $72 thousand in recompete exposure.

Desser Tire & Rubber Co., LLC is a subsidiary of Desser Holding Company, LLC. The parent structure does not change the operating posture: Desser Tire & Rubber competes directly as a manufacturer in the full-and-open federal marketplace, anchored to a single high-value DLA IDC that generates steady, high-volume task-order activity in pneumatic aircraft components. The company has maintained SAM.gov registration since 2001 and demonstrates consistent delivery and performance on defense logistics requirements.