DLC Aircraft Preservation Services, LLC

DLC Aircraft Preservation Services, LLC, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Helotes, Texas, provides aircraft restoration and preservation services exclusively as a prime contractor to the Department of Defense, competing across Total Small Business set-asides and competing delivery orders under an indefinite delivery contract. The vendor is a sole proprietorship classified as a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned, economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business (EDWOSB), and self-certified small disadvantaged business operating primarily under NAICS 238320 (Painting and Wall Covering Contractors) and PSC code 1650 (Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equipment—Aircraft And Airframe Structural Components).

DLC's capability portfolio centers on inspection, corrosion control, sheet metal repair, painting, and cosmetic restoration of static display military aircraft to museum-quality condition in accordance with Air Force Instruction 84-103. Recent representative work includes a $298,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from the California National Guard (May 2025) for organizational heritage materiel restoration at San Miguel, California; a $180,000 purchase order from Air Education and Training Command (August 2025) for fiscal year 2025 static display aerospace vehicle inspection, cleaning, painting, and maintenance at Lackland Air Force Base; a $92,000 purchase order from Air Force Air Combat Command (June 2025) for AC-130U and AC-130H restoration at Hurlburt Field Air Park in Florida; and a $78,000 purchase order from the Air Force (May 2026) for C-130 and A-10 restoration at Bradley Field, East Granby, Connecticut.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Air Force commands and components. The top five customer entities account for 80% of awards by count and 89% by combined potential value. Air Education and Training Command leads on potential value with seven awards totaling $784,000, followed by Air Combat Command with four awards totaling $506,000 and the Department of the Air Force (parent agency) with nine awards totaling $444,000. Global Strike Command and Air National Guard place recurring smaller orders in the $140,000 to $315,000 range. The California National Guard and Army Intelligence and Security Command have placed single awards in the $29,000 to $298,000 range.

DLC holds a single indefinite delivery contract with Air Force Air Combat Command valued at $263,000 running through September 2027 for heritage park static display aircraft restoration at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Three task orders have been awarded against this IDC totaling $243,000 in combined potential value—a $133,000 delivery order (September 2022) for refurbishment of F-86, F-100, C-130H, and EC-130 aircraft, a $68,000 delivery order (September 2022) for CH-3E, F-4, OV-10A, and A-7D refurbishment, and a $42,000 delivery order (July 2024) for EC-130H heritage park static display restoration. The remaining $20,000 of the IDC ceiling is available for future task orders.

Activity has fluctuated over the past five years—five awards in 2022, four in 2023, eight in 2024, six in 2025, and two in 2026 to date—across 35 total prime awards with combined potential value of $2.6 million and $2.3 million obligated (87% of ceiling). One award worth $180,000 reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure limited to that single Air Education and Training Command purchase order. DLC operates as a 100% prime footprint; no subcontract work appears in the source. The vendor's work scope spans domestic Air Force installations and National Guard facilities, with performance locations including Arizona, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, California, and Puerto Rico.