Direct Line, Inc.

Direct Line, Inc., a small business Subchapter S corporation based in Sunrise, Florida, supplies standardized mechanical and electrical components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a pure prime contractor (100% of recent awards) operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor competes across over twenty-five single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA's Land and Maritime, Aviation, Troop Support Hardware, and Troop Support Construction and Equipment divisions, with no subcontract footprint and no participation in government-wide vehicles.

Direct Line's capability portfolio centers on brake system components, pneumatic and hydraulic valves, seals and gaskets, bearings and fasteners, storage batteries, filters, cylinders, springs, and related mechanical and electrical components for military asset maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Representative contract work includes a $198.8 million total small business purchase order awarded May 18, 2026, for pneumatic control units (141 units of NSN 2530015838832) to DLA Land and Maritime with delivery to DLA Distribution within 164 days; a $118.4 million total small business purchase order for vehicular axles (10 units of NSN 2530014795955) awarded May 20, 2026, with delivery by February 24, 2027; and a $75.9 million total small business purchase order for air brake evaporators (137 units of NSN 2530016305913) awarded May 20, 2026, with delivery within 95 days to DLA Distribution. More recent work includes a $63.6 thousand total small business purchase order for brake booster assemblies (215 units plus one additional unit with 273-day delivery) awarded July 16, 2026, and a $47.1 million total small business purchase order for air vehicular dryers (304 units of NSN 2530014424606) awarded July 13, 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme: DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 8,808 awards (78% of all prime awards) with $314.5 million combined potential value, representing 77% of the vendor's total federal pipeline. DLA Aviation places 1,346 awards ($27.7 million), and DLA Troop Support Hardware and Construction and Equipment divisions account for 769 additional awards ($9.8 million combined). Across these four DLA entities, 98% of recent awards are concentrated. The only non-DLA customer of material scale is the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal, which has placed 42 awards ($7 million combined potential value). This posture is deliberately narrow: Direct Line operates as a supplier to DLA's spare parts and component replenishment system, with work performed entirely in Sunrise, Florida and delivered to Continental United States and Outside Continental United States DLA depots through consolidation and containerization points.

The vendor's IDIQ portfolio comprises small, specialized single-award contracts, each with a ceiling of $250,000 to $1.36 million and performance periods of one to five years. Recent awards include eight new IDIQs between April 27 and July 15, 2026, each with a $350,000 ceiling and a twelve-month term or until aggregate orders reach ceiling, whichever occurs first. Vehicles focus on discrete component categories: brake systems, seals and gaskets, springs, filters, bearings, electrical components, and fasteners. The five highest-activity vehicles by task-order count are Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE7L425D5017 (132 task orders, $28 thousand combined potential value), SPE5EY19D0573 (85 task orders, $429 thousand), SPE7L425D5024 (82 task orders, $37 thousand), SPE7LX20D0033 (68 task orders, $127 thousand), and SPE7L425D5018 (55 task orders, $163 thousand). Individual task orders are typically small and short-cycle: firm fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders ranging from under $100 to over $100,000, with delivery windows of thirty to one hundred thirty-nine days after order placement.

Award activity shows high volume and recent deceleration. Direct Line received 1,449 awards in 2025 but only 646 awards in 2026 through mid-July, suggesting a sharp near-term decline in ordering pace. Across the lifetime captured in the source (1989–2026), Direct Line has received 11,276 prime awards with combined potential value of $468.4 million and combined obligated dollars of $105.7 million. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is modest: 94 awards with combined potential value of $4.6 million reach ultimate completion in that window, concentrating recompete risk in a small set of expiring IDIQs rather than across a large pipeline.

By component category, the vendor's award footprint aligns with its DLA focus: Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (1,731 awards), Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing (1,365 awards), Battery Manufacturing (593 awards), and Fastener Manufacturing (547 awards) lead by count. Under PSC classification, Vehicular Brake, Steering, Axle, Wheel, and Track Components (2,680 awards) dominate, followed by Vehicular Furniture and Accessories (818 awards) and Engine Air and Oil Filters (766 awards). The vendor holds federal contractor status since January 2002 and competes almost exclusively under total small business set-asides, with no full-and-open competition observed in the recent award record.