Earthwise Parts LLC

Earthwise Parts LLC, a Chico, California–based manufacturer and small business prime contractor, supplies standardized hardware components and fabricated pipe fittings to the Defense Logistics Agency under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open purchase orders. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor in its federal footprint (100% of recent awards), with all thirty awards since January 2026 issued as firm fixed-price purchase orders carrying combined potential value of $511 thousand. Earthwise competes across both set-aside and unrestricted categories — roughly half of recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations, while the remainder are awarded full-and-open.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow: the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounts for 23 of 30 awards and $455 thousand in combined potential value, while DLA Aviation supplies the remaining 7 awards and $56 thousand. The two rankings track identically, with Land and Maritime dominating both volume and dollar value. Earthwise has no subcontract relationships and operates purely as a prime on small-dollar transactional purchases rather than on larger IDIQs or GWACs.

The hardware and fastener commodity categories define the work. The portfolio splits across Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (10 awards); Hardware Manufacturing (8 awards); and Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (5 awards), with gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing and hose and belting rounding out the balance. Representative work includes a $82.17 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for 166 adapter straight flange components (February 4, 2026); a $68.4 thousand Total Small Business order for 400 webbing straps with delivery to DLA Distribution in Chico (February 9, 2026); and a $59.22 thousand Total Small Business procurement of 846 filter element units (March 24, 2026). The company also fills smaller orders for machine screws, lock washers, self-locking nuts, hose clamps, loop clamps, butt hinges, and nonmetallic hose assemblies, with unit delivery timelines ranging from 71 to 256 days post-award.

Activity entered the source data in early January 2026 and remained high through April 2026, with all thirty awards concentrated in a four-month window. Seven awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $133 thousand and face recompete. Combined dollars obligated ($590 thousand) exceed combined potential value by 15 percent, indicating that actual invoice amounts have surpassed initial contract ceilings on a portion of the portfolio.