ECI Defense Group, Inc.

ECI Defense Group, Inc., a Lyles, Tennessee-based small business subchapter S corporation, supplies discrete electrical, mechanical, and electronic components to the Defense Logistics Agency and Navy logistics depots as a prime contractor on thousands of small purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing across both total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition with no SBA certifications. The company holds no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB designations and competes predominantly in unrestricted market categories alongside larger vendors.

ECI Defense Group's capability portfolio centers on component sourcing and supply-chain logistics for military maintenance and depot replenishment. Concrete examples include a $718,443.39 purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded July 15, 2026, for meter movement components (NSN 6695-00-193-0516) used in H-1 helicopter applications; a $528,904.89 order from DLA Land and Maritime for three alternating-current motors (NSN 6105014263882) awarded May 12, 2026; a $384,178.12 award for an AC motor (NSN 6105011552375) supporting USS Philippine Sea maintenance, also from DLA Land and Maritime; and a $1,206,922.40 definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for cable assembly awarded July 1, 2026. Across representative smaller orders, the company sources pressure dial gauges, hydraulic buffers, relays, thermal heaters, gaskets, motors, circuit cards, connectors, fasteners, and structural assemblies typical of defense inventory replenishment.

Customer concentration is extreme and Defense Logistics Agency-dependent. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 10,349 awards worth $413 million in combined potential value (49% of total awards by count, 49% by dollar value), while DLA Aviation holds 4,191 awards worth $215.2 million (25% by count, 25% by value). Together, these two DLA components represent 97% of awards by count and 93% by combined potential value. Naval Supply Systems Command contributes 636 awards worth $96 million. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment and Hardware round out the top five with 932 and 1,175 awards respectively. Across 44 distinct federal agencies, ECI Defense Group's footprint is heavily tilted toward defense logistics supply-chain replenishment.

ECI Defense Group holds six single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each with $350,000 ceilings expiring between April and May 2027, covering flexible shaft assemblies, universal joints, thermal heaters, and vehicular equipment components under total small business set-asides. A separate single-award IDIQ with DLA Aviation carries a $2.5 million ceiling through June 2031 for hexagonal plain nuts. These parent vehicles generate 42, 23, and 21 task orders respectively on the highest-volume contracts, anchoring routine component procurement. The top five IDIQs carry combined potential value of $5.8 million.

Activity trajectory shows significant decline. Awards per year fell from 1,219 in 2022 to 396 through July 2026, a 68% contraction in annual award count over four years. Combined potential value across all 17,861 total awards is $849.2 million, with $706.8 million obligated (83%). The next twenty-four months present a recompete cliff of 290 awards worth $26.9 million in combined potential value — primarily routine component IDIQs and small purchase orders expiring between now and October 2027.

ECI Defense Group operates as a pure prime contractor footprint; only four sub-awards appear in the source data over its award history, representing negligible sub-contracting activity. One recent sub-award from Comperipherals Incorporated on cable assembly (February 2025) carries $69,744.16 value against a $278,976.64 parent PO.

Top NAICS categories are Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (1,605 awards), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (1,098), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (995), Industrial Valve Manufacturing (858), and Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (777). Top PSC categories align: Valves, Nonpowered (1,837 awards), Electrical Control Equipment (1,168), Relays and Solenoids (1,019), Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (942), and Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (827). The vendor's business is entirely driven by DLA's routine component replenishment demand across these narrow, high-volume categories.