Edwards International LLC

Edwards International LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, supplies automotive, mechanical, medical, and industrial components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor across purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides. The firm is a limited liability company and Black American-owned entity that has recorded 798 prime awards since 2022, with combined potential value of $33 million across six Defense Logistics Agency customer components.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on standardized replacement parts and assemblies for military vehicle and equipment maintenance. Representative work includes a $48,743 total small business set-aside delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime for fueling manifolds (51 units, NSN 4730123746339) awarded April 14, 2026; a $44,600 total small business set-aside purchase order for 1,345 mounting brackets (NSN 5340124235628) from DLA Land and Maritime awarded June 26, 2025; and a $37,323 delivery order for brake fluid reservoirs from DLA Land and Maritime awarded August 21, 2025. The firm also holds a $59,398 total small business set-aside delivery order for mechanic's creepers from DLA Land and Maritime awarded November 13, 2025. Work spans fuel metering pumps, brake assemblies, cable assemblies, shock absorbers, valve test cylinders, vehicular windows and heaters, caliper assemblies, spring assemblies, electrical connectors, seals, fasteners, and specialized medical supplies including transmission gel and hemorrhage clamps.

Customer concentration is extremely narrow and tilted toward a single Defense Logistics Agency component. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 441 awards (55% of all task orders) with $30.1 million in combined potential value—92% of the vendor's total potential value across all customer agencies. DLA Aviation holds 108 awards worth $1.3 million; DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment holds 114 awards worth $1.3 million; and DLA Troop Support Medical holds 129 awards worth $272 thousand. The remaining activity spans DLA Troop Support Subsistence (4 awards, $25 thousand). All customer activity is concentrated within a single federal agency (DLA), with zero diversification outside the Defense Logistics Agency.

Edwards International holds a portfolio of 18 active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each with individual ceilings of $250,000 to $350,000 and performance periods extending through early 2027. These vehicles cover specific automotive and mechanical components—fuel metering pumps, brake fluid reservoirs, caliper assemblies, o-rings, gaskets, vehicular windows, mirror heads, valve extensions, grease caps, glow plugs, filler opening caps, breather components, metallic rectifiers, electrical accessory kits, and related fasteners and seals. The IDIQs are structured as single-award, total small business set-asides (with a small number designated non-set-aside) and typically carry guaranteed minimum annual purchase quantities ranging from one to 671 units across three to twelve anticipated delivery orders per year. Delivery timelines span 27 to 126 days from order placement to DLA depots in the continental United States and overseas locations. Five parent IDIQs account for 90 of the vendor's 798 awards; the remaining 708 awards are spread across the 18 indefinite delivery vehicles.

Activity has grown from 19 awards in 2022 to a peak of 239 awards in 2025, then declined to 117 awards year-to-date in 2026. The vendor faces modest recompete exposure: 17 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $175 thousand. Edwards International LLC does not appear in the source material as a subcontractor on prime contracts held by other vendors; the firm operates exclusively as a prime contractor on small business set-asides. The vendor competes entirely within the total small business set-aside category (with occasional non-set-aside delivery orders against parent IDIQs already held) rather than in full-and-open competitions, reflecting its core business model of fulfilling routine, standardized component requirements for military logistics operations through pre-positioned indefinite delivery contracts. Top NAICS concentration includes Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (87 awards), Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (63 awards), and Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing (43 awards), underscoring the breadth of component categories but the narrow customer concentration within a single DLA logistics component and functional area.