Elder Rubber Incorporated

Elder Rubber Incorporated, doing business as Porter Seal Company, manufactures and distributes custom rubber and plastic components—O-rings, nonmetallic seals, gaskets, bushings, preformed packing, protective footwear, and nonmetallic hoses—to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor under multiple small-business-set-aside indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor is a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business and Asian-Pacific American-owned Subchapter S corporation based in Irving, Texas, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on DLA vehicles.

Elder Rubber's customer footprint is heavily concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency. Across 105 total awards spanning prime and sub work, the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 91 awards (100% of combined potential value at $4.1 million), while DLA Aviation holds 11 awards ($29 thousand), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment holds 2 awards, and the Army Acquisition Support Center holds 1 award. Recent representative work includes a $55,543 delivery order for nonmetallic hoses awarded January 22, 2026, under a six-month performance window through May 15, 2026; a $101,967 delivery order for nonmetallic hoses awarded August 27, 2025; and an $850,999 purchase order for O-rings awarded June 30, 2023. The vendor holds six active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, five of which are designated total small business set-asides with $250,000 ceiling values each, and one non-set-aside IDC worth $1.995 million for nonmetallic hoses awarded July 9, 2025, running through July 8, 2030.

Activity declined from a 2023 peak of 48 awards to 23 in 2024 and 13 in 2025, with only 1 award recorded in 2026 year-to-date. A single award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The vendor holds 99% of awards as prime, with one sub-award to Raytheon Company on a fasteners and hardware modification in March 2024. Across the award portfolio, gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing (NAICS 332999) dominates at 62 awards, followed by other fabricated wire products (13 awards) and rubber and plastic hoses and belting manufacturing (7 awards); by product, O-rings account for 48 awards and packing and gasket materials for 39 awards. All work is performed at the vendor's Irving, Texas facility, with deliveries supporting both continental U.S. and overseas DLA depots and military branches.