Equipment & Supply Inc.

Equipment & Supply Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Monroe, North Carolina, supplies specialized mechanical and electronic components for military aviation, maritime, and construction equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency and the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor on 99% of its recent federal awards. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, with occasional total small business set-aside designations, rather than 8(a) or other formal SBA set-aside categories.

Equipment & Supply Inc.'s federal footprint centers on precision-engineered aviation components and ground support equipment. Representative prime work includes a $294,975 definitive contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center (August 2025) for RMAF trailer engine installation and removal; a $87,000 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation (July 2025) for a Jack Tester Assembly; a $62,950.94 total small business set-aside from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (October 2025) for 26 front adapter units for aerospace ground support equipment; and recurring smaller delivery orders from DLA Aviation for specialized pin assemblies, bell cranks, aircraft ground locks, duct assemblies, and other airframe structural and maintenance components, most valued between $1,000 and $30,000 per order. The company holds an active single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation valued at $250,000 (awarded January 2022, extended through January 2023) for various pin assembly components; under this vehicle, two delivery orders have been issued totaling approximately $9,915. Work is performed entirely at the Monroe, North Carolina facility.

Customer concentration is acute and heavily skewed toward DLA. The top five funding agencies account for 77% of awards by count and 91% by combined potential value. DLA Aviation dominates, with 1,157 awards worth $7.5 million combined potential value. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment follows with 326 awards worth $3.6 million; the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command with 297 awards worth $4.7 million; DLA Land and Maritime with 187 awards worth $646 thousand; and the Naval Air Warfare Center with 16 awards worth $5.6 million. This concentration reflects Equipment & Supply Inc.'s role as a high-volume supplier of small-value components to inventory management and logistics operations rather than large system integrator. Award volume has been relatively stable—ranging from 74 to 101 awards annually over the past five years—indicating steady operational demand rather than growth trajectory.

The company's subcontract footprint is minimal (1% of awards by count). Named primes include RTX Corporation, where Equipment & Supply Inc. performs depot activation and F-135 and F-119 engine component work, and BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., where the company supplied F-16 support equipment for Jordan in a May 2026 sub-award. Subcontract work samples depot maintenance and foreign military sales support, positioning Equipment & Supply Inc. as a capacity augmentation resource for major defense primes on specialized components.

Equipment & Supply Inc. specializes in manufacturing "Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment" (NAICS 336413, representing 1,109 awards) and "Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing" (NAICS 336412, 117 awards). Primary product service codes are Aircraft Ground Servicing Equipment (479 awards), Airframe Structural Components (420 awards), and Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (403 awards). The award portfolio reflects a business model centered on supplying small, precision-engineered mechanical and electronic components—brackets, locks, adapters, cylinders, gear assemblies, bell cranks, duct assemblies, harnesses, panels, and support fixtures—that sustain military aviation readiness across the DLA supply chain. Recompete exposure is minimal; only three awards with a combined potential value of $67 thousand have ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months.

Newly manufactured ground support equipment & a vast number of surplus inventory