Erdco Engineering Corporation

Erdco Engineering Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Evanston, Illinois, manufactures and supplies flow measurement instruments and related aerospace components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, competing exclusively in full-and-open (non-set-aside) procurements. The company holds a long-standing, recurring supplier relationship with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, delivering impeller-type meters, flow rate indicator meters, and gaskets under multiple indefinite delivery contracts and individual purchase orders.

Erdco's customer concentration is extreme: DLA Aviation accounts for 103 of 221 awards (47% of the total footprint) and $4.4 million of the $5.6 million combined potential value across all awards. The broader DLA family — Aviation plus Land and Maritime plus the parent DLA organization — represents 81% of award count and 89% of combined potential value. Secondary exposure extends to the Department of the Air Force (16 awards), the Department of the Navy (13 awards), and the Naval Supply Systems Command (4 awards, $34 thousand combined potential value). No other federal customer exceeds single-digit award count; the portfolio is functionally a DLA Aviation sole-customer business.

Erdco's vehicle position sits on five named indefinite delivery contracts: SPE4A614D0168 (12 task orders, $512 thousand combined potential value), SP044002D0752 (12 task orders, $401 thousand combined potential value), SPE4A618D0161 (7 task orders, $192 thousand combined potential value), SPE4A621DC079 (3 task orders, $127 thousand combined potential value), and Basic Ordering Agreement F4160883D0400 (4 task orders). The source notes one IDC with DLA Aviation valued at $127,209.50 for impeller-type meters. Recent representative prime work includes a $232,609.93 purchase order from DLA Aviation for 67 impeller-type meters awarded October 24, 2023; a $148,326.33 order for 53 impeller-type meters awarded May 10, 2022; and a $139,957.60 order for 40 impeller-type meters awarded February 21, 2024. All awards carry firm fixed-price terms.

Activity has grown modestly: three awards in 2021, four in 2022, five in 2023, nine in 2024, and one through early April 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal — only one award (combined potential value $148 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined obligated dollars ($8.8 million) exceed combined potential value ($5.6 million) by 156%, a signal of cost overruns or supplemental funding on historical orders. Category concentration is dominated by NAICS 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, 87 awards) and PSC 6621 (Liquid and Gas Flow, Liquid Level, and Mechanical Motion Measuring Instruments, 176 awards). Erdco subcontracts minimally — the source records one sub-award to Raytheon Company on a July 24, 2024 Block 1B Base Service Level Class A overhaul order for meters under Navy contract. Erdco's core capability is repetitive fulfillment of small-to-mid-range DLA supply-chain orders for aeronautical measurement hardware, with no presence on government-wide acquisition contracts or civilian agency vehicles.