Fabrication Specialty Inc.

Fabrication Specialty Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Granbury, Texas, supplies precision hardware components and fasteners to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on full-and-open and total small business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts and purchase orders.

Fabrication Specialty Inc. operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards). The company manufactures standard and specialized hardware components across NAICS 332722 (Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing) and NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing), with product scope spanning nuts, bolts, screws, washers, fasteners, pins, gaskets, lock rings, shims, spacers, bearings, sleeves, brackets, and proprietary components such as pivot pins and blade lock bushings. Recent representative awards include a $46,673 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for protective dust caps (December 2025), a $43,227 total small business set-aside delivery order from DLA Aviation for plain hexagon nuts (January 2026), a $28,227.64 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for protective dust caps (December 2025), a $27 million delivery order from DLA Aviation for self-locking nuts (October 2025), and a $18,853.68 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation for finishing washers (December 2025). The vendor holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, each with $350,000 ceilings extending through 2026 or 2030, all designated total small business set-asides.

Customer concentration is extreme and agency-specific. The top five DLA offices account for 98% of recent awards and 99% of combined potential value: DLA Aviation (1,445 awards, $11.1 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware (1,422 awards, $11.9 million), DLA Land and Maritime (518 awards, $10.1 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (242 awards, $2.2 million), and DLA (121 awards, $258 thousand). Nearly all activity flows through these DLA entities; the vendor has worked with 15 distinct agencies in the source data but derives negligible revenue outside the DLA footprint. By dollar value, DLA Troop Support Hardware and DLA Aviation track closely in share, while DLA Aviation leads by award count. This concentration reflects the vendor's role as a specialized supplier to DLA's hardware procurement network across multiple depots and distribution centers.

Activity has remained relatively flat in the past five years—288 awards in 2022 through 329 in 2025—with 2026 showing only 78 awards in the first quarter (an annualization placeholder). The combined potential value across 3,836 awards sits at $36 million, with $19.4 million obligated (54% execution). Within the next twenty-four months, 24 awards totaling $383 thousand reach ultimate completion, representing modest recompete exposure.

The vendor holds minimal subcontract exposure: one documented sub-award to Lockheed Martin Corporation (February 2025) for incidental services and hardware supporting PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile production. This represents less than one percent of the vendor's footprint and signals that Fabrication Specialty Inc. operates primarily as a direct supplier to DLA rather than as a sub-tier participant in prime defense contracts.

The top parent IDV vehicles reflect the fragmented nature of DLA's hardware procurement: five legacy indefinite delivery contracts (SPE5EY19D0517, SPE4A623D0056, SPE4A723D5302, SPE4A615D5002, SPE4A614D5723) together carry 103 task orders with combined potential value of $781 thousand. These older vehicles appear to be running low on remaining ceiling; the source lists newer awards under single-award IDC vehicles with standardized $350,000 ceilings awarded in 2025 and 2026, suggesting DLA is consolidating hardware procurement under fresh contract vehicles. NAICS concentration shows Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing dominating with 1,557 awards, followed by Hardware Manufacturing with 1,297 awards; PSC concentration mirrors this, with Nuts And Washers (955 awards) and Hardware, Commercial (778 awards) anchoring the portfolio.

Fabrication Specialty Inc. competes predominantly under total small business set-asides rather than full-and-open, with the majority of award value and nearly all active IDIQs designated for small business participation. The vendor's registration in the System for Award Management dates to February 2002, and its federal contracting footprint has been characterized by stable, high-volume transactional activity with DLA—routine replenishment orders ranging from under one hundred dollars to mid-five-figure deliveries—rather than large-dollar, multi-year prime platforms or complex teaming arrangements outside the DLA ecosystem.