Formworks Plastics, Inc.

Formworks Plastics, Inc., a small disadvantaged, woman-owned, and veteran-owned business based in Orange, California, manufactures specialized plastic components and assemblies for military aircraft maintenance and defense supply chains exclusively as a prime contractor. The company operates as a Subchapter S corporation and competes predominantly outside set-aside vehicles — roughly half of recent awards carry no set-aside designation, while the remainder are total small business set-asides. Formworks manufactures cable retainers, release assemblies, mode transfer locks, disconnect assemblies, oxygen retainers, gaskets, pushrod assemblies, and related aircraft maintenance components for the Department of Defense.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dependent. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 30 of 41 awards (73%) and $18.5 million of $33.8 million in combined potential value across the prime footprint (82% coverage of awards). The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command anchors the remaining dollar concentration through two large awards — a $10.6 million potential-value contract with the Air Force Sustainment Center and a $4.8 million Air Force Lifecycle Management Center delivery order, both for aircraft components. The Department of the Navy placed five awards; remaining awards scattered across DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, and DLA Troop Support Hardware account for under $400 thousand in combined value.

Recent activity shows growth through 2024 — one award in 2021 to eleven in 2024 — then a sharp pullback to one award in 2025 (the November 2025 DLA Aviation first-article-test purchase order for $11,150). Formworks holds four named parent IDV vehicles, including single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime (ceiling $250 thousand) and the Navy (two contracts); the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center vehicle carries the $4.8 million Robins Air Force Base delivery order. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — one award totaling $11 thousand faces ultimate completion by end of calendar 2026. Over $18 million in cumulative federal contracts have been awarded to Formworks over the past decade, with $24.4 million obligated against the $34.5 million in combined potential value across the 50-award footprint (71% fulfillment rate). The company has no subcontract footprint; all fifty awards are prime positions.

Ability to Produce the CNU129P Survival Kit Containers, and parts contained within the assembly. This Assembly is used in the T-38 and B-52 aircraft as part of the ejection seat system.

NSN: 1680-01-065-6644 Survival Kit Container

PN: 025-750000-5

Manufacturer of small machined aluminum and stainless steel parts. Compression molding of Sheet Molding Compounds.