Fort Defiance Industries LLC

Fort Defiance Industries LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Loudon, Tennessee, manufactures ruggedized medical equipment and supplies for military and remote healthcare operations as a prime contractor across 720 awards (100% of recent work). The company is FDA-registered and ISO 13485:2016 certified, competing full and open with no SBA set-asides across its portfolio.

Fort Defiance's capability footprint centers on portable surgical tables (DOAK MK4 Army Portable Surgical Table models appearing across hundreds of delivery orders), automated field steam sterilizers (unit values ranging $109,897 to $219,794), electrical distribution panels, diagnostic test kits, sterilization consumables, calibration kits, and specialized medical components for field hospitals and remote deployments. Representative prime work includes a $48 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (SPE2DH22D0016) with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical Electronic Catalog (ECAT) Generation V Program (awarded June 14, 2022, running through June 13, 2027) under which the company has received 160 task orders (combined potential value $8.8 million); an earlier $25.2 million pool under the predecessor IDC (SPE2DH17D0018) generating 286 task orders; a May 2025 Other Transaction IDV from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command for prototype development of a Sink Unit for Scrubs Field Hospital (ceiling $302,409.01); and a $23,376 small-business-set-aside purchase order from the Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific West Area for a vacuum chamber (awarded May 25, 2022).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical dominates with 618 awards (combined potential value $140.2 million), representing 97% of award count and 98% of potential value. The remaining three percent of awards split among the DLA Land and Maritime division (57 awards, $1 million combined value), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (11 awards, $96 thousand), the Department of the Army Medical Command (4 awards, $974 thousand), and the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (4 awards, $270 thousand). This concentration reflects Fort Defiance's position as a specialized supplier embedded in the DLA's medical supply chain.

Fort Defiance operates predominantly through two parent IDC vehicles. The primary vehicle (SPE2DH22D0016) anchors current activity with 160 task orders; the predecessor contract (SPE2DH17D0018) carried 286 orders. A smaller DLA Medical Capital Equipment Program vehicle generated 75 task orders ($1.2 million combined value). All work is performed at the company's Loudon, Tennessee facility.

Activity has remained strong but uneven. The source reflects 60 awards in 2022, declining to 20 in 2023, rebounding to 47 in 2024 and 53 in 2025, with 28 awards recorded through mid-April 2026. The current IDC (SPE2DH22D0016) running through June 2027 faces no formal recompete cliff; however, 23 awards across the portfolio carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and combined potential value of $4.6 million.

Fort Defiance has one documented sub-award: Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (prime) subcontracted Fort Defiance as a supplier for AMEDD 2032 tent cold weather liner components (October 2, 2024). The sub-footprint is immaterial; Fort Defiance operates as a prime vendor, not a subcontractor.

The company competes in Hospital Furniture, Equipment, Utensils, and Supplies (PSC code 6515, 522 awards) and Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies (PSC 6520, 40 awards) categories. NAICS concentration centers on Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (456 awards) and Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (84 awards). The portfolio reflects light manufacturing, assembly, and supply-chain roles rather than pure distribution—evidenced by the company's own manufacturing certifications and design capability demonstrated through the prototype OTA with Army R&D&E Command.

Fort Defiance is a specialized, single-customer-dependent federal contractor with deep operational integration into DLA Troop Support Medical's medical supply ecosystem. Recompete risk centers on the current $48 million IDC vehicle's June 2027 expiration.