Gerding Enterprises, Inc.

Gerding Enterprises, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Dittmer, Missouri, supplies precision aerospace components and aircraft maintenance equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Department of Defense agencies as a prime contractor (79% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to Boeing on defense platform development work. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open federal procurements, though it has held and continues to pursue small-business set-aside awards, particularly through the DLA Aviation single-award indefinite delivery contract.

Gerding's federal footprint centers almost entirely on DLA Aviation, which accounts for 61 of 102 total awards tracked and $868 thousand in combined potential value. The company manufactures aircraft components, maintenance fixtures, and specialized equipment — pressure dial gauges, aircraft footrests and access covers, linear actuation caps, struts, fasteners, and structural fittings — typically supplied through firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders with performance in Dittmer. Primary NAICS concentration sits in Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (40 awards) and PSC concentration in Airframe Structural Components (18 awards) and Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (9 awards). Representative prime work includes a $31 thousand total small business purchase order from DLA Aviation for dial pressure gauges (May 2026), a $41.3 thousand total small business award for aircraft footrests (September 2025), and a $23.7 thousand firm fixed-price order for linear actuation caps (July 2025). The company also holds or recently held a $250 thousand single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation for aircraft maintenance fixtures, set aside for total small business, from which multiple delivery orders have been issued.

Customer concentration is extreme: DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime account for 84% of award count and 98% of combined potential value across all customer agencies. The top five funding entities — DLA Aviation, DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, Naval Supply Systems Command, and Air Force Materiel Command — cover that concentration almost entirely. DLA Aviation's dominance by both count (61 awards) and dollars ($868 thousand) leaves no secondary customer relationships of material scale.

Gerding places task orders under five named indefinite delivery contracts and basic ordering agreements: IDC SP048003D5807 (8 task orders), IDC FA863420D2704 (5 task orders), BOA N0001921G0006 (4 task orders), IDC FA861718D6219 (2 task orders), and BOA N6833521G0020 (2 task orders). These vehicles span DLA Aviation, Air Force Materiel Command, and Navy supply programs.

Activity has grown materially year over year, from 11 awards in 2022 to 24 in both 2024 and 2025, though 2026 is only four months into the year. Twelve awards carrying $134 thousand in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete risk and opportunity for competitors. The source reports combined dollars obligated ($4.7 million) significantly exceeding combined potential value ($1.1 million), a signal of contract-value growth or scope expansion across the recent portfolio.

In its subcontractor role, Gerding supplies components and assemblies to The Boeing Company on defense platform programs including F-15EX aircraft (Lots 4, 5/6 exercise options), F/A-18 IRST target modules, MQ-25 unmanned refueling systems, Harpoon coastal defense systems, and advanced pilot training equipment. Twenty-one sub awards are concentrated across Boeing's defense and space systems business, with no other named primes in the sub footprint, reflecting a focused supplier relationship rather than a diversified sub network.

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