Giesting & Associates, Inc.

Giesting & Associates, Inc., doing business as G & A Sales Co., is a Cincinnati-based small business that supplies military-grade hardware components and electronic parts to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor on a high-volume, transactional basis. The company operates exclusively in the federal market, holding no private-sector work; it competes predominantly full-and-open with the DLA across four distinct total small business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) and fills hundreds of routine purchase orders annually.

The vendor's capability portfolio is hyperspecialized around discrete commodity-level parts and consumables. Recent representative work includes a $103.7 million total small business set-aside purchase order (awarded November 2025) for a hydraulic actuator (NSN 3010015539183) to DLA Land and Maritime, with delivery to HQ HSC ASG Kuwait within ten days; a $59.3 million total small business set-aside purchase order (awarded February 2026) for one cylinder assembly unit (NSN 3040016065108) to DLA Land and Maritime, with delivery to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 required within five days of award; and a $134.3 million purchase order (awarded May 2026) for twelve clutch assemblies (NSN 2520011360963) to DLA Land and Maritime, with delivery to DLA Distribution facility W1A8 within 157 days. The company also routinely fulfills sub-$10,000 orders for resistors, capacitors, bolts, connectors, valves, hose assemblies, cable reels, antennas, and mechanical power transmission equipment — the breadth reflecting DLA's classification of work across multiple NAICS codes (capacitor and resistor manufacturing; electronic connector manufacturing; fastener and hardware manufacturing) and federal procurement categories (resistors, connectors, hardware, switches, construction materials).

Customer concentration is extreme: the DLA accounts for 98% of recent awards by count and 99% by combined potential value. DLA Land and Maritime alone holds 2,240 awards valued at $20 million. The DLA's Aviation division contributes 351 awards ($2.1 million), Troop Support Construction and Equipment contributes 432 awards ($1.2 million), and Hardware contributes 177 awards ($165 thousand). The Marine Corps rounds out the active customer base with 11 awards ($449 thousand). No other federal agency places material work.

Vehicle posture is straightforward: Giesting & Associates holds four single-award total small business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $350,000 and running through 2026–2027. These IDCs cover cylinder assemblies, electrical retainers, electrical connectors, and related mechanical power transmission equipment. The contracts establish framework vehicles with guaranteed minimum order quantities and anticipated order frequencies (typically 3–12 orders per year), enabling DLA to issue delivery orders against pre-negotiated firm fixed prices. The vendor also holds older indefinite delivery contracts under DLA parent vehicles SPM7LX09D7048 (21 task orders, $190 thousand), M6700404D0023 (6 task orders, $57 thousand), and SP093003D5065 (3 task orders, $100 thousand).

Activity has grown steadily: 179 awards in 2022, ramping to 296 in 2025, with 103 awards in 2026 year-to-date (through mid-July). The recompete cliff within the next twenty-four months carries modest risk — eight awards ($190 thousand combined potential value) face ultimate completion dates before October 2027, but these are routine single-award vehicle renewals that DLA has shown strong propensity to extend. Combined obligated value across all awards stands at $15.8 million of a $24.1 million potential total, indicating consistent invoicing and cash flow.

Giesting & Associates operates exclusively as a prime contractor; no subcontracting activity or teaming arrangements appear in the award record. All performance occurs at the company's facility in Groesbeck, Ohio, with consolidated and containerized delivery to DLA distribution centers across the continental United States and overseas locations. The vendor is registered in the System for Award Management since April 2002 and maintains an operational footprint across all DLA divisions (Land and Maritime, Aviation, Troop Support, Construction and Equipment).