GMS International Corporation

GMS International Corporation, doing business as GMS, is a veteran-owned small business prime contractor that supplies specialized aerospace and defense components to the Defense Logistics Agency through a high-volume transactional model, with 100% of awards (3,163 of 3,177 total) structured as prime contracts and predominantly full-and-open (non-set-aside) competition, though Total Small Business set-asides recur across a material share of the footprint.

GMS is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The company operates across multiple performance locations including Reston, Herndon, Lebanon, Amityville, Union, Vergennes, East Aurora, Elizabeth City, and Cheltenham (UK), reflecting a distributed supply base aligned with customer requirements. GMS has been registered in SAM.gov since 2004 and maintains active federal contracting status as a for-profit veteran-owned business organization.

The capability portfolio centers on procurement and supply of specialized aerospace and defense components: navigational lights, liquid and position transmitters, helical and compression springs, retainer assemblies, manual control levers, electrical control panels, deicer boots, arming units, bomb racks and braces, power supplies, cable assemblies, indicators, sensors, resistors, and mechanical fasteners. Representative recent prime work includes a $417,978 purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for 22 position transmitters (awarded December 4, 2025); a $349,992 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for starter valves under Total Small Business set-aside (awarded January 16, 2026); and a $226,051 purchase order from DLA Aviation for liquid transmitters (awarded March 25, 2026). GMS also holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation valued from $350,000 to $1,000,000, with ceilings ranging across multiple active vehicles as of April 2026. The company operates primarily through purchase orders and delivery orders issued against these IDIQs.

Customer concentration is extreme and non-diversified. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for approximately 64% of the award count (2,031 awards) and 63% of combined potential value ($112.6 million) across the 3,177-award portfolio. DLA Land and Maritime represents 27% of award count (855 awards) and 31% of potential value ($55.1 million). These two divisions account for 98% of awards and 94% of potential value. Downstream customers include DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (145 awards, $5.1 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware (76 awards, $855 thousand), Naval Supply Systems Command (17 awards, $2.1 million), and 18 other smaller agencies accounting for the remaining 2% of activity. The portfolio is almost entirely dependent on DLA as a customer and exhibits no meaningful diversification by agency or mission area.

GMS sits on multiple single-award indefinite delivery vehicles with DLA. Named vehicles include IDCs for helical torsion springs (NSN 5360013029583, $350,000 ceiling, Total Small Business set-aside, awarded January 12, 2026), helical compression springs (NSN 5360013610766, $350,000 ceiling, no set-aside, awarded January 12, 2026), dial pointers (NSN 5355010818468, $350,000 ceiling, no set-aside, awarded January 9, 2026), piston ejector lines (NSN 1095013341214, $350,000 ceiling, no set-aside, awarded March 26, 2026), arming units (NSN 1095013358306, $350,000 ceiling, no set-aside, awarded February 23, 2026), power supply units (NSN 6130011688000, $350,000 ceiling, Total Small Business set-aside, awarded March 26, 2026), panel indication lights (NSN 6220-01-433-2979, $1,000,000 ceiling, Total Small Business set-aside, awarded March 17, 2026), and UPLOCK Assembly SWA components (NSN 1095012849952, $350,000 ceiling, no set-aside, awarded April 8, 2026). A longer-term DLA Aviation IDIQ for panel indication lights (NSN 6220-01-433-2979, $744,160.95 ceiling, no set-aside, awarded April 13, 2026, expires April 12, 2031) also appears in the source. These vehicles drive the majority of task order activity against which GMS competes repeatedly on individual component procurements.

Activity has grown and stabilized. GMS received 255 awards in 2022, 285 in 2023, 285 in 2024, 303 in 2025, and 80 as of mid-April 2026 (reflecting a partial-year snapshot). The portfolio carries a recompete cliff of $16.5 million across 191 awards with ultimate completion dates within the next 24 months, representing material re-compete risk as legacy IDICs and task orders near expiration and must be re-competed or renewed with DLA.

GMS has minimal subcontract footprint. Only 14 sub-awards (0.4% of the portfolio) appear across the entire source data. Named primes include Raytheon Company (life cycle contractor support of A3 Sentinel radars, awarded September 25, 2025), Moog Inc. (hydraulic test sets complex machine parts, awarded September 4, 2025), and The Boeing Company (FY24 C-17 virtual fleet material requirements aerospace support, awarded May 16, 2025). The sub-award count is so low it does not drive material revenue or strategic positioning.

Set-aside posture is mixed but tilts toward full-and-open. Of 3,163 prime awards, the source records Total Small Business set-asides on approximately 400+ awards (roughly 13% of the prime footprint), with the remainder issued under full-and-open or no-set-aside competition. GMS competes in both channels but derives the majority of volume and dollars from non-set-aside, full-and-open procurements where all responsible sources can bid. This posture reflects DLA's procurement strategy for commodity and specialized components where small business set-asides are applied selectively rather than systematically.

GMS's business model is transactional and order-driven rather than relationship or capability-diversified. The company wins numerous small-dollar purchase orders and delivery orders (median individual award appears to range from $15,000 to $60,000) against standing IDCs with DLA. Revenue concentration, customer concentration, and award concentration all cluster around DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime. Exit or repricing of DLA IDCs or shift in DLA procurement strategy would materially affect the vendor's revenue base. The company has not pursued or won work outside the DLA ecosystem and shows no evidence of federal civilian or GSA Schedule activity, indicating strategic focus on DLA transactional procurement as its entire business model.