Gulf Products & Services

Gulf Products & Services, a veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Mobile, Alabama, supplies specialized mechanical hardware and aerospace components to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor on thousands of small purchase orders, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. The company operates as a for-profit limited liability company.

Gulf Products & Services is a high-volume, low-dollar-value supplier that distributes fasteners, fittings, seals, and mechanical assemblies across DLA's distribution network. The company's product portfolio centers on nuts, washers, screws, hose and pipe fittings, gaskets, packing materials, and fabricated metal components — categories that drive the vast majority of its federal footprint. Representative awards include purchase orders valued at $9,588 for a regulating flow valve (DLA Land and Maritime, January 2026), $1,469 for a tube assembly (DLA Land and Maritime, February 2026), and $679 for a wiper motor assembly (DLA Land and Maritime, March 2026). The company also holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) with DLA Aviation valued at $250,000 (awarded April 2025, completion April 2026) for the supply of self-locking hexagon nuts and related fasteners supporting military aviation systems maintenance.

Customer concentration is absolute: DLA accounts for 100% of the company's federal award footprint across the past five years. Within DLA, the vendor serves three operational branches. DLA Land and Maritime dominates at 2,893 awards carrying $2.2 million in combined potential value (55% of total), followed closely by DLA Aviation with 2,570 awards and $1.3 million in potential value (33% of total), and DLA Troop Support Hardware with 2,187 awards and $335 thousand in potential value (8% of total). DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment contributes 186 awards and $35 thousand. This concentration reflects a supplier-to-distributor relationship: Gulf Products & Services fills small, frequent orders from DLA's purchase-to-pay system rather than competing on larger integration or engineering contracts.

The vendor's federal footprint is composed almost entirely of purchase orders under DLA indefinite delivery contracts, not GWACs or civilian agency vehicles. Named IDC vehicles in the source include SPE4A623D5852 (10 task orders, $620 combined potential value), SPE4A625D5402 (2 task orders, $919), and SPE7L320D62PT (2 task orders, $501). These are DLA supply contracts, not government-wide vehicles.

Activity has been substantial but is contracting. The vendor received 891 awards in 2022, peaked at 962 in 2023, then declined to 830 in 2024 and 762 in 2025. Year-to-date 2026 shows 229 awards (covering only through mid-April), suggesting further decline. Combined potential value across all awards sits at $4 million with $1.2 million obligated (30% of potential), indicating that DLA places orders significantly below ceiling values. Twelve awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry only $2 thousand in combined potential value — minimal recompete risk on paper, but the vendor's entire revenue stream derives from sustained DLA purchase order volume, which has been declining.

Gulf Products & Services operates exclusively as a prime contractor; it has no subcontractor role in the source data and does not team with larger primes. The vendor's federal contracting footprint began in 2011 and has grown into a high-volume, transactional supplier position within DLA's procurement network. The NAICS concentration reflects commodity supply: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing accounts for 3,722 awards; Hardware Manufacturing for 530; Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing for 409. At the PSC level, Nuts and Washers (1,333 awards) and Screws (1,276 awards) dominate, followed by Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (844 awards). The vendor competes in full-and-open competition across all visible awards — no set-aside designations appear in the recent portfolio, despite SDVOSB status — indicating that Gulf Products & Services wins awards on price and availability rather than reserved small business vehicles.