Heartland Auto Electric, Inc.

Heartland Auto Electric, Inc., doing business as Heartland Auto Electric, manufactures specialized defense logistics components—adapters, brackets, assemblies, and mechanical parts—exclusively as a prime contractor to the Defense Logistics Agency across three divisions. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Princeton, Minnesota, structured as a small business manufacturer that competes across both Total Small Business set-asides (approximately 60% of recent awards) and full-and-open procurements under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and related fabricated-metal categories.

All sixty-two awards in the source represent prime delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts; Heartland Auto Electric holds no subcontract portfolio. Customer concentration is absolute: DLA Aviation accounts for 27 awards ($1 million combined potential value), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment for 17 awards ($832 thousand), and DLA Land and Maritime for 18 awards ($547 thousand). The three DLA divisions represent 100% of the customer base. Award activity has remained relatively steady across the past five years—10 to 14 awards annually from 2022 through 2024, with 8 awards in 2025 and 1 award dated January 2026. Recent representative work includes a $112.1 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Troop Support for 59 rear adapter units (awarded January 27, 2026, delivery due July 27, 2026); a $147 thousand full-and-open purchase order from DLA Troop Support for chain ladder assemblies (December 29, 2025, delivery June 29, 2026); and a $517.5 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for operating rod assemblies (July 2024, delivered January 26, 2025).

Heartland Auto Electric's vehicle position centers on three Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA divisions, each with $250 thousand ceiling values. The largest active IDC (SPE4A724D60AT) with DLA Aviation generated 4 task orders valued at $77 thousand combined. The company's typical award structure is a firm fixed-price purchase order or delivery order in the $15 thousand to $192 thousand range, issued against standing IDCs or through request-for-quote solicitations. Work spans aircraft and vehicle adapters, transport adapters, hooks, brackets, housings, assemblies, plates, and specialized mechanical components distributed to DLA warehouse locations. Only one award ($112.1 thousand, the most recent delivery order) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window. Heartland Auto Electric's portfolio concentration in electronic component and aircraft parts manufacturing—with secondary exposure to industrial machinery and construction equipment categories—reflects the vendor's engineering and fabrication depth in defense logistics supply-chain components.