Howco Distributing CO.

Howco Distributing Co., a subsidiary of Drone USA, Inc., supplies mechanical, electrical, and vehicular components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on hundreds of individual purchase orders and delivery orders, operating predominantly under full-and-open competition with recurring small-business set-aside designations on selected awards. Based in Vancouver, Washington, Howco is a for-profit distributor registered as an active federal supplier since 2001, competing across defense logistics procurement with no SBA certifications noted in the source material but with eligibility for Total Small Business set-asides reflected in multiple contract vehicles.

Howco's federal footprint spans industrial parts distribution across concrete categories: fasteners (bolts, hexagon cap screws, washers, lock washers, and machine screws), sealing components (o-rings, gaskets, seals, packing, and seal replacement kits), hydraulic and fluid system parts (hose assemblies, clamps, filters, valves, pumps, and fuel system components), electrical components (connectors, switches, terminals, and control devices), and specialized aviation components (pressure transmitters, load cells, thermostat flow control devices, and liquid quantity gauges). Representative awards include a $46,445.40 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime on July 25, 2025, for a power transformer with May 26, 2026 completion; a $31,977.20 Total Small Business delivery order from DLA Aviation on June 9, 2026, for cable assemblies; a $31,502.13 BPA call from Security Assistance Command on September 1, 2025; and a $23,968.84 BPA call from Security Assistance Command on August 1, 2025. The source identifies over 200 prior DLA awards demonstrating sustained engagement across multiple technical domains.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dependent. The Defense Logistics Agency accounts for 99% of Howco's award count across its five major divisions: DLA Land and Maritime (29,895 awards, $146 million combined potential value), DLA Troop Support Hardware (16,572 awards, $17.4 million), DLA Aviation (7,712 awards, $38.5 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (2,640 awards, $13.7 million), and smaller awards from the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command and Department of the Army Materiel Command. The vendor's entire commercial posture centers on component supply to DLA's logistics operations.

Howco holds three active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $250,000 and designated Total Small Business set-asides, all awarded September 2025 and extending through September 2026: one for hexagon head cap screws (NSN 5305015765145, four-unit minimum annually, 50-day delivery), one for fluid filter elements (NSN 2940016857641, eight-unit minimum annually of approximately twelve delivery orders), and one for hexagon cap screws (NSN 5305014790308, four-unit minimum annually, 50-day delivery). These vehicles support place-of-performance at Vancouver, Washington, with deliveries to DLA depots throughout the continental United States and overseas consolidation points. Beyond these IDCs, Howco executes task orders against multiple DLA IDIQs including SPE5EY17D0501 (92 task orders, $302 thousand), SPM7LX09D7046 (61 task orders, $1 million), SPE7LX18D0084 (41 task orders, $1.7 million), and BPAs including W56HZV21AJ025 (38 task orders, $470 thousand) and W56HZV15AJ006 (37 task orders, $3.2 million).

Award activity has declined sharply year over year: 2,240 awards in 2022, 1,466 in 2023, 1,451 in 2024, 785 in 2025, and two year-to-date through June 2026. This trajectory reflects either data coverage boundaries or genuine volume contraction. The recompete cliff is minimal — only two awards totaling $44 thousand reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, providing limited near-term recompete exposure relative to the $257.8 million combined potential value across the 57,529-award footprint.

The vendor's category concentration reflects pure component distribution: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (9,134 awards), Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (5,489 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (4,037 awards), Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (3,470 awards), and Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (2,143 awards). Across product service codes, Packing and Gasket Materials (5,843 awards), Hardware Commercial (4,791 awards), Nuts and Washers (2,868 awards), Hose and Flexible Tubing (2,473 awards), and Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (2,404 awards) anchor the offering. Howco competes on full-and-open basis for the majority of its work, with Total Small Business set-asides appearing selectively on higher-value purchase orders and the three active IDCs.

We have extensive logistics capabilities to procure replacement parts for construction, transportation, material handling, mining and other equipment. Our capabilities include all military labelling, RFID and packaging needs/requirements.