III Williams LLC

III Williams LLC, a small business limited liability company based in Chardon, Ohio, supplies industrial components and mechanical parts to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on a high-volume, highly fragmented purchase order footprint across the Defense Logistics Agency and Naval Supply Systems Command. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on DLA and NAVSUP vehicles, though most individual awards are issued without set-aside designation once the underlying IDC vehicle is established as set-aside-eligible.

III Williams LLC's capability portfolio centers on commodity-grade industrial components and mechanical hardware: valves (ball, globe, check, angle, plug, safety relief, selector), fittings and adapters (straight, coupling half quick-disconnect, pipe-to-tube), seals and packing assemblies, V-belts, cable assemblies, gaskets, connectors, springs, bearings, filter elements, and protective caps. The vendor manufactures or stocks NSN-identified components and fulfills both small transactional purchase orders (often under $5,000) and larger delivery orders under standing IDCs. Representative recent awards include a $117.6 million purchase order for 42 units of globe valves (NSN 4820014077577) from DLA Land and Maritime on January 9, 2026, a $29 thousand purchase order for globe valves from DLA Land and Maritime under total small business set-aside on February 17, 2026, and a $24.1 thousand purchase order for aircraft tube elbows from DLA Aviation on February 20, 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 7,296 awards (99% coverage of the top-five customer set) worth $46.7 million in combined potential value, followed distantly by DLA Aviation with 1,324 awards and $5.8 million, Naval Supply Systems Command with 511 awards and $4.3 million, and DLA Troop Support Hardware with 1,071 awards and $2 million. The remaining customers (DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, DLA Troop Support Clothing, and subordinate DLA divisions) account for less than 3% of potential value.

III Williams LLC holds five active single-award IDCs, all with DLA, all under total small business set-aside, all awarded March 2026 with $350,000 ceilings and completion dates extending to March 2027 or March 2031. Four are with DLA Land and Maritime—one for ball valves (NSN 4820012141425), two for V-belts (NSN 3030005284634 and NSN 3030005290354), and one general industrial-components vehicle (no specific NSN)—with estimated eight orders annually, guaranteed minimums of two to twenty-four units, and delivery to DLA depots across CONUS and OCONUS. The fifth IDC, with DLA Aviation, covers general industrial components including spacer rings, filter elements, piston guides, and resilient weapon-system mounts, awarded March 16, 2026, with a five-year period to March 2031 and $350,000 ceiling. The source lists five additional historical IDCs from 2025, suggesting rolling renewal of $250,000–$350,000 vehicles as they expire.

Recent activity shows steep decline. Awards per year fell from 1,122 in 2022 to 520 in 2025 and 113 in the first four months of 2026. Combined potential value across the entire portfolio is $61 million against $26.7 million obligated (44% realization rate), suggesting a mature, slow-burn supplier with inconsistent spending momentum. The recompete cliff is minimal: only 107 awards (603 thousand dollars combined potential value) expire within the next twenty-four months, reflecting the rolling, short-term nature of DLA IDCs and the vendor's fragmented award base.

III Williams LLC does not appear on federal contract vehicles, GSA Schedules, or GWACs; it operates solely as a direct DLA and NAVSUP prime. The vendor has been registered in SAM since January 2002 and maintains active small business status. No subcontract activity, grants, or government-wide vehicle participation is documented in the source material. The industrial-components category concentration—top NAICS codes spanning fabricated pipe fittings (1,366 awards), industrial valves (933), gaskets and sealing devices (826), electrical connectors (728), and rubber hoses and belting (647)—reflects a commodity supplier model optimized for high-volume, low-dollar NSN fulfillment within the defense logistics supply chain.