Ipeco Holdings LIMITED

Ipeco Holdings LIMITED, doing business as Ipeco Electronics, manufactures aircraft seating components and aviation interior equipment for defense agencies, competing full-and-open on an estimated $110 million federal footprint spanning 887 awards concentrated in single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency. The firm is a United Kingdom-based for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Rochford, Essex, and a subsidiary of Castledon LTD.

Ipeco's capability portfolio centers on aircraft seating assemblies and accessories: seats, cushions, headrests, armrests, backboards, seat carriage and support components, and related fasteners and structural fittings. The vendor manufactures these components at its Southend-on-Sea facility for military fixed-wing platforms including C-5, C-130J, and HC-144 aircraft, and serves both direct government procurement and major prime contractors. Representative prime work includes a $4.488 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Air Force Sustainment Center for C-5 seats (awarded September 2025, performance in Gabon through November 2026); a $579,780 definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for aircraft seats (July 2024); a $1.055 million definitive contract from Naval Air Warfare Center for HC-27J tactical observer seats (July 2022); and recurring task orders from DLA Aviation for seat cushions, headrest assemblies, and backboard assemblies ranging from under $1,000 to over $215,000 per order. As a subcontractor, Ipeco supplies C-130J co-pilot and crew seats to Lockheed Martin and C-130J Electronic Modular Aerial Spray System crew seats to Battelle Memorial Institute.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Aviation accounts for 696 awards (78% of the portfolio) and $89.3 million in combined potential value (81% of total dollars). The Air Force Sustainment Center anchors most of the remaining value through three awards totaling $12 million for C-5 seat components. Naval Supply Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center hold the remaining 33 awards valued at $3.9 million combined. The portfolio reflects full-and-open federal procurement with no set-aside designations across the entire award history.

Ipeco holds six single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation collectively valued at approximately $11 million through 2028-2030: a $6.143 million vehicle for C-5 seats (awarded September 2025, completion September 2028); two $250,000 vehicles for headrest guides and seat cushion covers (awarded September and August 2024, completion 2029-2030); a $1.989 million vehicle for backboard and support assemblies (awarded January 2025, completion May 2026); and two additional $250,000 vehicles awarded in late 2024 and early 2023 (completion through January 2028). The five largest parent vehicles by task-order count are indefinite delivery contracts SPE4AX12D9412 (74 orders, $980 thousand), SPE4AX18D9427 (71 orders, $497 thousand), SPM4AX12D9412 (23 orders, $120 thousand), SPE4A720D5287 (20 orders, $88 thousand), and SPE4A714D0097 (17 orders, $709 thousand). These vehicles span firmwares from early 2023 through 2029 and enable DLA to issue task orders for component procurement on an as-needed basis.

Activity has grown modestly. The source shows 27 awards in 2022, 26 in 2023, 55 in 2024, 60 in 2025, and 26 in the partial 2026 year-to-date. Six awards (combined potential value $5.9 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure for both the vendor and competing prime contractors.

Ipeco's award portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in a single NAICS category—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (706 awards)—and a single PSC code, Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (752 awards). The vendor competes exclusively outside set-aside categories and holds no certifications as a small business, disadvantaged business, women-owned enterprise, or HUBZone firm. The corporate structure identifies Castledon LTD as the parent, with Ipeco serving as the operating division for federal contracting. The vendor registered in SAM.gov in December 2009 and has maintained continuous federal supply relationships across the measurement period, primarily through DLA Aviation's recurring seat component procurement.