Ipeco Holdings LIMITED

Ipeco Holdings LIMITED, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of aircraft seating components and interior equipment, operates as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders across the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Department of the Navy supply chains, competing full-and-open without set-aside designations. The company is a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Rochford, Essex, and operates under the doing-business-as name Ipeco Ipeco Electronics; it is a subsidiary of Castledon LTD and maintains manufacturing operations in Southend-on-Sea, UK, with performance on select contracts in Gabon and other overseas locations.

Ipeco's federal footprint centers on aircraft seating and interior component manufacturing. The company's core product portfolio includes seat cushions, seat assemblies, headrest assemblies and guides, backboard and support assemblies, armrest assemblies, seat cushion covers, and miscellaneous aircraft hardware such as fairings, bushings, sleeves, and fasteners. Recent representative work spans a $4.49 million delivery order from the Air Force Sustainment Center for C-5 aircraft seats (awarded September 30, 2025, performance in Gabon through November 2026), a $434,835 definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for nine aircraft seats (awarded November 21, 2024, completion November 20, 2025), a $1.33 million delivery order from Air Force Sustainment Center for C-5 seats (awarded April 8, 2026, completion May 7, 2027), a $579,780 definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for aircraft seats (awarded July 30, 2024, completion July 30, 2025), and a $1.06 million definitive contract from Naval Air Warfare Center for HC-27J military-grade tactical observer seats (awarded July 18, 2022, completion April 24, 2023).

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Aviation accounts for 680 awards and $89.3 million in combined potential value—94 percent of the top-five customer count and 81 percent of total potential value across the entire footprint. The Air Force Sustainment Center's three recent awards carry $12 million in combined potential value, and Naval Supply Systems Command's 31 awards represent $2.6 million. By volume, the distribution is 94 percent of all awards placed with DLA agencies alone. The top-customer rankings align: DLA Aviation dominates both volume and dollars, followed at distance by Air Force Sustainment Center and Naval Supply Systems Command.

Ipeco holds six single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with DLA Aviation, collectively valued at approximately $9 million and spanning aircraft seating components through 2028-2030: a $2 million vehicle awarded November 21, 2025 (completion November 29, 2030); a $1.99 million vehicle for backboard and support assemblies awarded January 30, 2025 (completion January 29, 2030); a $250,000 vehicle awarded September 24, 2025 (completion September 23, 2030); a $250,000 vehicle for seat cushion covers awarded August 28, 2024 (completion August 27, 2029); and a $250,000 vehicle for seat cushions awarded January 31, 2023 (completion January 30, 2028). Ipeco also holds a $6.14 million single-award IDC with Air Force Sustainment Center for C-5 aircraft seats awarded September 30, 2025 (completion September 29, 2028). Task orders against these IDVs represent the dominant vehicle structure; 74 task orders flow through SPE4AX12D9412, 71 through SPE4AX18D9427, and smaller volumes through remaining vehicles.

Activity has accelerated: 27 awards in 2022, 26 in 2023, 55 in 2024, 60 in 2025, and 10 in the first four months of 2026. Three awards (combined potential value $5.8 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure. The vendor has obligated $40.5 million against $110 million in combined potential value across 871 awards, leaving 37 percent unobligated.

Ipeco's subcontractor footprint is minimal (five sub-awards, 1 percent of total). Named prime contractors Ipeco subcontracts to include Lockheed Martin, which awarded four sub-awards between December 2022 and March 2024 for C-130J crew seats, co-pilot seats, and pilot seats across funding modifications and the Congressional Add Aircraft Definitization Co-Pilot Seat (CADDIE) program; and Battelle Memorial Institute, which awarded one sub-award in April 2026 for a C-130J Electronic Modular Aerial Spray System (EMASS) crew seat.

Ipeco's award history spans domestic and foreign locations. Place of performance varies: the bulk of manufacturing occurs in Southend-on-Sea, UK (the vendor's primary facility), with Gabon specified for C-5 aircraft seat work supporting Air Force Sustainment Center operations. A single delivery order in late 2021 referenced performance in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The company has maintained a SAM.gov registration since December 2009 and competes exclusively full-and-open; no set-aside awards appear in the source material across all 871 awards.

The top NAICS concentration is 8512029143 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), representing 692 of 738 awards classified by primary NAICS; secondary concentrations include Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (52 awards) and Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing (24 awards). By PSC code, Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components dominates with 738 awards, followed by Plastics Fabricated Materials (23), Bearings, Plain, Unmounted (18), Airframe Structural Components (15), and Hardware, Commercial (14). Ipeco's product mix is entirely aircraft interior and seating-focused, with commodity items (fasteners, hardware) supporting primary assemblies rather than representing standalone capability areas.