J5 Enterprises, LLC

J5 Enterprises, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods based in Moscow Mills, Missouri, operates exclusively as a prime contractor supplying precision mechanical components and hardware to the Defense Logistics Agency. The vendor competes in full-and-open procurement — no set-aside designations appear on the majority of awards, though two Total Small Business set-asides are present in the footprint.

J5 Enterprises registered in SAM.gov in May 2024 and has rapidly secured 42 federal purchase orders (all prime, no subcontract work) totaling $367 thousand in combined potential value across a two-year span. The company manufactures aerospace and defense-related mechanical components including steering brackets, gas cylinder manifolds, clevis rod ends, pins, shafts, fasteners, washers, jaw adapters, lock-release levers, retaining plates, and specialized actuators and brackets. Representative work includes a $57,637 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation for pins, shoulders, and handles (awarded June 30, 2025, completion November 18, 2027); a $21,185 DLA Land and Maritime order for lock-release levers (awarded February 4, 2025, completion March 4, 2026); and a $20,621 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA Land and Maritime for a level winder guide (awarded December 12, 2025, completion June 22, 2026). All awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders with performance at the Moscow Mills facility and no identified subcontractors.

Customer concentration is extreme and entirely within DLA: DLA Aviation accounts for 22 awards worth $225 thousand (61% of combined potential value), and DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 19 awards worth $134 thousand (37% of combined potential value). A single award from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment rounds out the footprint. The vendor has no parent vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs in its portfolio — all work flows through transactional purchase orders. The top product categories are hardware manufacturing (15 awards), other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (5 awards), and fastener manufacturing (4 awards combined across nuts, bolts, and washers).

Activity has been steady: 26 awards in 2025 and 16 awards through April 2026. Fifteen awards totaling $160 thousand in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete. Most contracts extend multiple years into the future (completion dates ranging through November 2028), creating a long tail of manufacturing obligations but a shallow near-term recompete cliff relative to total dollars. The vendor operates with complete vertical integration — no subcontracting relationships appear across the award footprint, indicating in-house manufacturing capacity for the full range of mechanical components procured.