Lewis Center Manufacturing LLC

Lewis Center Manufacturing LLC, operating as Lewis Center Mfg., Llc. Division, manufactures military hardware components and logistics consumables for the Defense Logistics Agency as a self-certified small disadvantaged business prime contractor, competing exclusively full-and-open without set-aside protections on individual task orders despite holding four active DLA Indefinite Delivery Contracts designated as total small business set-asides. Based in Columbus, Ohio, the company is a limited liability partnership and for-profit manufacturer specializing in commercial and military hardware—brackets, plates, covers, fuel tanks, protective shields, connectors, and related structural and mechanical components—fabricated to specification for vehicle maintenance, weapons system sustainment, and military logistics operations.

Lewis Center's customer footprint is singular and concentrated: all 841 awards across the past thirteen years fund Defense Logistics Agency divisions. The top three DLA subdivisions account for the full portfolio—DLA Land and Maritime leads by combined potential value at $2.2 million across 331 awards, DLA Troop Support Hardware follows at $1.2 million across 388 awards, and DLA Aviation contributes $174 thousand across 108 awards, with DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment rounding out the set at $24 thousand across 14 awards. This extreme customer concentration makes Lewis Center operationally dependent on DLA's procurement appetite; the vendor serves no other federal agencies.

Lewis Center holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA divisions: a December 2025 single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for vehicular brackets valued at $350 thousand with a December 2026 completion date; an October 2024 single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for vehicle modification kits valued at $250 thousand, expiring October 2025, against which three delivery orders totaling $12.07 thousand have been issued; a July 2023 single-award IDC for access covers also valued at $250 thousand, expired July 2024; a July 2023 single-award IDC for mounting plates valued at $250 thousand, also expired July 2024; and a March 2023 single-award IDC for mounting brackets valued at $250 thousand, expired January 2024. These vehicles enable DLA to issue streamlined delivery orders and purchase orders without repetitive competitive solicitations. Individual task orders range from under $500 to approximately $851 thousand in nominal value, with firm fixed-price pricing. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor without subcontractors, manufacturing all items directly at its Columbus facility.

Activity has declined materially: Lewis Center received 56 awards in 2022, 64 in 2023, 57 in 2024, but only 35 in 2025 and 3 in early 2026 (data through March 2). Combined potential value across all 841 awards stands at $3.6 million, with $1.5 million obligated to date—42 percent of the potential ceiling. The portfolio carries minimal recompete urgency: only two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months represent $10 thousand in aggregate potential value. Most awards are purchase orders rather than delivery orders; the top PSC categories are Commercial Hardware (508 awards), Miscellaneous Vehicular Components (82 awards), and Electrical Hardware and Supplies (81 awards). Nearly 100 percent of the prime award portfolio carries no set-aside designation on the individual task order level, despite the underlying IDCs being total small business set-asides—Lewis Center competes on equal footing once task-order authority flows from the set-aside vehicle.

Lewis Center Manufacturing's federal footprint is narrow, stable, and defensive: a single-customer logistics consumables supplier to DLA whose growth trajectory has stalled and whose recompete risk is low but whose overall portfolio has contracted. The vendor maintains no teaming relationships, holds no GWAC or government-wide vehicle seats, and operates in a commodity market dominated by DLA's automated procurement. Competitive pressure is likely high on individual line items given the small dollar values and the transactional nature of hardware procurement.