Lobo Ventures LTD

Lobo Ventures LTD, doing business as Precision Mold & Tool-Government Division, is a San Antonio-based small business manufacturer of precision aerospace components and aircraft parts for the Defense Logistics Agency, competing predominantly as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides on roughly 40 percent of its awards; the remaining work splits between competitive full-and-open and non-set-aside procurements from DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on aircraft structural components, hydraulic and pneumatic systems parts, fasteners, and specialized molded and fabricated aerospace items for military aviation platforms. Representative prime work includes a $1.66 million definitive contract with DLA Aviation for gearbox cap assembly manufacture (November 2025), a $770 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order for structural aircraft panels (October 2025), a $567 thousand small business set-aside for aircraft access covers (December 2025), a $378.8 thousand small business set-aside for hot extruded aircraft structural components supporting C-135 and F-16 platforms (October 2025), a $391.7 thousand small business set-aside delivery order for servo cylinder parts kits (August 2025), and multiple six-figure awards across duct assemblies, tube assemblies, connectors, and cable assemblies. The vendor holds seven active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, with individual ceilings ranging from $350 thousand to $2.5 million and performance periods extending through 2030, providing the vehicle structure for the majority of task order issuance.

Customer concentration is severe and intentional. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 2,232 of 3,075 tracked prime awards (90% coverage by count) and $133.3 million of combined potential value; DLA Land and Maritime adds 380 awards and $10.9 million. Within the past five years, award volume grew sharply—from 70 awards in 2022 to 241 in 2025—with 75 awards already logged in 2026. Combined potential value across all tracked awards sits at $170.2 million, with $131.1 million obligated (77 percent realization rate). The top five DLA-aligned customers account for 90 percent of award count and 89 percent of dollars.

Lobo Ventures operates primarily against its own single-award IDIQs with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime; the source names five active indefinite delivery vehicles (SPE7LX16D0090, SPE4A219D0009, SPE4A721D5770, SPE4A717D0359, and related contracts), but does not disclose detailed ceiling values or task-order pipelines for most. The vendor does not appear on government-wide vehicles such as OASIS, Alliant, or GSA Schedules in the source material.

Lobo Ventures subcontracts on aerospace support work to Boeing (at least five recorded sub-awards for valve assemblies, pins, shafts, and lip components across 2025–2026), Vertex Aerospace (multiple E-6B contractor logistics support follow-on task orders, 2025), and implicitly Lockheed Martin and other primes named in individual award narratives. The sub footprint is minimal relative to the prime base (1 percent of tracked awards by count) and reflects selective engagement rather than systematic subcontracting strategy.

The vendor's capability portfolio, drawn from award history, spans NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), NAICS 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing), NAICS 332722 (fastener manufacturing), and NAICS 333613 (mechanical power transmission equipment). Across PSC categories, the top two are Airframe Structural Components (1,195 awards) and Gas Turbines and Jet Engines Components (173 awards), followed by aircraft air-conditioning, heating, and pressurization equipment, miscellaneous aircraft accessories, and hydraulic and de-icing system components. Work is primarily firm fixed-price, performed in San Antonio, and covers recurring replenishment as well as government first article testing and qualification.

A recompete cliff of 104 awards worth $6.2 million combined potential value reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating both risk for the vendor (IDC recompete exposure) and opportunity for competitors to displace or team with Lobo Ventures on renewal vehicles. The vendor has been registered in SAM since 2002, holds no disclosed advanced certifications or compliance flags, and operates within standard small business set-aside and full-and-open DLA procurement mechanisms without apparent access to expedited or preferred vehicle categories.