Merrill Corporation

Merrill Corporation, doing business as Mission Support Inc., is a small business aerospace manufacturer and repair facility based in Clearfield, Utah, that manufactures and repairs precision aircraft components and assemblies for the U.S. military as a prime contractor exclusively — the entire footprint consists of 364 prime awards spanning thirty-five years, with no subcontract work. The company holds AS9100 and ISO 9001:2015 certifications and competes on full-and-open procurements; recent awards carry no set-aside designations, though four active indefinite delivery contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Ogden Air Logistics Complex are designated as Total Small Business set-asides.

Merrill Corporation's capability portfolio centers on depot-level manufacturing and repair of critical aircraft components for legacy military platforms. Primary product lines include retainer assemblies, duct bleed assemblies, aircraft doors and skins, universal ball nozzles, aircraft fasteners (specialized nuts), and wing flaps. Representative work includes a $5.07 million Air Force Sustainment Center delivery order (awarded September 2023, extending through December 2029) for B-52 duct bleed assembly repair; a $5.18 million Ogden Air Logistics Complex delivery order (awarded August 2023, extending through December 2027) for A-10 aircraft door manufacturing; a $732,485.76 delivery order (awarded August 2025) for universal ball nozzles under a Defense Logistics Agency Aviation IDC; and a $4.674 million Air Force Sustainment Center delivery order (awarded February 2023) for B-52 bleed duct assembly repair. The company supports A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-52 Stratofortress, UH-60 Black Hawk, and KC-135 Stratolifter platforms.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Air Force sustainment. The Air Force Sustainment Center dominates both volume and value, accounting for 69 awards with $186 million combined potential value. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation places 62 awards valued at $25.4 million. The Air Force Materiel Command (aggregate across sub-offices) represents 52 awards at $15.8 million. The Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 36 awards at $11.1 million. These five customers drive 82% of all awards and account for 92% of combined potential value. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex contributes a single large order ($28.3 million), creating dollar concentration at odds with the volume distribution.

Merrill Corporation holds five active indefinite delivery contracts. The largest is a $4.28 million single-award IDC with Defense Aviation (awarded July 2025, extending through July 2030) for aircraft component manufacturing and repair. The Ogden Air Logistics Complex awarded a $5.93 million single-award IDC (August 2023 through August 2028) for A-10 nacelle door manufacturing, under which a $5.18 million delivery order has been issued. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation issued two Total Small Business set-aside single-award IDCs: a $2.0 million contract (May 2023 through May 2028) for retainer assemblies, which has generated four delivery orders totaling $260,148, and a $2.0 million contract (December 2022 through December 2027) for aircraft skin components. The Air Force Sustainment Center holds a $21.5 million single-award vehicle for B-52 bleed duct assembly repair. Merrill also operates against multiple Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Air Force Materiel Command indefinite delivery contracts, with the top five parent vehicles (IDC FA810504D0002, FA810308D0055, F3460101D0448, F3460100D0275, F3460197D0163) collectively representing 108 task orders.

Activity has grown modestly over the past four years — seven awards in 2022 to eleven in 2025, with one award recorded in 2026 to date. Nine awards (combined potential value $15.8 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 364 awards stands at $302 million, with $178.6 million obligated to date (59% realization). The vendor's award footprint is entirely within defense aerospace sustainment; work is performed at the Clearfield, Utah facility.