Mettlesome, LLC

Mettlesome, LLC, a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned sole proprietorship based in West Sacramento, California, supplies mechanical and industrial components—hydraulic filters, electrical connectors, fasteners, backshells, cable assemblies, and dust boots—to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on purchase orders without set-aside designation, except for one recent Total Small Business award.

The company's federal footprint is narrow and transactional. All 43 recent awards are Defense Logistics Agency purchase orders across two divisions: DLA Land and Maritime (31 awards, $121 thousand combined potential value) and DLA Aviation (12 awards, $13 thousand combined potential value). The combined federal pipeline across both customer agencies totals $134 thousand, with $133 thousand already obligated—a 99% obligation rate indicating completed or near-completed work rather than optioned capacity. Mettlesome holds no prime position on IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; all awards are individual firm fixed-price purchase orders. Representative orders include a $92.4 thousand Total Small Business set-aside for 800 electrical connectors (December 2025), a $4.5 thousand fiber optic backshell order (January 2026), a $3.6 million high-pressure hydraulic filter (December 2025, rendered in the source as "$3,649.65" per award-listing notation), and a $3.5 thousand headlight supply (March 2026). The company operates exclusively as a prime and holds no subcontract relationships in the source data.

Activity is concentrated in 2025, with 31 awards in that year and 12 awards placed year-to-date in 2026. Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying $4 thousand combined potential value—minimal recompete exposure given the transactional purchase-order structure. Award sizes cluster below $5 thousand; the largest single order is the $92.4 thousand connector set-aside from December 2025. Work is performed entirely in West Sacramento, California, and delivery obligations route to Defense Depot Tobyhanna in Pennsylvania and other DLA supply nodes. The vendor's NAICS profile splits across hardware manufacturing, fastener manufacturing, engine equipment manufacturing, and electronic connector manufacturing, with PSC work concentrated in hardware (9 awards) and electrical connectors (8 awards).