Mid-Continent Machining Inc.

Mid-Continent Machining Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of precision mechanical hand tools and components headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas, supplies government-specification hardware and tools to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) competing in full-and-open procurements with no small business set-asides, except for a single total-small-business indefinite-delivery contract held with the Defense Logistics Agency. The company operates primarily under NAICS 332510 (Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing) and PSC 53 (Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered), responding to purchase orders placed against GSA Federal Acquisition Service vehicles and DLA indefinite-delivery contracts.

Mid-Continent's award footprint is dominated by high-volume, low-dollar purchase orders for ground rods, slide hammers, wrench sets, socket wrenches, pullers, and specialized mechanical tools manufactured to Army, Navy, and Air Force engineering drawings. Recent representative work includes a $14,000 purchase order from GSA FAS for a tool kit and road wheel arm components per Army Tank Automotive Command drawing specifications (ultimate completion November 2026), a $3,400 GSA FAS order for a mechanical puller used to extract bearing cages on Allison T56A-7 gas turbine engines (September 2026), a $2,700 order for installation tools per TriDair drawing specifications (September 2026), and a $350,000 single-award indefinite-delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime (April 2026 through April 2027) for manual control handles under a Total Small Business set-aside covering an estimated guaranteed minimum of 37 units and approximately 10 orders per year.

Customer concentration is split between volume and value. GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 2,075 of 2,325 total awards (89% by count) but only $1.6 million of combined potential value (20% by dollars). Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, by contrast, carries just 217 awards (9% of count) but anchors $5.9 million of combined potential value (72% of dollars). DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment round out the active set with 24 and 9 awards respectively. The two rankings diverge sharply — GSA places high-frequency small orders while DLA drives most of the dollar value through larger indefinite-delivery vehicles. Top DLA parent vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A621D5319 (17 task orders, $46 thousand combined potential value), SPE4AX20D5035 (12 task orders, $107 thousand), and SPE4A620D5490 (11 task orders, $41 thousand).

Activity volume has grown substantially since 2022. The company received 480 awards in 2022, contracted to 289 in 2023, remained flat at 275 in 2024, recovered to 296 in 2025, and surged to 465 in 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 138 awards (combined potential value $132 thousand) reach ultimate completion and face recompete. The vast majority of Mid-Continent's work — 2,286 awards — falls under PSC Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered; another 20 awards are classified as Hardware, Commercial. Mid-Continent holds no vehicle positions as a prime awardee on government-wide acquisition contracts or larger federal blanket purchase agreements; the company operates exclusively as a responder to direct purchase orders and task orders placed against GSA and DLA vehicles by other agencies.