Mitchell Aircraft, LLC

Mitchell Aircraft, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Cary, Illinois, supplies electrical connectors, fasteners, and aircraft components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation on the majority of awards.

Mitchell Aircraft operates exclusively as a prime contractor across a high-volume, low-dollar transactional footprint. The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles or GWACs; instead, it receives individual purchase orders and task orders directly from DLA divisions. The company's 2,286 awards in the source data span from 2015 through July 2026, with combined potential value of $15.8 million and $13.1 million obligated (83% execution rate). Recent activity has declined notably—80 awards in 2024 versus 93 in 2023 and 80 in 2022, with only 11 awards through mid-2026. Award values are characteristically small; individual purchase orders range from under $250 to roughly $105,000, reflecting DLA's tactical supply chain replenishment model rather than platform or systems-integration work.

The vendor's customer concentration is singular: DLA accounts for 100% of awards across five distinct organizational components. By dollar magnitude, DLA Land and Maritime leads with 946 awards worth $9.5 million combined potential value, followed closely by DLA Aviation with 983 awards worth $5.3 million. DLA Troop Support Hardware represents 334 awards worth $844 thousand. The high award count from DLA Aviation masks moderate dollar concentration—Aviation and Land and Maritime together account for roughly 1,929 awards (84% of total) generating $14.8 million (94% of combined potential value). DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, with 21 awards valued at $134 thousand, and the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard, with one $4 thousand award, comprise the remainder.

Mitchell Aircraft's capability portfolio reflects tactical component supply: electronic connectors (661 awards by PSC code), fasteners including bolts, nuts, screws, and washers (309 awards by NAICS), wiring devices, protective covers, adapters, antennas, cable clamps, valves, and miscellaneous aircraft accessories. Representative awards include a $105,372 antenna order from DLA Land and Maritime (April 2023), a $100,800 antenna purchase order for 300 units (August 2023), a $57,536 antenna set-aside for small business (December 2023), and numerous electrical backshell, cover, and connector orders ranging from $1,000 to $30,000. The vendor supplies from its Trout Valley, Illinois facility with firm fixed pricing and turnaround times typically measured in days to weeks.

The source data carries four single-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with DLA Land and Maritime, each with a $250,000 ceiling, covering knobs, dummy connectors, adapters/connectors, and electrical covers. Top parent vehicles in the source's representative sample include Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE7L122D60RM (7 task orders, $77 thousand), SPE7M421D60QB (4 task orders, $17 thousand), and SPE7M120D61AJ (3 task orders, $58 thousand)—all low-ceiling, narrow-scope vehicles aligned with component replacement demand. The vendor does not appear on government-wide IDIQs or GWACs.

Set-aside posture is mixed. The majority of awards carry no set-aside designation; however, scattered awards cite Total Small Business set-asides, including a $105,372 antenna order, multiple antenna purchases in the $35,000 to $49,500 range, and smaller electrical component orders. The vendor qualifies as a small business and periodically competes under small business set-asides, but the preponderance of its footprint reflects full-and-open, non-set-aside competition.

The activity trajectory shows decline and recompete exposure. Awards per year fell from 93 (2023) to 80 (2024) to only 11 through mid-2026—a steep contraction in the source's snapshot. No recompete cliff data is provided, but the concentrated DLA footprint suggests that loss or renegotiation of any of the four IDCs with Land and Maritime would materially impact revenue. The vendor performs no subcontract work; its entire portfolio is prime awards to DLA.

Mitchell Aircraft's market position is that of a high-volume transactional supplier locked into DLA's automated replenishment system for standard electrical and mechanical components. The company's competitive advantage rests on rapid fulfillment from inventory, local logistics to DLA depots, and established approved-source status for specific National Stock Numbers. With no exposure to broader defense primes, no parent vehicles, and declining recent activity, the company faces structural challenges: automation of DLA procurement favors standing IDCs over discrete purchases, and component-level supply offers limited margin and pricing power relative to systems-level contracting.