New Era Contract Sales Inc.

New Era Contract Sales Inc., doing business as New Era Contract Sales, is an SBA-certified women-owned small business based in Lakewood, Washington, that supplies specialized military and aerospace components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on a high-volume, transactional basis. The company operates as a Subchapter S corporation and competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements rather than set-aside vehicles, though women-owned small business (WOSB) and total small business set-asides appear on approximately 5–10% of awards. New Era Contract Sales holds multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, including window seals ($250,000 ceiling, through March 2030, and a separate $249,999.99 ceiling through February 2030) and a legacy small arms tool kit contract (now expired as of April 2024), positioning it as a repeatable supplier for routine aviation maintenance components.

The vendor's federal footprint spans 15,369 prime awards (100% of recent activity) across forty customer agencies, with an overwhelming concentration at the Defense Logistics Agency. The top five DLA divisions account for 93% of awards by count and 83% of combined potential value: DLA Land and Maritime leads with 6,537 awards valued at $48.8 million, followed by DLA Aviation (2,814 awards, $30.7 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (1,936 awards, $14.6 million), and DLA Troop Support Hardware (1,722 awards, $9.7 million). Naval Sea Systems Command represents the only non-DLA customer of material scale, with 214 awards valued at $5.2 million. The portfolio is heavily transactional — individual purchase orders and delivery orders typically carry ceiling values ranging from a few hundred dollars to under $100,000, with only a handful exceeding six figures. Award categories concentrate in gasket and sealing device manufacturing (1,219 awards), hardware manufacturing (927 awards), industrial valve manufacturing (844 awards), fasteners (843 awards), and aircraft parts (767 awards), reflecting a supply-chain role providing component-level inventory to DLA's distribution network.

Activity has declined from 352 awards in 2022 to 18 awards in 2026 (first quarter only), a pattern consistent with either a shift in sourcing strategy at DLA or reduced operational capacity. The vendor's recent award history shows predominantly small dollar values and high transaction velocity: a representative sample from the past nine months includes a $315 shielding gasket, $8,327.68 turnlock fasteners, $21,249.24 hydraulic pump, $23,668.05 calibrated flow valves, $52,587 calibrated flow valves (total small business set-aside), a $41,088 aircraft skin assembly, and a $77,838.66 fluid filter order. Place of performance is typically Lakewood or Tacoma, Washington, with occasional work at San Fernando, California and other DLA distribution points. Combined potential value across all awards is $131.5 million against combined dollars obligated of $154.2 million (117% of potential), indicating that actuals have tracked above ceiling projections — a signal of either conservative bid-ceiling structures or sustained invoice volume. Only eight awards face completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $112 thousand), representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term but also signaling that most of the vendor's award base has already cycled through performance or carries extended completion dates into 2026 and beyond.

New Era Contract Sales operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor holds seats on five parent indefinite delivery contracts: SPM50005D0239 (151 task orders, $3.3 million), SP040005AAA45 (121 task orders), GS07FN0044 (50 task orders, $220 thousand), SP040006AAA45 (40 task orders), and SP075004D9732 (38 task orders), all within the DLA family. The company's SBA registration dates to November 2001, and its established relationship with DLA spans multiple decades of transactional component supply. The WOSB designation and demonstrated track record of meeting military specifications position the vendor as a capable mid-tier supplier within DLA's fragmented procurement ecosystem, but the declining annual award count and lack of larger, high-value prime relationships suggest limited growth trajectory outside commodity component supply.

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, TOOLS, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT. CAN SUPPLY ALL MCMASTER CARR ITEMS FROM SAME SOURCES. CAN SUPPLY NSN, CID, FED, MIL AND ANSI SPECIFICATIONS.