OLB Associates LLC

OLB Associates LLC, doing business as Veterans 1ST Energy, is a woman-owned small business based in Delafield, Wisconsin that supplies vehicular, maritime, and aviation parts and equipment to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on DLA purchase orders and delivery orders. The company operates across NAICS categories in rubber and plastics hose manufacturing, engine equipment manufacturing, and metal fabrication, with a federal award footprint driven almost entirely by transactional component procurements through the Defense Logistics Agency.

OLB Associates competes as a prime on nearly every federal award in its portfolio (100% prime, 0% subcontractor). The vendor supplies concrete mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic components: hose assemblies, pumps, seals, filters, valves, bearings, electronic control modules, tube assemblies, gaskets, and specialized equipment supporting military logistics and maintenance operations. Recent representative work includes a $69,874 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for fuel metering pumps (February 2026), a $66,399.84 Total Small Business set-aside for engine control modules (February 2026), a $59,399.91 order for straight shafts (February 2026), and three recent single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts worth $350,000 each awarded by DLA Land and Maritime in March and April 2026 for control assemblies, module assemblies, and vehicular equipment components.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-sourced to the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 4,585 awards and $25.5 million in combined potential value (81% of the portfolio by dollars and 82% by count), followed by DLA Aviation with 625 awards and $5 million, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 215 awards and $995 thousand, and DLA Troop Support Hardware with 166 awards and $150 thousand. The Marine Corps placed three awards totaling $19 thousand. This concentration reflects OLB Associates' specialization in DLA catalog parts rather than prime development or systems integration work — the vendor is a component fulfillment vendor within a single federal customer's supply chain.

OLB Associates holds five parent vehicle positions, all single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime: SPE7L325D61CN ($222 thousand combined value, 6 task orders), SPE7L325D60NM ($249 thousand, 5 task orders), SPE7L425D62YW ($250 thousand, 4 task orders), SPE4A625D5089 ($11 thousand, 5 task orders), and SPE7L325D61LH ($7 thousand, 3 task orders). The three most recently awarded IDCs (March–April 2026) each carry $350,000 ceilings and are designated Total Small Business set-asides with guaranteed minimum order commitments and annual ordering estimates of approximately four orders per year.

Activity has been substantial and consistent. Over the past five years, the vendor has received 829 awards in 2022, 615 in 2023, 661 in 2024, 722 in 2025, and 136 in early 2026. The combined potential value across all 5,607 awards since 2016 is $31.7 million, with $20.1 million obligated (63%). Thirty-five awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $341 thousand, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the vendor's scale — typical of high-velocity, low-dollar component ordering patterns.

OLB Associates competes exclusively under set-asides, particularly Total Small Business designations. The vendor's award history shows no full-and-open federal prime awards; all recent work carries either Total Small Business or no set-aside (open) designations, but the volume and velocity of awards — over 700 in 2025 alone — is driven by DLA's automated RFQ process for stocked catalog items, where women-owned small business vendors have reliable access. The top product categories by count are hose and flexible tubing (1,037 awards), diesel engines and components (319), hardware (278), packing and gasket materials (270), and vehicular furniture and accessories (227).