Orbital Parts Inc.

Orbital Parts Inc., a Mansfield, Texas-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation, supplies precision aerospace and defense fasteners, mechanical assemblies, and aircraft components to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) exclusively as a prime contractor through firm fixed-price purchase orders. The company operates on a full-and-open competitive posture with no SBA set-aside designations across its footprint, though two individual Total Small Business awards appear in recent activity. Over two decades of continuous federal contractor registration (since June 2001) positions Orbital Parts as an established supplier within the DLA's inventory system.

The Defense Logistics Agency dominates Orbital Parts' customer concentration. DLA Aviation accounts for 888 awards (52% of total award count) and $4.8 million in combined potential value, making it the dominant funding source by both frequency and dollars. DLA Land and Maritime follows with 315 awards and $798 thousand combined potential value, and DLA Troop Support Hardware contributes 243 awards and $381 thousand. Together, these three DLA divisions represent 94% of award count coverage and anchor the vendor's business model. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center places 112 awards worth $345 thousand, establishing minor exposure to organic Air Force procurement. The remaining 97% of combined potential value concentrates within these top five customer entities.

Orbital Parts' award footprint is granular, reflecting typical DLA supply-chain activity. Individual purchase orders range from under $200 to approximately $21,500 in ceiling value, with the median purchase order in the low-thousands range. Recent representative awards include a $21,456 disk valve delivery (DLA Aviation, December 2024), a $16,500 pump scavenge shroud (DLA Aviation, April 2025), a $15,844 helical compression spring delivery (DLA Aviation, October 2024), and a $12,579 pressure bellows order (DLA Aviation, September 2025). Parts supplied span fasteners (screws, bolts, nuts, rivets, washers), mechanical assemblies (seals, bearings, springs, couplings), structural components (spacers, sleeves, panels), and electronic items (transducers, indicators, lamps, timers). The top NAICS categories are Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (410 awards), Bolt Nut Screw Rivet and Washer Manufacturing (273 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (203 awards). Top PSC codes align: Airframe Structural Components (264 awards), Nuts and Washers (132 awards), and Screws (101 awards).

Activity has grown modestly year over year, from 91 awards in 2022 to 120 awards in 2025, with 24 awards recorded in 2026 through April. Combined potential value across all 1,715 awards reaches $6.7 million, though obligated dollars total $9.2 million, indicating draw-down against standing inventory positions. Orbital Parts operates without a parent vehicle presence; all awards are direct purchase orders issued by DLA divisions. The vendor maintains no known subcontractor relationships in the source data and operates exclusively as a prime on DLA supply contracts. With performance delivered entirely in Mansfield, Texas, Orbital Parts functions as a pure inventory supplier rather than a systems integrator or service contractor, positioning the company narrowly within the DLA's commodity procurement ecosystem with minimal cross-agency exposure or vertical integration potential.