Orion-Metco LLC

Orion-Metco LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and small business manufacturer based in Winchester, Kentucky, operates as a prime contractor supplying metal fabrication and component manufacturing services to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and its sub-components. The company holds a Total Small Business set-aside designation and competes predominantly in small business set-asides, with set-aside awards representing a material portion of its footprint across DLA vehicle positions.

Orion-Metco manufactures and supplies metal products including tubes, bars, sheets, plates, structural shapes, armor plate, and specialized components for aircraft and defense applications. Representative work spans metal tube assemblies for DLA Aviation (single-award IDC with $250,000 ceiling awarded November 2022, extended through November 2024), metal bars for DLA Land and Maritime (single-award IDC with $250,000 ceiling awarded November 2022, completed November 2023), and recurring purchase orders for sheet metal, protective shields, metallic pipes, and structural components across all DLA components. Specific recent awards include a $73.5 million metallic tubes order (Land and Maritime, November 2023), a $45.3 million metal bars purchase order (August 2024, Total Small Business set-aside), a $47.5 million metallic tubes order (Land and Maritime, July 2023), a $130.5 million metal bars order (Troop Support Construction and Equipment, April 2023), and a $66.7 million first-article test contract (May 2024, no set-aside). The company has received federal contract awards continuously since March 2008.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly specialized. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment dominates with 730 awards and $8.3 million combined potential value; DLA Land and Maritime holds 597 awards totaling $7.8 million; DLA Aviation accounts for 176 awards and $2.8 million; DLA (undifferentiated) has 284 awards with $1.6 million; and DLA Troop Support Hardware represents 33 awards valued at $417 thousand. The top five customer sub-organizations represent 100 percent of awards, with no exposure to agencies outside DLA. Award count and dollar rankings track closely, confirming consistent order sizing across customer units.

Recent award activity shows sharp contraction. The vendor received 124 awards in 2021, 135 in 2022, and 149 in 2023, declining to 56 in 2024 and just six in 2025 (as of mid-July 2026). Combined potential value across all 1,823 prime awards totals $21 million, with $19 million obligated. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete urgency but signaling a severely compressed pipeline relative to historical volume. The vendor holds positions on multiple DLA single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts, with top vehicles including IDC SPE4A620D5861 (7 task orders, $101 thousand), IDC SPE7M121D64DV (7 task orders, $31 thousand), and IDC SPM7M111D5L83 (4 task orders, $17 thousand); however, these vehicle counts and valuations are small relative to the vendor's historical footprint.

NAICS concentration reflects pure metal manufacturing: Nonferrous Metal Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding (295 awards); Iron and Steel Forging (275 awards); Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing (242 awards); Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (201 awards); and Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing (191 awards). PSC concentration mirrors this focus: Pipe, Tube and Rigid Tubing (509 awards); Plate, Sheet, Strip and Foil Nonferrous Base Metal (363 awards); Bars and Rods (300 awards); Plate, Sheet, Strip, Foil and Leaf (255 awards); and Bars and Rods Nonferrous Base Metal (129 awards). The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no recorded subcontract activity.