Panther Machining And Hardware LLC

Panther Machining And Hardware LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business (SDB) manufacturer based in Fort Worth and Benbrook, Texas, operates as a prime contractor supplying precision aerospace and defense hardware components — fasteners, rivets, hose assemblies, hardware kits, and specialized mechanical parts — to the Defense Logistics Agency across multiple divisions.

Panther Machining competes on full-and-open federal procurements, with roughly 100% of its recent federal award footprint as prime contractor work. The vendor's business posture recurs across Total Small Business set-asides (which account for a material portion of its recent awards) and unrestricted competitive awards; it does not anchor to an 8(a) vehicle, though it carries self-certified SDB status.

Customer concentration is extreme and agency-wide within DLA. The vendor has worked with five federal agencies, all divisions of the Defense Logistics Agency, which collectively account for 941 awards over the source period. DLA Aviation dominates by count (543 awards, $5 million combined potential value) and by dollar share, followed by DLA Land and Maritime (149 awards, $4.4 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware (237 awards, $1.5 million), and two smaller DLA sub-components. This concentration reflects Panther Machining's role as a specialized supplier to DLA's hardware and abrasives logistics footprint rather than broad federal market diversification.

Panther Machining holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA. The largest and most strategic is a five-year single-award IDC with DLA Aviation valued at $1.999 million (ceiling through March 2029) for valve overhaul kits, awarded March 2024. The vendor also holds a $350 thousand single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for pin-rivets (awarded March 2026, through March 2027); a $350 thousand single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for mechanical hardware kits (awarded January 2026, through January 2027); a $250 thousand non-set-aside IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (awarded June 2025, through June 2026); and a $250 thousand Total Small Business set-aside IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for tube elbows (awarded September 2023, completed September 2024). Task orders against these vehicles are frequent — the source lists multiple task orders per vehicle monthly. The vendor also executes direct purchase orders, both one-off and against standing Request for Quote vehicles.

Representative prime work includes a $194.5 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (March 2025) for 20 units of hydraulic parts kits; multiple hose assembly orders from DLA Land and Maritime ranging from $8 thousand to $83 thousand (December 2025 through April 2026); a $123.8 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (April 2026) for nonmetallic hose assemblies; and routine fastener orders from DLA Aviation (self-locking nuts, shear bolts, close-tolerance screws, pin-rivets, solid rivets, and stud assemblies) ranging from under $100 to $39.6 thousand, the latter for an electro-pneumatic parts kit (September 2025).

Activity has grown significantly. The vendor recorded 35 awards in 2022, 97 in 2023, 83 in 2024, and 144 in 2025, with 32 awards in the first quarter of 2026. Combined potential value across all 941 awards stands at $10.9 million, with $6 million obligated (55% of potential value). Three awards valued at $124 thousand collectively carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and thus face recompete.

Product concentration by NAICS and PSC reflects manufacturing specialization. The top NAICS categories are Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (443 awards) and Hardware Manufacturing (106 awards), with smaller exposure to aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment and hoses and belting. Top PSCs are Bolts (136 awards), Rivets (119), Screws (113), Nuts and Washers (106), and Commercial Hardware (68). The vendor's federal footprint is narrowly tailored to mechanical fastener and hardware kit supply — it does not pursue services, systems integration, or higher-complexity defense prime work.