R / A Hoerr, Inc.

R / A Hoerr, Inc., Division R / A Hoerr Inc., doing business as Hoerr Racing Products, is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Edwards, Illinois, that supplies precision mechanical components and hardware to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor exclusively—1,620 purchase orders across Defense Logistics Agency divisions since 2015, with no subcontract work. The vendor competes full-and-open across its entire footprint; while recent awards occasionally carry total small business set-asides, the preponderance of orders remain unrestricted. Over 61 years in operation, the company specializes in fasteners (bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, washers), ball and roller bearings, hose assemblies, lubricating oils, gaskets, sealing compounds, and other mechanical hardware components for military equipment maintenance and repair.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency: Defense Logistics Agency divisions account for 100% of awards by count and 100% of combined potential value. Within DLA, the Aviation division dominates by order volume—844 awards worth $1.1 million potential value—while the Land and Maritime division leads by dollar magnitude (252 awards, $3.1 million). Troop Support Hardware (316 awards, $156 thousand) and Troop Support Construction and Equipment (201 awards, $181 thousand) round out the active set. A single Army Corps of Engineers award for $8 thousand appears in the source data but represents an outlier. The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles in the sense of GWACs or blanket purchase agreements; instead, it operates on two single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime: one for shaft collars ($250 thousand ceiling, awarded November 2024, completion November 2025) and one for general specialized mechanical components ($350 thousand ceiling, awarded March 2026, completion March 2027). Firm fixed-price purchase orders flow continuously under and outside these IDCs from DLA divisions' day-to-day logistics operations.

Activity has been consistent but recent volume has softened. The vendor sustained 220 awards in 2022 and 219 in 2023, climbed to 302 in 2024, then dropped to 186 in 2025 and 72 (year-to-date) in 2026. Combined potential value across the full footprint sits at $4.6 million; obligated dollars total $1.5 million (32% of potential). Recompete exposure is minimal: only two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $8 thousand. Representative recent prime work includes a $31.45 thousand total small business set-aside for tapered roller cones and rollers (DLA Aviation, April 2025); an $25.6 million order for annular ball bearings (DLA Aviation, June 2025); an $18.16 thousand total small business set-aside for lubricating oil (DLA Aviation, June 2025); a $16.22 thousand total small business set-aside for cover strip components (DLA Land and Maritime, January 2026); and a $350 thousand IDC ceiling with DLA Land and Maritime for specialized components (March 2026). Smaller orders—fasteners, washers, pins, rivets, adhesives, antifreeze compounds—fill the balance at single-digit to low-three-figure values, reflecting DLA's granular logistics replenishment process. The vendor's product footprint aligns with its top NAICS categories: bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing (725 awards) and ball and roller bearing manufacturing (235 awards) dominate. Bearing units, tapered roller assemblies, and precision fasteners are the core spend drivers.

This is a transactional, high-volume, low-complexity hardware supplier to a single customer (DLA) across seven distinct divisions. Competitive advantage rests on speed of fulfillment, geographic presence (Edwards, Illinois), stock depth, and incumbency across DLA's distributed depot network, not on exclusive vehicles or set-asides. Recompete risk is negligible in the near term. For competitors or potential acquirers, the vendor represents a stable, narrow-bandwidth supplier with deep operational roots in DLA's supply chain, zero sub engagement, and minimal exposure to other federal agencies or commercial work.

40+ years of success in the auto racing industry brought about the birth of Hoerr Racing Products (HRP) in 1998. This expansion into the racing parts business has allowed the company to service its customers' race teams from the design process through the building and maintenance of their cars, providing not only the necessary parts to run a team successfully, but the technical knowledge that four decades of experience in auto racing has produced.