RPA Electronic Distributors Inc.

RPA Electronic Distributors Inc., doing business as R P A, supplies specialized electrical components and connectors to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (100% of awards), distributing products ranging from backshells and adapter connectors to cable clamps, ferrules, and helical springs across multiple small-dollar firm fixed-price purchase orders. The company competes full-and-open with occasional Total Small Business set-asides; most recent awards carry no set-aside designation.

R P A is a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, with a SAM.gov registration dating to at least 2002. The vendor's award portfolio spans 1,410 prime contracts since the mid-1990s, concentrated in electronic connector manufacturing (NAICS 334417, 879 awards) and current-carrying wiring device manufacturing (109 awards). Federal procurement activity has grown steadily—42 awards in 2022, 60 in 2024, and 79 in 2025—with the pace holding at 18 awards through mid-April 2026. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $5.9 million, though actual obligations have reached $7.1 million (120% of potential value), reflecting the routine flow of small replacement orders that commonly exceed estimated ceilings.

Customer concentration is extreme: Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 1,214 awards (86% of portfolio) and $4.5 million in combined potential value, with DLA Aviation a distant second at 69 awards and $351 thousand. The remaining 127 awards scatter across the Army Materiel Command's Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (5 awards, $202 thousand), DLA Troop Support Hardware (34 awards, $133 thousand), and general DLA (50 awards, $77 thousand). Twelve distinct customer agencies appear in the portfolio, but DLA's dominance is near-total.

R P A operates under two historical single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime—one for electrical backshells (BACKSHELL,ELECTRICA, NSN 5935011135297) with a $250,000 ceiling awarded August 22, 2022 as Total Small Business set-aside with an ultimate completion date of August 22, 2023, and one for electrical connector plugs (CONNECTOR,PLUG,ELEC, NSN 5935001319905) with a $250,000 ceiling awarded October 27, 2021 with completion date October 27, 2022. These vehicles have expired or are expired, yet the vendor continues to win individual purchase orders under open DLA procurements. Representative recent work includes a $55,110 Total Small Business set-aside electrical backshells order (March 31, 2025), a $22,759 backshells order (January 27, 2025), a $19,095 adapter connectors order (January 16, 2025), and numerous sub-$10,000 orders for connector receptacles, cable clamps, springs, and covers. Twenty-one awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $83 thousand, representing modest recompete exposure given the vendor's reliance on low-touch procurement operations.

R P A's business model centers on warehouse and catalog distribution of National Stock Number components—the firm manufactures none of the items but sources and delivers them to DLA depots across the continental United States and overseas locations. All awards list performance in Dayton, Ohio; the company operates as sole prime with no identified subcontractors across its entire portfolio. The vendor's footprint is narrow by design: electrical and electronic components for military logistics and equipment maintenance, sourced competitively and distributed at minimal margins through the DLA procurement system. Awards typically range from $100 to $55,000, with a median order value well under $5,000, reflecting the standardized, commoditized nature of the work. With no parent vehicles, teaming relationships, or secondary agency exposure, R P A represents a specialized supplier locked into DLA's supply chain but without diversification, scale, or growth beyond the component-distribution model.

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS