Reuben Burton, Incorporated

Reuben Burton, Incorporated, a for-profit manufacturing company based in Montross, Virginia, supplies electrical insulation sleeving, textile insulation products, chafing sleeves, and related protective components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor. The vendor operates exclusively in the full-and-open competitive space with no set-aside designations across its prime contract portfolio, though it holds individual Indefinite Delivery Contracts designated as total small business set-asides alongside non-set-aside vehicles with the same customer.

Reuben Burton's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated: the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 1,264 of 1,372 total awards (92% of volume) and $12.6 million of $14 million combined potential value. The remaining customer base includes DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment ($139 thousand), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($94 thousand), DLA Land and Maritime ($85 thousand), and the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center ($35 thousand). This concentration reflects a supply-chain role focused on rapid fulfillment of recurring defense logistics requirements rather than broad agency coverage.

The vendor's capability is precisely defined by its recent award history. Reuben Burton manufactures electrical insulation sleeving (the dominant product line across 1,273 of 1,372 awards), textile insulation sleeving, chafing sleeves, cable nipples, insulation sheets, and nonmetallic tubing—all National Stock Number-designated components used to protect electrical wiring and fluid lines on military aircraft, helicopters, and ground support equipment. Recent representative work includes a $56,401.75 no-set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation in December 2024 for 115 units of electrical insulation sleeving, a $26,596.50 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order for 4,760 units in February 2025, and a $74,777.55 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order for 1,095 units of electrical insulation sleeving in March 2025. Work is performed at the vendor's facility in Montross, Virginia, with delivery directed to DLA depots throughout the Continental United States and overseas locations.

Reuben Burton holds six active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, each valued at $250,000 and extending through 2030 or 2031. Four of these IDCs carry total small business set-aside designations; two carry no set-aside designation. The IDCs enable DLA Aviation to issue firm fixed-price delivery orders on an as-needed basis without full re-competition. Representative IDC vehicles from the source include contract 4610130513 (single-award, no set-aside, $350,000 ceiling, January 2026–January 2031), contract 4610126137 (single-award, no set-aside, $250,000 ceiling, September 2025–September 2030), contract 4610123250 (single-award, total small business set-aside, $250,000 ceiling, June 2025–June 2026), and contract 4610119673 (single-award, no set-aside, $250,000 ceiling, March 2025–March 2030). Since 2024, the vendor has received over 200 purchase orders and delivery orders from DLA Aviation, with individual awards ranging from under $1,000 to approximately $75,000, demonstrating consistent demand and established manufacturing capacity.

Award activity has remained stable over the past five years—128 awards in 2022, 121 in 2023, 116 in 2024, and 156 in 2025—with 29 awards recorded through mid-April 2026. The vendor reports $5.8 million in combined dollars obligated across all awards (41% of combined potential value), indicating that a substantial share of recent awards remain in execution. Six awards (combined potential value $33 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The vendor's first award in the source data is dated June 1982, indicating a long-standing federal contracting relationship anchored to DLA supply-chain operations.

Reuben Burton is registered in the System for Award Management as of January 2002 and holds no parent contract vehicles, parent company relationships, or named subcontractor engagements in the source. The vendor operates as a standalone prime contractor whose business model centers on rapid fulfillment of small-to-medium purchase orders and delivery orders for specialized insulation materials essential to military aviation maintenance readiness across the defense supply chain.