Ross Equipment Inc.

Ross Equipment Inc., doing business as Ross Air Works, is a for-profit spare parts and equipment distributor based in Elizabeth, New Jersey that supplies mechanical, electrical, and technical components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing predominantly on full-and-open, unrestricted procurements without set-aside designations, though a material share of its Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicles carry total small business set-asides.

The vendor's footprint centers entirely on Defense Logistics Agency work, with DLA Land and Maritime anchoring the portfolio: 622 awards worth $25.3 million combined potential value represent 61% of all awards but only 41% of dollars. The dollar concentration flows instead to Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal, which holds 38 awards worth $26.8 million—a concentration signal indicating a distinct customer relationship built on higher-value orders. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, DLA Aviation, and DLA TACOM Life Cycle Management Command round out the active set. Ross Air Works competes across nine distinct federal customer agencies, with the top five accounting for 93% of recent awards and 99% of combined potential value.

The capability portfolio centers on engine cooling components, refrigeration and air-conditioning parts, and motor vehicle equipment manufacturing. Representative work includes a $80.4 million delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (July 2025) for friction parts kits supporting vehicle maintenance; a $149.8 million purchase order from DLA Aviation (November 2023) for 288 interconnect boxes; a $167.9 million delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (May 2025) for friction parts kits; and recurring orders for air circulation ventilators, engine fan clutches, solenoid valves, compressors, filters, impellers, and switches across all three DLA divisions. Awards range from sub-hundred-dollar purchase orders to multi-million-dollar delivery orders, reflecting Ross Air Works' role as both a high-volume commodity supplier and a consolidation point for larger component kits.

The vendor holds 15 active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, all single-award vehicles with $250 thousand to $350 thousand ceilings. Recent IDC awards include a March 31, 2026 contract for air circulation ventilators (ceiling $350 thousand), a December 29, 2025 contract for electrical control boxes (ceiling $250 thousand), and four small-business set-aside IDCs (October 2025–September 2025) for protective dust caps, electromechanical actuators, engine fan clutches, and air ventilators. These vehicles structure rapid, firm-fixed-price procurement to DLA depots worldwide, with delivery timelines of 60–125 days and anticipated order frequencies of 3–12 orders annually per vehicle. The top five IDVs by award count (SPM7LX13D0041, SPE7LX20D5007, SPE7MX19D5029, W56HZV04D0140, SPRDL109D0053) carry 78 task orders combined worth $10.4 million, though this represents only a fraction of the vendor's broader vehicle footprint.

Activity has been volatile: 48 awards in 2022, declining to 17 in 2024, rebounding to 38 in 2025, with 6 awards recorded through early April 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal—only one award (combined potential value $1 thousand) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating low near-term contract-renewal exposure. Across all 1,022 awards, $39 million has been obligated (63% of combined potential value of $61.8 million), reflecting a mix of exercised delivery orders and remaining ceiling capacity on standing IDCs.

The NAICS distribution underscores the vendor's mechanical and thermal equipment focus: air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment manufacturing (146 awards), other motor vehicle parts (95 awards), other engine equipment (64 awards), industrial valve manufacturing (51 awards), and measuring and controlling devices (50 awards). By Product Service Code, engine cooling system components lead (234 awards), followed by refrigeration and air-conditioning components (109), vehicular furniture and accessories (74), switches (60), and fans and air circulators (57). This profile positions Ross Air Works as a specialized industrial distributor rather than a systems integrator or prime systems contractor—the vendor's competitive posture is built on responsive, cost-competitive sourcing and rapid delivery of nameplate components to DLA's global logistics network.

Wholesale distribution and military packaging.

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