Rudy Iii, Ernest

Rudy Iii, Ernest, doing business as Rudy & Associates, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) sole proprietorship based in Kennedale, Texas, that manufactures military-specification metal components and materials for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under 100% of its recent award footprint. The vendor holds concurrent SBA certifications as SDVOSB and HUBZone firm, both expiring November 18, 2027, and competes predominantly under total small business and SDVOSB set-asides across its active prime portfolio.

Rudy & Associates specializes in metallic tubing, bars, plates, sheets, structural angles, and aviation-grade aluminum components—including titanium and forged aluminum materials—manufactured to military specifications for defense supply chain operations. Recent representative prime work includes a $82.8 million total small business set-aside purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime on April 6, 2026, for metallic tubing (NSN 8512019258) with completion by September 3, 2026; a $104 million total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Construction and Equipment on February 17, 2026, for sheet metal (NSN 8511923875) completing March 4, 2027; and a $77.9 million total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime on February 17, 2026, for metallic tubes (NSN 4710012096694) completing March 24, 2027. The vendor also holds three active indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $350,000 with total small business set-asides, for metallic pipe and tube components (NSNs 4710002775468, 4710010073564, and 4710009930482) with performance periods extending through April 2027 and December 2026.

Customer concentration is acute and single-source: Defense Logistics Agency divisions account for 99% of all awards and 96% of combined potential value. DLA Land and Maritime alone anchors 5,247 awards worth $97.5 million in combined potential value, while DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment carries 4,506 awards worth $55.1 million. The remaining customer base includes DLA general operations (3,570 awards, $25.3 million), DLA Aviation (991 awards, $2.9 million), and minor exposure to Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command ($7.5 million on one award) and Air Force Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex ($6.2 million on two awards). The top five parent IDIQs are DLA Land and Maritime indefinite-delivery contracts SPM7MX13D0116 (494 task orders, $2.5 million), SPM7MX13D0107 (290 task orders, $1.2 million), and SPE8EG17D0071 (223 task orders, $937 thousand), all generating recurring simplified purchase orders for metallic components.

Across the 14,467 total awards in the source data spanning from 2001 to April 2026, annual volume has remained stable—1,196 awards in 2022, peaking at 1,407 in 2024, then contracting to 297 in early 2026. Awards completing in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.7 million across 95 orders, representing moderate recompete activity. The vendor's product footprint concentrates in iron and steel pipe and tube manufacturing from purchased steel (2,929 awards), iron and steel forging (2,108 awards), and nonferrous forging (1,807 awards) under PSC codes dominated by pipe, tube, and rigid tubing (4,856 awards) and bars and rods (2,727 awards). Place of performance is Kennedale, Texas, with deliveries to Defense Logistics Agency depots throughout continental and overseas continental United States locations. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no recorded sub-award activity in the source data.

Rudy & Associates is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with more than 50 years of experience supplying specialty metals and raw materials to the aerospace, defense, shipbuilding, and military markets. Established in 1972, the company provides hard-to-find grades, exotic alloys, and specialty metal tubing used in aircraft, armored vehicles, naval vessels, and other mission-critical applications. Rudy & Associates supplies carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, alloy steel, titanium, nickel alloys, and high-temperature materials, supported by value-added services including precision machining, shearing, industrial saw cutting, and material processing. As a long-standing supplier to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and major defense contractors, the company delivers reliable, compliant materials while meeting stringent federal quality standards, traceability requirements, and demanding military supply timelines.