Ruta Supplies Inc.

Ruta Supplies Inc., a small-business-structured for-profit Subchapter S corporation and small business joint venture based in Dover, New Jersey, manufactures and supplies industrial fasteners, hardware, electronic components, and vehicular parts to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor across thousands of federal purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing predominantly under full-and-open (no set-aside) designations with periodic Total Small Business set-aside participation.

The vendor's federal footprint is extremely concentrated in Defense Logistics Agency operations. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 33,145 awards (74% of all prime work) with $1.09 billion in combined potential value, anchoring 96% of the vendor's award count across the top five DLA customer organizations. DLA Aviation contributes 4,035 awards ($75.8 million), and the Department of the Army Materiel Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and DLA Troop Support divisions represent secondary but material volume. Combined potential value across all 44,834 prime awards sits at $1.65 billion, with $767.3 million obligated to date (47% realization rate). The vendor's category concentration reflects pure component supply: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (NAICS 332722) anchors 6,537 awards, followed by Hardware Manufacturing (NAICS 332510, 5,023 awards), Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 336399, 2,413 awards), and electronic component and miscellaneous fabricated metal categories. Top PSC codes track fasteners, vehicular structural components, furniture and accessories, and hose assemblies. Concrete representative work includes a $2.25 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command (June 2026) for pressure transducers; a $613.3 million delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (May 2026) for wheel valve supply; cylinder assemblies at $346.6 thousand (July 2026); circuit card assemblies ranging from $15.2 thousand to $119.3 thousand across multiple awards; and hundreds of smaller fastener and hardware purchase orders below $10 thousand across both DLA divisions.

The vendor holds approximately 18 active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA, each carrying $350,000 ceilings with one-year terms, covering discrete component categories including engine baffles, wiring harnesses, steering components, brake adjusters, retaining straps, v-belts, air pre-relief valves, pins, brackets, and hardware. These IDIQs serve as parent vehicles for task order activity. Task order placement across the vendor's DLA IDIQ portfolio has declined year over year, from 3,118 awards in 2022 to 1,015 awards through 2026 to date, reflecting either shifts in DLA procurement patterns or maturation of the vendor's order book under existing IDIQ ceilings. Within the next twenty-four months, 343 awards (combined potential value $29.6 million) reach ultimate completion, signaling recompete exposure across the vendor's DLA base.

Award activity overall shows decline trajectory: 3,118 awards in 2022 to 2,543 in 2024 to 1,015 in 2026 year-to-date through April. Place of performance spans Dover, New Jersey and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with delivery to Defense Logistics Agency depots across the Continental United States and overseas locations. The vendor reports one sub-award (0.02% of footprint) to Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Company for Qatar Tanet and Depot Operations parts in August 2025, representing minimal subcontracting activity. Ruta Supplies competes across full-and-open federal procurements as its baseline posture, with periodic Total Small Business set-aside awards concentrated in DLA Land and Maritime and Aviation divisions but not characteristic of the broader prime footprint.

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