Ruta Supplies Inc.

Ruta Supplies Inc., a small business 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 on thousands of purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts. The company is structured as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and small business joint venture, competes predominantly in full-and-open procurement (no set-aside designation on roughly 68% of recent awards) but also wins Total Small Business set-aside orders, and operates across 44,364 federal awards with a combined potential value of $1.61 billion and $753 million in obligated dollars.

Ruta Supplies' customer base is narrowly concentrated in Defense Logistics Agency operations. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounts for 32,760 awards (74% of all awards) worth $1.06 billion in combined potential value, dominating both volume and dollars. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation division places 3,959 awards worth $74.5 million. Smaller customers include the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hardware and Construction and Equipment divisions, the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (271 awards, $70.6 million), and the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (641 awards, $65.5 million). This concentration around DLA's Land and Maritime operations creates significant recompete exposure: 362 awards worth $28.4 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

The company's capability portfolio centers on fasteners, hardware, and vehicular components. Top NAICS categories are Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (6,446 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (4,970 awards), and Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (2,377 awards). Representative recent work includes a $316.4 million purchase order from ACC Warren for three automotive driving axles (NSN 2520-01-593-1012) with delivery through August 2027; a $229 million delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime for nonmetallic hose assemblies; a $288.5 million delivery order also from DLA Land and Maritime for additional hose assembly supply; a $185.6 million purchase order under Total Small Business set-aside for cylinder assemblies (NSN 3040016425340); and a $112 million purchase order for cylinder assemblies (NSN 3040013562707). Smaller items include screws, bolts, brackets, bearings, seals, filters, tubing, and electrical components across the vendor's PSC footprint.

Ruta Supplies holds approximately 18 active single-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDIQs) with the Defense Logistics Agency, all carrying $350,000 ceilings with one-year terms running through April 2027. These IDIQs cover discrete component categories — engine baffles, wiring harnesses, steering components, brake adjusters, retaining straps, v-belts, air pre-relief valves, pins, brackets, and hardware — and serve as parent vehicles for the bulk of task order activity. The parent vehicle SPE7LX24D0021 alone generates 570 task orders worth $6.2 million in combined potential value. Activity has declined year over year, from 3,118 awards in 2022 to 548 awards in 2026 (through April), suggesting either a shift in DLA procurement patterns or maturation of the vendor's order book under existing IDIQ ceilings.

Ruta Supplies subcontracts minimally: the source identifies only one sub-award, an August 2025 parts order placed by Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Company for Qatar TANET and Depot operations. The vendor's footprint is primarily prime contractor work across standardized defense logistics supply. Performance locations are principally Dover, New Jersey and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with delivery to Defense Logistics Agency depots across the Continental United States and overseas locations via consolidation and containerization points.

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