S & B, Inc.

S & B, Inc., doing business as WG Henschen, is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based Subchapter S Corporation that manufactures and distributes high-precision aerospace and defense fasteners and hardware components to the federal government as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) predominantly under total small business set-asides. The company operates under primary NAICS 332722 (Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing) and PSC 53 (Hardware and Abrasives), competing across unrestricted and small-business-reserved federal procurements for consumable hardware items supporting military aviation maintenance and logistics operations.

WG Henschen's customer concentration is extreme and represents structural dependency on a single agency. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 892 awards (73% of recent activity by count) with $21 million combined potential value, while DLA Land and Maritime represents 194 awards and $4.3 million. However, this count-based dominance masks a dollar concentration skew: the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center anchors the portfolio with seven awards carrying $49.2 million combined potential value—more than twice DLA Aviation's total. The top five customer agencies by potential value represent 100% of recorded activity. Recent work includes routine purchase orders and delivery orders from DLA Aviation for self-locking nuts ($30.8 million ceiling), blind rivets ($28.4 million potential), pin-rivets ($13.7 million potential), and machine screws ($13.5 million potential), typically valued between $1,000 and $120,000 per order. A sample of larger prime awards: a $119.6 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (March 2026) for coupling half quick components; a $115 million non-set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (February 2026) for straight tube adapters; and an $85.5 thousand non-set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (December 2025) for expandable diameter pins.

The company holds fifteen active indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) across DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, each capped at $350,000, awarded between February 2026 and April 2026. These vehicles cover machine screws, blind rivets, self-locking nuts, quick release pins, socket head cap screws, machine bolts, loop clamps, pin-rivets, and related fasteners. Twelve of the fifteen IDCs are designated total small business set-asides; three carry no set-aside. Contract terms run one year or until the $350,000 ceiling is reached, whichever occurs first, with estimated order frequencies ranging from two to twelve orders annually. All IDCs place of performance includes Defense Logistics Agency depots throughout CONUS and OCONUS locations. WG Henschen also sits on several unrestricted indefinite delivery contracts under vehicle identifiers SPE4A623D0242 (73 task orders, $280 thousand combined potential value), SPE4A623DC054 (31 task orders, $278 thousand potential), and SPE4A623D5C42 (34 task orders, $61 thousand potential).

Activity has grown sharply—41 awards in 2022 to 422 in 2025—though 2026 year-to-date shows 134 awards (reflecting the three-month snapshot window). The recompete cliff is material: 233 awards (combined potential value $4 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure. The company subcontracts on aerospace platforms through primes including The Boeing Company (PBL material procurement for F-15EX advanced procurement and general purchased-outside-production sourcing) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft fasteners and aircraft door access components), typically sourcing fasteners and small hardware components. Place of performance for all primary federal work is Valencia, California. WG Henschen holds SAM.gov registration dating to 1999 and operates as a registered small business across full-and-open and set-aside federal procurements, with total small business set-asides representing the majority of recent prime award volume.