Sample Machining Inc.

Sample Machining Inc., doing business as Bitec, manufactures precision-machined aerospace and defense components for federal agencies as a prime contractor, with a 100% prime award footprint and no subcontract activity. The company is a small business based in Dayton, Ohio, specializing in retention plate shims, test specimens, drill assemblies, and other hardened metal fastening and structural components for aircraft assembly and maintenance operations. Bitec holds a $2.348 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation designated as a total small business set-aside through August 2028, as well as a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with NASA Langley Research Center for general and precision machining services through August 2026.

Bitec's customer concentration is heavily skewed to DLA Aviation, which accounts for 50 of 85 tracked awards (59%) and $6.9 million (60%) of combined potential value across the prime footprint. The Department of the Army (13 awards) and the Department of the Navy (8 awards) round out volume-based concentration, while NASA Shared Services Center ($259 thousand), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment ($135 thousand), NASA Glenn Research Center ($126 thousand), and NASA Langley Research Center ($58 thousand) comprise the remaining customer base. The gap between award-count and potential-value rankings reflects the DLA Aviation IDC's structural importance — the single vehicle carries $2.348 million ceiling against 20 tracked task orders valuing $958 thousand to date. Two additional Army and Navy IDCs (SPM4A607D2578 and SPE4A723D0293) carry combined potential value of $1.958 million across 27 task orders.

Recent delivery order activity under the DLA Aviation IDC includes a $76,115.90 order for retention plate shims (October 4, 2025, completion May 4, 2026), an $84,327.75 order under total small business set-aside (May 29, 2025, completion June 29, 2026), and a $116,181 order under total small business set-aside (February 21, 2025, completion June 29, 2026). Bitec also supplies NASA through firm fixed-price BPA calls for fabricated research components — a $27,687.96 call for instrument assembly mirror mounts (November 2021) and a $20,539 call for drill assemblies with diagonal struts (September 2021) under the Langley BPA, and one-off purchase orders from NASA Shared Services Center for superalloy test specimen machining ($34,782 in June 2023). A Shared Services Center purchase order for sample machining was awarded July 8, 2026 (completion October 28, 2026) for $46,975.

Bitec's portfolio has contracted materially in recent years — seven awards in 2023 against one award each in 2024, 2025, and 2026 (through early July). Only two awards totaling $338 thousand face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure but also sparse near-term pipeline. The company has been registered in the federal contracting system since October 2001. All work is performed at the Dayton, Ohio facility.

PRECISION CNC MILLING, TURNING, WIRE EDM, FORM GRINDING, THREAD GRINDING & COMPLETE TOOLROOM SERVICE. CERTIFIED TEST SPECIMENS MACHINING TO SUPPORT ADVANCED MATERIAL RESEARCH. AUTOCLAVE OPERATION WITH CERTIFIED CLEAN ROOM. COMPOSITES SUPPLIED COMPLETE FRO