Socal Air, Inc.

Socal Air, Inc., a woman-owned small business manufacturer based in Gardena, California, supplies source-controlled precision components — primarily carbon cell assemblies and calibration adapters — to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor competing on an open, full-and-open basis. The company maintains federal contractor status since September 2002 and has completed 111 awards (100% prime) with combined potential value of $2.4 million and $2 million in obligated dollars.

The vendor's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in DLA operations. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounts for 78 awards totaling $1.8 million in combined potential value (74% of portfolio by dollars), while DLA Aviation holds 30 awards worth $479 thousand combined potential value (20% of portfolio). Two single-award DLA contract vehicles anchor the work: an indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation for calibration adapters (ceiling $250,000, awarded September 2022, completed December 2022) and two additional IDVs with DLA Land and Maritime (SPM4A607D2770 generating 16 task orders at $240 thousand combined value, and SPM7MC12D5031 generating 11 task orders at $150 thousand combined value). A one-award each from the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command and the Department of the Army California Army National Guard round out the customer set, though with minimal dollar volume.

Socal Air's capability posture centers on manufacturing carbon cell assemblies identified by National Stock Numbers and subject to source-control requirements under drawing 3BQ58 6539791-1, and calibration adapters supporting DLA's logistics and inventory management. Representative prime awards include a $141,750 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for 150 units of carbon cell assemblies (May 2026), a $93,080 order for 104 units of carbon cell assemblies (December 2023), a $50,120 order for 56 units of carbon cell assemblies (November 2024), and a $2,870 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation for calibration adapters (October 2023). Work is performed exclusively at the vendor's Gardena facility with typical delivery requirements ranging from 30 to 103 days.

Activity trajectory shows volatility: the vendor completed 10 awards in 2022, declined to 7 in 2023 and 4 in 2024, then accelerated sharply to 23 awards in 2025 before dropping to 1 award in the first five months of 2026. Across the portfolio, 99% of awards reflect coverage of top four customer agencies, indicating extreme customer concentration tied to DLA operations.

Socal Air competes exclusively on an open, full-and-open basis; only 2 of 111 awards (both DLA Land and Maritime purchase orders from 2021 and 2022) carried a Total Small Business set-aside, and the vendor holds no active position on government-wide acquisition contracts, agency-wide IDIQs, or GSA Schedules. The primary NAICS footprint is 6111 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, 73 awards) with secondary category coding in miscellaneous manufacturing. The PSC framework reflects Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus (92 awards) and Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments (17 awards).