Southern Cross Aviation, LLC

Southern Cross Aviation, LLC, a Fort Lauderdale-based aerospace aftermarket supplier, delivers aviation spare parts and components—batteries, fuel pumps, fasteners, valves, gaskets, electrical equipment, and related consumables—to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) competing in full-and-open solicitations without set-aside designations.

Southern Cross Aviation operates as a for-profit limited liability partnership with headquarters at 5250 NW 33rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The vendor holds no SBA set-aside certifications; its contracting posture is unrestricted-competitive, though individual task orders under its Indefinite Delivery Contracts frequently carry total small business set-aside designations, reflecting its small business status on those vehicles. The company has registered with SAM since July 2002 and maintains no named parent or subsidiary structure distinct from its main operating entity.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated in defense logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency accounts for the overwhelming majority of awards: DLA Land and Maritime holds 299 awards worth $11.7 million, and DLA Aviation holds 142 awards worth $2.5 million, together representing 93% of recent award count and dominating dollar value. The Department of the Army places 14 awards worth $3.1 million (primarily through a $3 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for spare parts established in January 2023). The U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of State account for scattered awards in the low six figures. Total dollars across 520 prime and sub awards span $18.3 million in combined potential value, with $8.4 million obligated (46%).

Southern Cross Aviation holds six single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency—five at $250,000 ceiling each (for electric fuel pumps, gaskets, counterbalance weights, helical compression springs, and lead assembly components; awarded between June 2025 and October 2025, running through 2026–2030), plus one $350,000 vehicle for headbands and headsets (January 2026 through January 2027). All carry total small business set-aside designations. The vendor also operates under a $3 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Army for spare parts (awarded January 2023, extended through November 2025). Task orders under these vehicles funnel hundreds of purchase orders annually: individual awards for battery storage, fuel injection nozzles, shock mount bases, and other consumables typically carry firm fixed-price ceilings ranging from under one hundred dollars to over six hundred thousand dollars.

Activity has accelerated sharply: 26 awards in 2022 grew to 86 in both 2023 and 2024, and 100 awards in 2025. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—five awards completing total $725 thousand in potential value. The vendor's award mix is dominated by battery and fuel system components: the top NAICS categories are Battery Manufacturing (62 awards), Storage Battery Manufacturing (53 awards), Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (39 awards), Bolt/Nut/Screw/Rivet/Washer Manufacturing (35 awards), and Gasket/Packing/Sealing Device Manufacturing (25 awards). Product Service Codes align: Batteries Rechargeable (123 awards), Batteries Nonrechargeable (36 awards), and Engine Fuel System Components Nonaircraft (31 awards) lead the count.

Representative prime work includes a $609,088.70 total small business set-aside for distress beacon units (DLA Aviation, April 2025); a $352,226.23 total small business set-aside for fuel injection nozzles (DLA Land and Maritime, October 2025); a $304,893.47 total small business set-aside for fuel injection nozzles (DLA Land and Maritime, May 2025); a $206,414.08 total small business set-aside for electrical fuel pumps (DLA Land and Maritime, August 2024); and a $81,602.22 total small business set-aside delivery order for electrical fuel pumps under an existing IDC (DLA Land and Maritime, September 2025). Performance locations are primarily Oakland Park, Florida, with some work in West Des Moines, Iowa, and Bedford, Ohio. The vendor subcontracts minimally; identified subs include Vertex Aerospace LLC (February 2025, aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing) and Science Applications International Corporation (July 2024, software lifecycle development—likely a legacy award from an earlier era). These three sub-awards together represent only 1% of recent activity.

Southern Cross Aviation's federal footprint is sustained by high-volume, low-unit-value procurement from a single customer ecosystem: DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation place the vast majority of orders, typically for standardized aviation consumables and component replacements under firm fixed-price purchase orders. The vendor has not held any parent IDIQs (GWACs or agency-wide contracts) and operates exclusively through single-award and multiple-award DLA IDCs and the Army BPA. No evidence of government contract vehicles, teaming relationships on major primes, or subcontracting below the level of the identified Vertex and SAIC engagements appears in the source.

Southern Cross Aviation is a USA based Aviation Distributor with over 60 distributor lines. SCA's product lines include some of the largest Aviation Manufacturers, such as Champion Aerospace, Concorde Battery, Continental Motors-Engines, Textron Lycoming Piston Engines, Weldon Pumps, and Whelen Engineering. Stemming from 15 years' experience, we work diligently to provide quality on-time material in support of the Warfighters' needs, including managing Indefinite Contracts.