Spectrum Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.

Spectrum Manufacturing & Sales, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, manufactures and supplies precision mechanical components and fasteners to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on 1,348 purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts valued at $7.5 million in combined potential value. The vendor competes full-and-open, with no set-aside participation evident across its prime footprint.

Spectrum's capability portfolio centers on bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing; commercial hardware; hose and flexible tubing; fabricated pipe and fittings; and specialty items including bushings, shims, spacers, and gaskets. Representative work includes a Total Small Business set-aside $16,020 socket head cap screw delivery order awarded by DLA Aviation in April 2026, a $35,478 diaphragm actuator purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in December 2025, a $29,213 diaphragm actuator order from DLA Land and Maritime in September 2025, and a $28,025 nonmetallic hose assembly purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in January 2026. Individual purchase orders typically range from $600 to approximately $14,000, with most contracts firm fixed-price.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-threaded. DLA accounts for 99% of recent awards across five sub-agencies. DLA Land and Maritime leads with 636 awards ($3.4 million combined potential value), followed by DLA Aviation with 410 awards ($1.8 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware with 210 awards ($1.3 million), and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 53 awards ($699 thousand). The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command represents the only non-DLA customer in the top tier, with 11 awards totaling $268 thousand. Place of performance is Upper Arlington, Ohio, for all work listed in the source.

Spectrum places task orders under four named indefinite delivery contracts: SPE4A617D7005 (4 task orders, $3 thousand combined potential value) and three additional vehicles (SP075005D5D44, SPM75005D5D44, SP047001D5069, SPM47001D5069) with minimal transactional value. These vehicles carry no published ceiling or strategic leverage signal in the source.

Activity has grown significantly. Awards increased from 93 in 2022 to 173 in 2025, with 131 awards recorded through mid-July 2026. The vendor faces modest recompete exposure: 17 awards (combined potential value $58 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The source reflects invoice history tracking obligated dollars ($8.4 million) exceeding potential value ($7.5 million), indicating the vendor has drawn down award ceilings or received modifications above initial estimates.

Spectrum operates as a sole prime in all award records; no subcontractor role appears in the source. The vendor has no documented teaming relationships or sub-award footprint. NAICS concentration reflects hardware commodity focus: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (306 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (241), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (69), and Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing (56). PSC codes align similarly, with Hardware Commercial (202 awards), Hose and Fittings (144), and Bushings/Shims/Spacers (111) dominating the profile.

The vendor has maintained federal contracting activity continuously since 1996 according to the source, with recent activity dominated by DLA transactional purchase orders issued through standing supply relationships. No IDIQs, GWACs, or agency-wide vehicles surface as primary income sources; DLA's blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery contracts function as the vendor's core vehicles.