TC Machine Design Inc.

TC Machine Design Inc., a Santa Ana, California-based minority-owned small disadvantaged business, manufactures specialized military ordnance components and aerospace hardware as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions, with 99% of its recent federal footprint composed of prime purchase orders and one subcontract placement.

TC Machine Design operates exclusively as a manufacturer of goods serving defense supply chains. The company's capability portfolio centers on small arms cartridges, ordnance accessories, launcher systems, wiring harnesses, technical data packages, and structural components for military vehicles and aircraft. Representative recent work includes a $119.7 thousand firm fixed-price cartridge delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (January 2026), a $78.66 thousand cartridge procurement from DLA Land and Maritime (April 2026), a $69.54 thousand wiring harness cover panel contract from the Department of the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (July 2023), and a $336.1 thousand technical data package delivery for the M139 Volcano Mine Dispenser Launcher Rack from Army Communications Electronics Command (December 2021). The company also manufactures cannon plugs, canister assemblies, and miscellaneous ordnance components across its customer base.

Customer concentration is extreme and focused on logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 63 of 81 total awards (78% of awards tracked) and $2.5 million of the $3.4 million combined potential value. The Department of the Army's Communications Electronics Command holds three awards worth $698 thousand combined. The remaining five customer agencies—DLA Aviation, Navy Naval Sea Systems Command, Army TACOM, and Army Research Development and Engineering Command—collectively represent fewer than 2% of potential value. TC Machine Design holds one task order position under the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services parent vehicle.

Awards show irregular activity—two awards in 2022, four in 2023, one in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 year-to-date—without a clear growth trajectory. Only one award is completing in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $79 thousand), representing minimal recompete exposure. The vendor subcontracts minimally; one sub-award appears in the portfolio under CACI Technologies on a modeling and simulation task order (September 2024).

Across the top five NAICS categories, 44 awards fall under Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing, with smaller volumes in aircraft parts, hardware, guided missile propulsion, and valve manufacturing. PSC distribution mirrors ordnance focus: 23 awards for launchers and pyrotechnic systems, 18 for guns through 30mm, and 13 for miscellaneous weapons. Combined obligated dollars ($15.2 million) exceed combined potential value by 451%, indicating historical invoicing well above contract ceilings—a signal of high utilization and potential follow-on demand from DLA supply chain refresh cycles. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides but maintains full-and-open competition experience.