Tab Hardware, Inc.

Tab Hardware, Inc., doing business as Tab Hardware Inc., manufactures and supplies aerospace fasteners and hardware components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor, operating as a woman-owned small business based in Long Beach, California. The vendor competes predominantly under full-and-open procurement; recent awards span Total Small Business and HUBZone set-asides on select indefinite delivery contracts, but the majority of purchase orders carry no set-aside designation. Tab Hardware has held SAM registration since January 2002 and operates across 1,389 federal awards with combined potential value of $6.8 million, of which $5.6 million has been obligated.

Tab Hardware's capability portfolio centers on pin-rivets, blind rivets, bolts, nuts, screws, fasteners, and related aerospace hardware components for military aircraft maintenance and repair operations. Representative work includes a $28,620 firm fixed-price purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for pin-rivets awarded May 7, 2026; a $78,125 Total Small Business set-aside order from the U.S. Coast Guard for self-locking nuts to be used on MH-60T helicopters awarded April 24, 2025 (with a December 10, 2025 modification exercising option quantity); a $23,900 Total Small Business set-aside delivery order from DLA Aviation for close-tolerance screws awarded August 21, 2024; and a $13,624 Total Small Business set-aside order from DLA Aviation for turnlock fasteners awarded April 11, 2025. All performance occurs at Tab Hardware's Long Beach, California facility.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Aviation accounts for 528 awards (89% of top-customer coverage by count) with $3 million combined potential value; DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment accounts for 365 awards with $1.6 million combined potential value; the base DLA organization accounts for 190 awards with $922 thousand combined potential value. These three DLA components represent the vast majority of Tab Hardware's pipeline. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard ranks fifth by potential value ($107 thousand across 35 awards), followed by Navy Naval Air Systems Command ($23 thousand across 83 awards) and Navy Naval Supply Systems Command ($39 thousand across 71 awards).

Tab Hardware holds three single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation, each with a $250,000 ceiling: one Total Small Business set-aside for pin-rivets (NSN 5320015488299, HUBZone-eligible, awarded February 2, 2022, ultimate completion February 2, 2023); one for blind rivets (NSN 5320002754187, no set-aside, awarded February 2, 2022, ultimate completion February 2, 2023); and one for pin-rivets (set-aside designation Total Small Business, awarded April 8, 2022, ultimate completion April 8, 2023). Additionally, the source references three IDCs with DLA Aviation totaling $750,000 in ceiling value, including two with small business set-aside designations and one with HUBZone designation. Recent delivery orders under these vehicles range from $145 to $6,643.50. The vendor also places orders under several parent indefinite delivery contracts including SPM5A109D5A09 (3 task orders, $48 thousand combined potential value), SPM5A109D5A11 (1 task order, $37 thousand), and SPM5A109D5A23 (1 task order, $39 thousand).

Activity has declined modestly year over year — 43 awards in 2022, dropping to 20 awards in 2026 through July. The source does not identify a recompete cliff or material awards approaching completion, though the three primary DLA Aviation IDCs had ultimate completion dates in early 2023, suggesting those vehicles may have expired or been recompeted in the past year. The vendor holds no subcontracting role in the current award data and does not sub to other primes.

Tab Hardware's award portfolio reflects commodity procurement for aviation maintenance: 921 awards (66% of category concentration) carry PSC Rivets designation; 208 awards carry Nuts and Washers; 67 carry Screws; 58 carry Bolts. At the NAICS level, 654 awards fall under Hardware Manufacturing, 404 under Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing, and 150 under Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing. This specialization positions Tab Hardware as a mission-critical supplier for DLA Aviation's aircraft readiness logistics, with geographic presence across domestic and overseas consolidation points supporting multiple military service branches.