The Handy Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc.

The Handy Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc., doing business as Handy Tool & Manufacturing Co Inc., is a Brooklyn, New York-based small business manufacturer that designs and produces aircraft structural components and mission-critical aerospace parts for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor operating across multiple federal contract vehicles. The company is a Subchapter S Corporation specializing in critical aircraft components including duct assemblies, structural panels and plates, aircraft fairings, brackets, cylinders, actuators, seals, landing gear assemblies, and control system components classified under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing). The vendor operates predominantly under total small business set-asides—approximately 40% of its awards carry small business set-aside designations—with the remainder awarded full-and-open on the basis of demonstrated manufacturing capability and established supplier relationships with DLA.

The vendor's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in DLA Aviation: 3,623 awards worth $230.2 million (85% of combined potential value) originate from DLA Aviation, with secondary volume from DLA Land and Maritime (188 awards, $12.4 million), Department of the Air Force Materiel Command (54 awards, $12 million combined), and the Department of the Navy (45 awards). DLA Aviation's reliance on this vendor is acute and recurring; between September 2023 and January 2025, the company received over 150 purchase orders and delivery orders totaling more than $11.5 million, demonstrating operational dependence on the contractor's production capacity for routine sustainment and surge operations across legacy and modern military platforms including the B-52, F-16, H-60, KC-135, and B-1B.

Representative capability work spans a broad range of aircraft structural procurement. Recent awards include a $710,000 total small business set-aside purchase order (February 2025, DLA Aviation) for aircraft floor components with ultimate completion in April 2032; a $588,000 total small business set-aside purchase order (July 2025) for structural panels; a $580,000 total small business set-aside purchase order (August 2025) for aircraft floor components; and a $528,000 definitive contract (January 2025, DLA Aviation) for control system parts kits for KC-135 aircraft with completion by October 2027. The vendor also holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation valued between $250,000 and $2.5 million through 2030-2031: a $2.5 million IDC (February 2026) for drag chute canister assemblies; a $2.5 million IDC (October 2025) for panel assemblies; a $2 million IDC (July 2024) for parts kits and control systems; a $350,000 IDC (October 2025) for structural components; and a $350,000 IDC (January 2026) for related aircraft components. These vehicles enable DLA Aviation to issue task orders without conducting individual competitive solicitations.

The vendor's recent activity shows sustained volume with a slight decline: 209 awards in 2022, 161 in 2023, 186 in 2024, 165 in 2025, and 40 through April 2026. Over the past five years, the vendor has delivered more than $270 million in combined potential value across roughly 4,786 prime awards. Notably, 207 awards (combined potential value $16.3 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to significant recompete activity and creating pipeline opportunity for competitors pursuing DLA Aviation aircraft component work.

All manufacturing and contract work is performed at the contractor's facility in Brooklyn, New York 11236. The vendor's federal contracting history extends to at least December 2001 based on System for Award Management registration. The company does not serve as a subcontractor in the source data; its posture is exclusively prime contractor. There are no named teaming relationships in the award record.

Aircraft Parts and Assemblies