T.p.s. Aviation Inc.

T.p.s. Aviation Inc. (TPS Aviation Inc. Division), a minority-owned, veteran-owned, and Asian-Pacific American-owned small business headquartered in Hayward, California, supplies specialized aerospace fasteners, hardware, and components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The company operates predominantly in full-and-open competition rather than under set-aside vehicles, though it holds several total small business Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA that carry set-aside designations.

TPS Aviation's capability footprint centers on aerospace fasteners and hardware critical to military aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Representative prime work includes a $70,920 total small business purchase order from DLA Aviation for 589 units of close-tolerance screws (NSN 5305010148491, MS3369B412 specification) awarded February 20, 2026, with four-day delivery to DLA Distribution San Diego; an $84,700 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation for close-tolerance bolts awarded December 22, 2025, with completion by November 16, 2026; and a $29,888.56 delivery order from DLA Aviation for close-tolerance screws awarded June 14, 2024, with completion by December 16, 2024. The company also supplies switches and other electromechanical components: a $20,000 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for thermostatic switches (NSN 8511271337) awarded March 24, 2025, and a $15,225 purchase order for thermostatic switches from DLA Land and Maritime awarded July 24, 2024.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward DLA. The top five DLA divisions account for 94% of recent awards by count and 86% of combined potential value. DLA Troop Support Hardware dominates with 2,555 awards valued at $51.9 million combined potential, while DLA Aviation holds 1,926 awards valued at $17.5 million combined potential, and DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 558 awards valued at $6.1 million. This concentration reflects TPS Aviation's role as a high-volume supplier of standard fasteners and components into DLA's supply chain rather than as a prime on large defense programs.

TPS Aviation holds a portfolio of single-award total small business Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, each valued at $250,000 to $350,000, with performance periods extending through 2029-2030. A recently awarded IDC effective December 1, 2025, carries a $350,000 ceiling and runs through November 24, 2030. Other active IDCs include a $250,000 contract awarded June 24, 2025, for cotter pin hardware (expiring June 24, 2026), and four additional $250,000 IDCs awarded between April and May 2025 covering pin-rivets, flat washers, blind rivets, and related aerospace fasteners. These vehicles serve as the distribution mechanism for task orders from DLA Aviation, enabling the agency to procure items on an as-needed basis. At the broader portfolio level, TPS Aviation appears across multiple DLA Troop Support Hardware IDCs (SPE5EY17D0521, SPE5EY17D0536, SPE5EY18D0552, and similar vehicles), which collectively generated 1,954 task orders valued at approximately $2 million combined.

Activity has declined markedly year over year. The vendor received 508 awards in 2022, 293 in 2023, 159 in 2024, 85 in 2025, and 13 through early 2026 — a contraction from roughly 500 annual awards to 85. Combined potential value across the entire award footprint is $90.6 million, with $23.4 million obligated (26% burn rate). Only 4 awards with a combined potential value of $94 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term.

In its subcontractor role, TPS Aviation supplies aerospace parts and components to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on CH-53K helicopter long-lead items (Lot 7, Lot 9, and Option Lot 10 awards in January and February 2026) and to The Boeing Company on B-52 commercial engine replacement program rapid prototyping and long-lead components (September 2025 award), Apache AH-64E attack helicopters for foreign military sale to Poland, Egypt, and Kuwait (January 2026 award), and PBL material for common aerospace commodities (January and May 2026 awards). These sub relationships position TPS Aviation within major defense industrial platforms but generate low volume relative to its DLA prime footprint.

Across both prime and sub work, TPS Aviation specializes in commodity fasteners — bolts, screws, nuts, washers, rivets, pins — with secondary focus on switches and receptacles. The top five NAICS categories account for the majority of awards: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (3,303 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (779 awards), and three additional manufacturing categories. The portfolio reflects a high-velocity, low-value supplier model to military logistics rather than a prime contractor on complex development or integration work.