Tri-State Plastics, Inc.

Tri-State Plastics, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business manufacturer headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, supplies precision aerospace components and plastic parts to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (93% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The company is a for-profit corporation with self-certified small disadvantaged business status and Hispanic American ownership; it competes predominantly in full-and-open solicitations without set-aside restrictions, though it qualifies for and wins total small business set-aside awards across its prime footprint.

Tri-State Plastics' capability portfolio centers on manufacturing aircraft structural and interior components for military logistics and maintenance operations. Representative prime work includes a $71,828 purchase order from Department of Defense Construction and Equipment for latrine liners (August 2025, firm fixed price, completion August 2026), a $65,076 total small business set-aside purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for access covers (February 2023, completion November 2023), and a $54,180 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation for air conditioning manifolds (October 2024, 42 units, completion July 2025). Concrete product lines include aircraft fairings, structural panels, access covers, air diffusers, cargo net containers, air conditioning manifolds, exhaust assembly covers, interior linings, and aircraft flooring. The company holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, with ceiling values ranging from $249,999.99 to $350,000, all set aside for total small business, extending through 2030; task orders against these vehicles range from $1,040 to $49,233 in individual order value.

Customer concentration is extreme and anchored to a single agency. DLA Aviation accounts for 595 awards (83% of the total award count) and $12 million in combined potential value (86% of the total portfolio), with the remaining portfolio split among DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (30 awards, $591 thousand), DLA Land and Maritime (16 awards, $298 thousand), DLA Troop Support Hardware (24 awards, $268 thousand), and the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center (24 awards). The top customer by both count and dollars dominates decisively, creating substantial concentration risk.

Tri-State Plastics places task orders under five named IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract FA862520D3000 (26 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A718D0213 (17 task orders, $113 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A718D5042 (14 task orders, $122 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA862516D6458 (10 task orders), and Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A715D0446 (10 task orders, $217 thousand combined potential value). The company also holds direct single-award IDCs with DLA Aviation, which are the source of most delivery orders.

Activity has fluctuated year to year—32 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 50 in 2024, 36 in 2025, and 8 through July 2026—reflecting volatility in DLA Aviation ordering patterns rather than sustained growth trajectory. Seventeen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $361 thousand, representing moderate recompete exposure tied primarily to DLA Aviation incumbency. The company's combined potential value across all awards stands at $13.9 million, with $8 million obligated (57% of potential value), indicating execution momentum on a substantial fraction of awarded work.

In its subcontractor role, Tri-State Plastics supplies aerospace components to Lockheed Martin Corporation on C-130J aircraft programs (structural panels, covers, gaskets, manifold assemblies, insulation, seals, and fuel cell board assemblies across multiple Congressional Add and Five Year Ordering Contract vehicle modifications) and to Derco Aerospace, Inc. on aircraft spares manufacturing for government requirements (aircraft access doors and enclosures). The subcontract activity demonstrates engagement on major military aircraft programs including the C-130J and F-35 Lightning II.

Tri-State Plastics competes across full-and-open and set-aside vehicles without distinctive posture toward set-asides; the company's small disadvantaged business status enables participation but does not anchor its strategy. The portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in DLA Aviation airframe structural components (PSC 12310, 352 awards), miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components (154 awards), and aircraft air conditioning and heating equipment (63 awards), with secondary work in hardware manufacturing and ground servicing equipment. The company's registered federal contractor status dates to 2001.