U.s.a. Spares Inc.

U.S.A. Spares Inc., a Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based small business manufacturer of mechanical and hydraulic components, operates as a prime contractor supplying specialized spare parts to the Defense Department, with approximately 60 percent of recent awards designated as small business set-asides and the remainder competed full-and-open. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation registered in SAM.gov since July 2007.

U.S.A. Spares manufactures and delivers discrete mechanical and hydraulic components—valve assemblies, universal joints, pump assemblies, accumulators, piston rods, bearing reducers, cylinders, clutch disks, and ordnance-related hardware—for equipment maintenance and operational readiness across naval, aviation, maritime, and land-based military platforms. Recent representative prime awards include a $950 thousand firm fixed-price definitive contract with Naval Supply Systems Command for antenna drives under total small business set-aside (September 2025), a $3.07 million straight shaft contract with NAVSUP under unrestricted competition (April 2025), a $1.833 million desurger assembly definitive contract with NAVSUP for critical shipboard systems under small business set-aside (March 2025), a $678 thousand SEPA valve assembly purchase order with NAVSUP under total small business set-aside (September 2025), a $651 thousand piston rod buffer purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime under total small business set-aside (May 2025), and a $342 thousand housing sheave purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime under total small business set-aside (May 2025). All work is performed at the contractor's Carlisle, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility.

Customer concentration is dominated by Navy and Defense Logistics Agency buyers. Naval Supply Systems Command places the most dollar value, with 1,474 awards carrying $301.3 million combined potential value—accounting for roughly 72 percent of all dollars—while Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads in award count with 3,562 purchases worth $99.5 million combined. Together, these two customers account for virtually all recent activity, with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation ($9.8 million across 469 awards), Naval Sea Systems Command ($6.3 million across 43 awards), and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment ($1.9 million across 118 awards) rounding out the top five. The split is notable: Navy's fewer awards carry substantially higher dollar per-transaction, while DLA's larger purchase order volume reflects spot procurement of individual components. Product concentration centers on valves (673 awards under PSC Nonpowered Valves), mechanical power transmission equipment (507 awards), hose and pipe fittings (352 awards), guns and ordnance (284 awards), and marine hardware (258 awards).

U.S.A. Spares holds a $30 million five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Supply Systems Command for whole body valves and valve piece parts under FSC 4820 (awarded April 15, 2026, expiring April 15, 2031), generating ongoing task orders and BPA calls. The company also maintains four single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime valued at $250 thousand each—covering gear assembly speed components, hydraulic parts kits, pad tube torpedoes, and locking rings for cables—each with one-year terms and estimated four to twelve orders annually under guaranteed minimums. These vehicles streamline procurement to DLA depots throughout the Continental United States and overseas locations.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year across 2022–2024 (287 to 301 awards annually), declining to 266 awards in 2025 and 49 awards through April 2026 in the snapshot window. Of 5,720 total awards in the source data spanning from October 2004 through April 2026, 240 awards (combined potential value $35.8 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk.

The company operates as an overwhelmingly prime-focused contractor, with 5,719 of 5,720 awards (100 percent of activity) as prime contracts or IDVs. A single sub-award appears in the source—$874 thousand of work as a subcontractor to Science Applications International Corporation on an MK 48 MOD 7 torpedo fuel tank oil cooler component (April 2025)—representing negligible exposure to the subcontracting channel.

U.S.A. Spares' footprint is entirely within defense spare parts supply. The company does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs), GSA Schedules, or civilian agency IDIQs; all work flows through Navy supply systems and DLA logistics channels. Approximately 60 percent of its recent federal awards carry small business set-aside designations; the remainder compete full-and-open on price and capability. Award sizes cluster in the $5 thousand to $500 thousand range, with occasional high-value definitive contracts (such as the $3.07 million straight shaft and $1.833 million desurger assembly awards) breaking the typical transaction pattern. Firm fixed-price and total small business set-aside designations are standard; component-level specifications often cite Level I Special Emphasis material requirements for critical shipboard systems, driving stringent military quality standards (ISO 9001, ISO 10012, chemical and mechanical testing certifications, hydrostatic pressure testing, and Government source inspection at the contractor's facility).