Umpco, Inc.

Umpco, Inc., doing business as Umpco Inc., manufactures clamp and loop hardware components for the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, delivering thousands of small-value purchase orders and delivery orders annually across multiple DLA divisions without subcontractors. The company is a for-profit manufacturer based in Garden Grove, California, certified as a small business, and competes predominantly under small business set-asides on its underlying indefinite-delivery contracts while most individual task orders carry no set-aside designation.

Umpco's federal footprint centers entirely on DLA hardware procurement. The company holds a $4.9 million indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime awarded in August 2020 under total small business set-aside, which serves as the parent vehicle for the bulk of its delivery order activity. Clamp and loop components—fastening and securing hardware used in military equipment and vessel maintenance—form the sole product category across Umpco's federal work. Representative recent awards include a $18,294.64 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in September 2025, a $7,497.50 total small business set-aside purchase order in July 2025, and numerous firm fixed-price purchase orders ranging from $100 to $3,000 in value across DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation divisions. The source data spans 2,089 total prime awards with a combined potential value of $19.1 million and obligated dollars of $6.5 million; award volume declined sharply from 123 awards in 2022 to 48 in 2025, signaling potential contract completion or customer shift.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Troop Support Hardware accounts for 1,255 awards and $7.5 million (60% of combined potential value); DLA Land and Maritime holds 345 awards and $5.3 million (42% of combined potential value); DLA Aviation holds 197 awards and $229 thousand. The top five customer entities by award count cover 96% of Umpco's recent prime portfolio, with all work flowing through DLA divisions. Umpco operates on the DLA's Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE5EY15D0580 (346 task orders, $331 thousand combined value) as the primary vehicle, with secondary vehicles SP050004D0411 and SP050004D0410 carrying smaller task-order volumes.

Umpco performs all work as prime contractor; no subcontractor activity appears in the award record. The company has held SAM.gov registration since November 2001, maintaining a long-standing relationship with DLA across hardware procurement categories centered on NAICS 338991 (Fastener Manufacturing), with secondary exposure in other metal container and aircraft component manufacturing. Set-aside posture recurs on the parent IDCs (total small business set-aside designation on the $4.9 million DLA Land and Maritime vehicle and selected task orders), though most individual purchase orders execute without set-aside classification. The concentration of activity across a single customer and narrow hardware category—combined with the sharp decline in award volume over three years—represents both dependency risk and limited growth runway absent customer diversification or contract vehicle expansion.