Wamco, Inc.

Wamco, Inc., a Subchapter S Corporation based in Irvine, California, manufactures specialized lighting components and optoelectronic displays for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with recurring small-business set-aside awards. The company holds no SBA certifications but qualifies as a small business concern and has delivered over 1,200 prime contracts valued at $82.9 million to federal agencies since the mid-1980s.

Wamco's core capability portfolio centers on incandescent lamps, lamp cartridges, optoelectronic displays, digital indicators, and light-emitting diodes—consumable and specialized components that support military equipment maintenance and operational readiness across aviation, maritime, and ground vehicle platforms. Recent representative work includes a $7.39 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime (awarded November 2025, completion November 2026) for display indicator lights and optoelectronic products; a $2.145 million single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (awarded November 2024, completion November 2025) under Total Small Business set-aside for digital indicators and optoelectronic displays; and a $1.218 million IDC with DLA Aviation and Land and Maritime (awarded August 2024, completion August 2029) for mixed lighting components. Individual task orders under these vehicles range from $1,000 to $494,844, with the largest recent orders including a $494,844 purchase order from DLA Aviation for display indicator lights (September 2023) and a $306,332 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for display indicators (September 2023).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to DLA's two logistics divisions: DLA Aviation accounts for 500 awards valued at $50.2 million (61% of total potential value), and DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 529 awards valued at $30.7 million (37% of potential value). Together these two customers represent 80% of Wamco's recent award volume and 98% of potential value. DLA as a broader entity (including unspecified divisions) holds 126 additional awards worth $546 thousand. The Coast Guard accounts for 25 awards ($369 thousand), and DLA's Construction and Equipment division holds 26 awards ($236 thousand). This concentration reflects Wamco's position as an incumbent manufacturer of source-controlled lighting components with approved-supplier status across DLA's supply chain.

Wamco holds multiple active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA, the parent vehicles anchoring the company's federal footprint. The top-utilized vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A615D7833 with 62 task orders valued at $749 thousand, followed by SPM4AX10D9001 with 20 task orders worth $1.9 million, SPE7MX25D0009 with 16 task orders for $2.1 million, and SPE4A620D5AR7 with 17 task orders at $74 thousand. These IDCs enable DLA to issue on-demand delivery orders for common consumable lighting items without full re-competition. The company's primary NAICS category is Electric Lamp Bulb and Part Manufacturing (347 awards), with secondary concentration in Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (227 awards) and Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (140 awards). Primary PSC codes align: Electric Lamps (452 awards), Optoelectronic Devices and Associated Hardware (353 awards), and Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments (235 awards).

Activity has remained steady at 68–75 awards per year through 2024, declining to 55 awards in 2025 and 12 awards year-to-date in 2026 (as of mid-July). Eleven awards are scheduled to reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $1 million—modest recompete exposure relative to the company's $82.9 million portfolio. Wamco subcontracts minimally: only two sub-awards appear in the source (both to Grimes Aerospace Company for incandescent lamp assemblies in 2024), representing 0.2% of the award footprint. The company operates as a pure prime contractor with no named upstream prime relationships, indicating that Wamco's federal work is direct-award rather than embedded in larger defense primes. Sixty-five percent of the combined potential value ($54 million of $82.9 million) has been obligated, typical of an active contractor with a mix of mature and recently-awarded vehicles.