Wess-Del Incorporated

Wess-Del Incorporated, doing business as Wess-Del Inc., is a woman-owned small business manufacturer based in San Jose, California, that supplies precision-manufactured metal components and assemblies to federal defense agencies as a prime contractor (82% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The vendor competes across both set-aside and full-and-open categories, with Total Small Business set-asides appearing on approximately one-third of its recent prime awards.

Wess-Del's capability portfolio centers on metal fasteners, rings, studs, and precision-engineered components for aerospace and defense systems. Recent prime awards include a $52,104 firm-fixed-price purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for 334 shouldered studs (awarded September 11, 2024, Total Small Business set-aside, completion January 9, 2025), a $49,080 order from DLA Land and Maritime for wearing rings (awarded September 5, 2023, no set-aside, completion January 16, 2024), and a $15,796 Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for a beryllium socket manufactured to MIL-DTL-45204 specifications (awarded June 23, 2026, Total Small Business set-aside, completion September 15, 2026). Work is performed in San Jose and Kittery, Maine.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to DLA. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 79% of recent awards, dominated by DLA Land and Maritime (35 awards, $1.9 million combined potential value), followed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (18 awards), the Department of the Navy (12 awards), DLA proper (10 awards), and DLA Troop Support Hardware (9 awards, $108 thousand). The potential-value ranking surfaces the same concentration: DLA Land and Maritime anchors 52% of combined potential value across the top five customers, with DLA Aviation (8 awards, $157 thousand) and DLA Troop Support Hardware providing secondary volume. The vendor has served ten distinct customer agencies across the visible award window.

Activity has grown sharply year over year, from four awards in 2022 to fifteen in 2024, though 2025 and 2026 year-to-date show only five awards combined — likely a lag in reporting rather than a collapse. Combined potential value across all 106 awards sits at $4.2 million, though combined dollars obligated reach $6.7 million, indicating that smaller awards in the portfolio have been invoiced and completed. The vendor holds seats on five separate Defense Logistics Agency indefinite delivery contracts (DLA50082C1098, FA857619D0001, N0010486C0521, N0038386C0845, N0038386C9528), each with one task order recorded. Top product categories track fasteners and precision manufacturing: Power and Hand Pumps (42 awards), Studs (16 awards), and Aircraft Ground Servicing Equipment (5 awards) dominate the PSC distribution.

In its subcontractor role, Wess-Del delivers precision metal housings, stage covers, stiffener assemblies, and support bearings for the GEOXO Imager instrument implementation to L3Harris Technologies (multiple sub-awards spanning December 2023 through March 2025) and electronic boxes and enclosure assemblies for the EGI LN-260 production program to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (January 2026). The vendor's footprint is dominated by small firm set-asides and DLA supply chain work, with no presence on government-wide vehicles or major civilian agency contracts.

WessDel is a contract manufacturer specializing in precision machining & Electro mechanical assembly.

4&5 Axis Machining, Medium and Large Production, Turnkey, Wire & Sinker EDM, Class 1000 clean room, Miniature through large capacity machining.