West Space Technology Inc.

West Space Technology Inc., a woman-owned small business manufacturer based in Carlsbad, California, delivers precision industrial fasteners and hardware components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on 202 firm fixed-price purchase orders valued at $545 thousand combined potential value. The vendor competes in full-and-open procurement without set-aside designations on nearly all awards; two Total Small Business set-asides account for a minority of the footprint.

West Space Technology is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation classified as a woman-owned small business and woman-owned business. The company manufactures bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, washers, pins, spacers, bushings, shims, and related fasteners across five primary NAICS categories, with Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (123 awards) and Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (32 awards) anchoring the portfolio. Top PSC codes align with inventory: Nuts and Washers (93 awards), Nails, Machine Keys, and Pins (39 awards), and Bushings, Rings, Shims, and Spacers (35 awards).

Customer concentration is narrow and stable. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation funds 193 awards worth $498 thousand (approximately 91% of potential value), while DLA Land and Maritime holds 9 awards worth $47 thousand (approximately 9%). Representative work includes a $25,098.50 Total Small Business flat washer order (March 23, 2026), a $16,422 saddle washer purchase order (July 7, 2025), a $14,700 clevis rod-end order from DLA Land and Maritime (May 1, 2025), and a $14,628 plain round nut Total Small Business award (February 3, 2025). Typical individual purchase orders range from $200 to $25,098, with firm fixed-price terms and performance periods of two to twelve months.

Activity has accelerated sharply: six awards in 2023, thirty-five in 2024, 127 in 2025, and thirty-four year-to-date in 2026. This growth trajectory reflects DLA Aviation's increasing reliance on West Space for consumable fastener inventory. Six awards (combined potential value $67 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore expose the vendor to recompete pressure.

West Space Technology operates exclusively as a prime contractor on individual purchase orders; the source contains no subcontract activity or IDV participation. All work is performed in-house at the Carlsbad facility. The vendor does not appear on any government-wide acquisition contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or agency-wide indefinite-delivery vehicles—engagement is transactional and order-by-order through DLA Aviation's and DLA Land and Maritime's routine procurement processes.