Western Aero Services Inc.

Western Aero Services Inc., a for-profit small business based in Denver and Thornton, Colorado, manufactures precision aerospace components and aircraft parts for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 99% of its awards, competing in full-and-open procurements without socioeconomic set-asides. The company delivers structural airframe components, fasteners, mechanical assemblies, and electronic parts primarily to the Defense Logistics Agency through hundreds of firm fixed-price purchase orders annually.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dependent. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 1,356 awards (61% of the prime portfolio) with $9.1 million in combined potential value, while DLA Land and Maritime places 296 awards worth $2.3 million. Together, these two DLA divisions represent 74% of all awards and 91% of dollars. Air Force Sustainment Center, DLA Troop Support Hardware, and Naval Air Systems Command collectively represent the remaining top-five customer base. The company's revenue profile inverts the typical split: combined potential value across all awards is $12.7 million, but combined dollars obligated reaches $22.5 million—177% of ceiling value—indicating steady and substantial order flow against standing purchase order authorities that routinely exceed initial ceiling estimates.

Western Aero holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each with a $250,000 ceiling: one for gear and spur parts (awarded January 2022, ultimate completion January 2023) and one for tee and tube items (awarded September 2021, ultimate completion September 2022). These IDVs function as standing offers that generate multiple delivery orders per year; the source data captures hundreds of individual purchase orders issued against these vehicles. Beyond these IDVs, the vendor competes for individual firm fixed-price purchase orders on DLA Aviation's standard solicitation stream, with contract values historically ranging from $34 to $292,500, with typical orders in the $1,000 to $50,000 band.

Award volume has contracted sharply in 2026 (25 awards recorded year-to-date as of mid-April), down from 117 in 2024 and 107 in 2025, although the source captures only the first 3.5 months of the calendar year. The five-year trend shows volatility: 118 awards in 2022, declining to 69 in 2023, recovering to 117 in 2024, then 107 in 2025. The company's capability portfolio centers on structural airframe components—plates, stiffeners, skins, fasteners, fairings, hinges, pins, rivets, and seals—with secondary focus on mechanical assemblies including ducts, cables, valves, and suspension components. Top NAICS categories include Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (697 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (269 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (238 awards). Procurement Service Code concentration aligns: Airframe Structural Components (415 awards), Hardware Commercial (127 awards), and Nuts and Washers (110 awards).

In its subcontractor role, Western Aero supplies aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment to Vertex Aerospace LLC on E-6B contractor logistics support task orders, with seven sub-awards recorded between September 2024 and July 2025 reflecting multiple funding modifications and ceiling adjustments, indicating an ongoing production relationship. The vendor does not hold positions on government-wide contracts or agency-wide IDIQs beyond its two DLA Land and Maritime single-award vehicles; competition occurs order-by-order on DLA Aviation's unrestricted purchase order stream and against the few other parent vehicles listed (NAVAIR Strategic Sourcing for CMMARS with 18 task orders, plus scattered smaller indefinite delivery contracts with minimal ceiling values).