William S Long

William S Long, doing business as KB Milling, manufactures precision metal hardware components for the Defense Logistics Agency as a sole proprietor operating exclusively as a prime contractor from Lexington, Nebraska. The company competes in the open federal marketplace without set-aside designations; nearly all awards carry no set-aside status, with one Total Small Business set-aside among the 66 purchase orders in the portfolio.

KB Milling supplies Defense Logistics Agency divisions with specialized metal fabrication and hardware components—mounting brackets, clamps, angle brackets, retaining straps, pad eyes, access covers, latch rims, hinge plates, lock bars, and related fastening hardware identified by National Stock Numbers. The company has delivered these components across three DLA divisions: Land and Maritime (46 awards, $75 thousand combined potential value), Troop Support Hardware (17 awards, $23 thousand), and Aviation (three awards, $4 thousand). All work is performed at the Lexington facility with firm fixed-price purchase orders typically valued between several hundred and approximately $5,500, with performance periods spanning three to six months. Recent representative awards include a $5,482.26 synchro clamp for DLA Land and Maritime (November 2025), a $4,471.50 pad eye for the same division (May 2025), a $2,600.15 clamp block for DLA Land and Maritime (December 2024), and a $2,764.50 mounting bracket for DLA Land and Maritime (May 2024).

The vendor's customer concentration is extreme and narrow: all 66 awards fund DLA programs across its three divisions, with DLA Land and Maritime anchoring 70% of the combined potential value. KB Milling operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontractor relationships and no participation in government-wide vehicles, BPAs, or IDIQs; all work flows through direct purchase orders from DLA divisions.

Activity accelerated sharply from one award in 2022 to a peak of 21 awards in 2024, then moderated to 19 in 2025 and one in 2026 year-to-date. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Combined potential value across the entire 66-award portfolio is $101 thousand, fully obligated, reflecting the small transaction size of each purchase order. The vendor's NAICS concentration aligns with hardware manufacturing (53 awards) and bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing (10 awards), with all 66 awards categorized under Hardware, Commercial PSC.