Pomp’s Tire Service Awarded $70.2 Million Army Wheel-and-Tire Contract
The New Berlin, Wisconsin, tire supplier secured a five-year, firm-fixed-price deal to build wheel and tire assemblies for the Army's Palletized Loading System through July 2031.
NEW BERLIN, WISCONSIN — LEDE Pomp's Tire Service, a New Berlin, Wisconsin, tire supplier, was awarded an estimated $70.2 million Army contract to build wheel and tire assemblies for the Palletized Loading System, the Defense Department said on July 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.
NARRATIVE The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award runs five years with no option periods, according to the contract notice. The ordering period ends July 10, 2031. The Defense Logistics Agency ran the deal as a competitive acquisition, though it drew a single response (see war.gov).
The contract supports the Army’s Palletized Loading System, a family of trucks and trailers that move ammunition, fuel, and supplies using flat racks. Wheel and tire assemblies keep those vehicles rolling over rough terrain and under heavy loads. Reliable resupply of such parts is a core mission for the Defense Logistics Agency, which manages spare parts and consumables for the military services.
Funding flows from fiscal 2026 through 2031 Army working capital funds. Those revolving accounts let the Army buy inventory and bill using units as parts are drawn down. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support in Warren, Michigan, under contract number SPRDL1-26-D-0045. The award tells local suppliers and defense-logistics watchers who will keep the Army’s heavy trucks equipped for the rest of the decade. The single bid also signals a thin field of qualified suppliers for this specialized work, which can shape future competition and pricing.
BUTTON Military reliance on private tire and rubber makers stretches back more than a century. During World War II, the U.S. government seized control of the rubber supply after Japan captured Southeast Asian plantations that fed roughly 90% of American rubber imports. That crash synthetic-rubber program produced hundreds of thousands of tons a year by 1945 (see britannica.com). Firestone, Goodyear, and other manufacturers converted plants to churn out military tires, and the effort helped keep Allied trucks and aircraft moving. Companies that answered that call built decades of government business on the foundation of wartime supply work.