Categories we are sourcing now.
- Optical materials and blanks (fused silica, optical glass, mirror-grade aluminum, Invar)
- Optical fabrication and coating services
- Precision mechanical components, build to print
- EEE parts and sensor components for COTS-to-flight screening
- Environmental test services and calibrated instrumentation
- Cleanroom consumables, packaging, and handling equipment
Categories reflect the FORGE build-out; volumes and program specifics are discussed under NDA.
The expectations that ride on every purchase order.
Quality flow-downs
Purchase orders carry aerospace quality clauses: certificate of conformance with every shipment, material traceability to the mill or lot, first-article inspection per AS9102 where specified, and notification before any process or source change.
Export control
We are an ITAR-registered company. Suppliers handling controlled technical data must be U.S. persons or hold appropriate authorizations, and must protect drawings and specifications we transmit under our technology control plan.
Counterfeit prevention
Parts must be procured from authorized distribution or the OEM. Suspected counterfeit or substandard material is quarantined, reported, and not returned to the supply chain.
Information security
Suppliers who receive covered defense information or controlled unclassified information are expected to safeguard it per DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171, to report cyber incidents that affect our data, and to flow the same requirements to their own subcontractors.
Labor and human trafficking
Purchase orders carry the anti-trafficking requirements of FAR 52.222-50. Forced labor, child labor, recruitment fees charged to workers, and confiscation of identity documents are prohibited anywhere in the chain that supplies us.
Terms and documentation
Standard purchase order terms and conditions, and the current supplier quality requirements document, are provided with RFQs and available on request at info@constanellis.com.
We are a small business buying from small businesses.
Constanellis is a U.S. small business. We actively source from small, small disadvantaged, HUBZone, women-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms, and we ask suppliers to identify their socioeconomic status when they introduce themselves so we can track it from the beginning rather than reconstruct it later.
Small suppliers carry the cost of slow payment, so we do not use payment terms as working capital. Invoices are paid on the terms written on the purchase order.
Notice on fraudulent purchase orders
Companies in this sector are routinely impersonated to obtain goods on credit. Every genuine Constanellis purchase order comes from an @constanellis.com address and names a buyer you can reach. We do not request shipments to freight forwarders or residential addresses on a first order, and we do not ask suppliers to change remittance details by email. If a purchase order claiming to be from us looks unusual, do not ship it. Verify at info@constanellis.com first.
Introduce your company.
Send a short capability summary to info@constanellis.com: what you make or do, your quality system status, lead times, and whether you have supported aerospace or defense customers. We read every one and keep a sourcing file for categories we buy.