Federal contractor · GROVELAND, MA
A W CHESTERTON CO
A W CHESTERTON CO received $771.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−35% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $6.2M. Its largest customer was U.S. Coast Guard ($771.2K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $771.2K
- New awards
- 8
- Sole-source
- 93%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- N563V1T3Y9A6
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 264.3KFY2017
- 512.4KFY2018
- 531.1KFY2019
- 407.9KFY2020
- 780.9KFY2021
- 696.9KFY2022
- 572KFY2023
- 444.5KFY2024
- 1.2MFY2025
- 771.2KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- U.S. Coast Guard$771.2K100%8 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$752K98%
- Equipment maintenance$19.2K2.5%
Where the work was performed
- Essex County, MA$703.5K91%
- Anne Arundel County, MD$52.7K6.8%
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK$15K1.9%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition93%US 39% · $718.5K
- Sole-source awards93%US 30% · $718.5K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- U.S. Coast Guard$718.5KDepartment of Homeland Security · 6 awards
Largest awards
- U.S. Coast Guard· Essex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 20, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· 70Z08026F13018B00
- U.S. Coast Guard· Essex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 70Z08026F13027B00
- U.S. Coast Guard· Essex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 17, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· 70Z08026F13002B00
- U.S. Coast Guard· Essex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 70Z08026F13031B00
- SEAL SHAFT ASSEMBLIES$89.5KU.S. Coast Guard· Essex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· 70Z08026F13019B00
- U.S. Coast Guard· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 70Z08026P21078B00
- U.S. Coast Guard· Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK· Equipment maintenance· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 70Z03526PKETC0043
- U.S. Coast Guard· Anne Arundel County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· 70Z04026P60415Y00
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $718.5K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $187.8K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $780.7K received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
1 company · $1.7M reported
- INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 13 subawards · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- ALL HANDS FIRE EQUIPMENT LLC$4.7M−18% in FY2026NEPTUNE, NJ · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
- MORPHIX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$590.4K−4.3% in FY2026VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
- A.F.P. CORPORATION$1.9M−6% in FY2026OMAHA, NE · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Other miscellaneous manufacturingU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat building
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.