Federal contractor · DUNN, NC

ARC3 GASES, INC.

ARC3 GASES, INC. received $316.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 23 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2M. Its largest customer was Federal Bureau of Investigation ($140.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$316.2K
New awards
23
Sole-source
45%
Single offer
18%
UEI
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Small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $316.2K in FY2026 together.

  1. ARC3 GASES, INC.DUNN, NC · Family page
    $316.2K
  2. MACHINE & WELDING SUPPLY COMPANYNEW BERN, NC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.6KFY2017
  2. 20.7KFY2018
  3. 21.8KFY2019
  4. 135.7KFY2020
  5. 148.5KFY2021
  6. 263.5KFY2022
  7. 267KFY2023
  8. 353.7KFY2024
  9. 446.2KFY2025
  10. 316.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation$140.7K44%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Army$41.6K13%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Health Agency$28.4K9.0%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$26.6K8.4%
    3 awards
  5. Department of the Navy$24.7K7.8%
    5 awards
  6. U.S. Secret Service$22.5K7.1%
    1 awards
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$17.2K5.4%
    1 awards
  8. Food and Drug Administration$15K4.8%
    1 awards
  9. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2,6640.8%
    1 awards
  10. Department of the Air Force$2,3310.7%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$214.9K68%
  2. Equipment maintenance$82.4K26%
  3. Facilities & utilities$18.8K6.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Stafford County, VA$140.8K45%
  2. Harnett County, NC$82.3K26%
  3. Newport News city, VA$41.6K13%
  4. District of Columbia, DC$22.5K7.1%
  5. Montgomery County, MD$13.4K4.2%
  6. Norfolk city, VA$9,6053.0%
  7. Hopewell city, VA$2,6640.8%
  8. Berkeley County, SC$2,3310.7%
  9. Portsmouth city, VA$9750.3%
  10. Loudoun County, VA$2010.1%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition63%
    US 39% · $198.1K
  • Sole-source awards45%
    US 30% · $140.9K
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.7% · $57.2K
  • 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

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation$140.7K
    Department of Justice · 2 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$0
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DRY ICE PELLETS$154.8K
    Department of the Army· Newport News city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 29, 2022 – May 29, 2026· W91YTZ22P0108
  2. DELIVERY LIQUID CO2$126.6K
    Defense Health Agency· Harnett County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2021 – Dec 17, 2025· N6809321P0051
  3. BULK LIQUID ARGON TANK FILLS FOR NIST'S GAITHERSBURG MD AND CHARLESTON SC CAMPUSES TANK + TELEMETRY RENTALS AND INSPECTIONS FOR NIST CHARLESTON TANK INSPECTION FOR NIST GAITHERSBURG$113.3K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 21, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026· 1333ND23PNB640597
  4. 180L LIQUID NITROGEN DEWERS$91.4K
    Department of the Air Force· Berkeley County, SC· Equipment maintenance· Dec 23, 2021 – Mar 26, 2026· FA441822P0009
  5. LABORATORY GASES$73K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Stafford County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025· 15F06726F0000052
  6. MANIFOLD REBUILD$67.8K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Stafford County, VA· Equipment maintenance· May 20, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026· 15F06726P0000494
  7. LABORATORY GASES$63.8K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Prince William County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 7, 2024 – Dec 1, 2025· 15F06725F0000035
  8. CARBON DIOXIDE PELLETS, DRY ICE NUGGETS AND PELLETS$37.6K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 28, 2022 – May 6, 2026· 75N93022P00916

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.

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

2 companies · $292.8K reported

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$221.3K
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$71.6K
    FAIRFIELD, NJ · 1 subaward · Household appliances and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers

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 20 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TMG GASES, INC.$300.2K−2,162% in FY2026
    BRYAN, TX · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Basic chemical manufacturingNavy · Basic chemical manufacturingNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Basic chemical manufacturing+2 more
  2. STRANDMOELLEN GMBH & CO. KG$405.7K+10% in FY2026
    BAD SCHWARTAU, DEU · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Basic chemical manufacturingDefense Health Agency · Basic chemical manufacturing
  3. NEXAIR LLC$2.3M+29% in FY2026
    MEMPHIS, TN · 2 entities · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Basic chemical manufacturingNavy · Basic chemical manufacturingDefense Health Agency · Basic chemical manufacturing+4 more

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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.