Federal contractor · READING, PA
AUSTIN HARDWARE & SUPPLY INC
AUSTIN HARDWARE & SUPPLY INC received $1.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 47 awards (+20% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $9.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.5M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.5M
- New awards
- 47
- Sole-source
- 13%
- Single offer
- 46%
- UEI
- E2ESUAEGQD95
- Parent company
- AUSTIN HARDWARE & SUPPLY INC
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 268KFY2017
- 412.7KFY2018
- 431.3KFY2019
- 801.3KFY2020
- 955KFY2021
- 947.9KFY2022
- 1.1MFY2023
- 1.4MFY2024
- 1.3MFY2025
- 1.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$1.5M100%47 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$799.4K53%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$720.4K47%
Where the work was performed
- Berks County, PA$1.5M96%
- Chickasaw County, IA$58.6K3.9%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition59%US 39% · $902.1K
- Sole-source awards13%US 30% · $198.3K
- Single-offer competitions46%US 8.7% · $703.9K
- 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
- Defense Logistics Agency$198.3KDepartment of Defense · 2 awards
Largest awards
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· SPE7L026F1671
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 18, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· SPE4A726P6968
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· SPE4A726PA872
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPE4A726PA173
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 20, 2025 – Oct 10, 2025· SPE4A725V3248
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· SPE4A726P0827
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 12, 2025 – Nov 12, 2025· SPE4A626V2899
- Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· SPE7L126P5834
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 15 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- HOWMET GLOBAL FASTENING SYSTEMS INC$4.7M−41% in FY2026SIMI VALLEY, CA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing+1 more
- LIBERTY COMPONENTS INC$3M−34% in FY2026BROOKSHIRE, TX · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing+1 more
- PACIFIC LOCK COMPANY$2.2M−98% in FY2026VALENCIA, CA · 2 entities · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturing
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.