Federal contractor · WEST CHICAGO, IL

BALL HORTICULTURAL CO

BALL HORTICULTURAL CO received $25K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−58% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $461.5K. Its largest customer was Smithsonian Institution ($25K).

Obligations · FY2026
$25K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 34.9KFY2018
  2. 24.9KFY2019
  3. 48.2KFY2020
  4. 36KFY2021
  5. 74.5KFY2022
  6. 73KFY2023
  7. 85KFY2024
  8. 60KFY2025
  9. 25KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Smithsonian Institution$25K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$25K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. DuPage County, IL$25K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $25K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $25K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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

  1. Smithsonian Institution$25K
    Smithsonian Institution · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BALL HORTICULTURAL BALL SEED COMPANY$25K
    Smithsonian Institution· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· 33313226P00534328

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.