Federal contractor · BALLY, PA

BALLY RIBBON MILLS

BALLY RIBBON MILLS received $4.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+2,564% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $13.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($4.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
7
Sole-source
3.1%
Single offer
97%
UEI
NLCECNKKSUU8
Small business
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graph

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 775.2KFY2017
  2. 1.8MFY2018
  3. 181.5KFY2019
  4. 978.7KFY2020
  5. 52.2KFY2021
  6. 867.7KFY2022
  7. 1.3MFY2023
  8. 2.8MFY2024
  9. 164.1KFY2025
  10. 4.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$4.2M97%
    4 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$132.8K3.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$4.2M97%
  2. IT & telecom$132.8K3.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Berks County, PA$4.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99.9%
    US 39% · $4.4M
  • Sole-source awards3.1%
    US 30% · $134.6K
  • Single-offer competitions97%
    US 8.7% · $4.2M
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$132.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$1,794
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511716601!WEBBING,TEXTILE$4.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 30, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· SPE1C126C0003
  2. PHASE II - ADDITIVE INSULATIVE LAYER FOR THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM$841K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Berks County, PA· Research & development· Jul 12, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 80NSSC24CA101
  3. 3" AND 4" ZYLON WEBBING$186.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 13, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· 80NSSC25PB716
  4. CUSTOME TEXTILE PROTYPE$132.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Berks County, PA· IT & telecom· Dec 10, 2025 – Sep 8, 2026· 80NSSC26P0067
  5. 8511420134!WEBBING,TEXTILE$7,560
    Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2025 – Mar 2, 2026· SPE1C125P0894
  6. 8512074626!TAPE,TEXTILE$3,912
    Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· SPE1C126P0771
  7. WEBBING, TEXTILE$1,794
    Defense Logistics Agency· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 21, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· SPMYM426P1050

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

  • Sub-contracts: $981.2K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$981.2K100%
    MELBOURNE, FL · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $61.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $56.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $981.2K 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

4 companies · $5.4M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$3.9M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 7 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.4M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 6 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$61.2K
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. MURDOCK WEBBING COMPANY, INC.$11.1M+58% in FY2026
    CENTRAL FALLS, RI · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Fabric millsDefense Logistics Agency · Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating millsDefense Logistics Agency · Other textile product mills
  2. AMERICAN WOOLEN COMPANY, INC$2.1M−91% in FY2026
    STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Fabric millsDefense Logistics Agency · Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills
  3. U.S. VANADIUM LLC$1.6M−100% in FY2026
    HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, AR · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development services

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.