Federal contractor · COMPTON, CA

BARKEN'S HARDCHROME, INC.

BARKEN'S HARDCHROME, INC. received $218.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−74% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $5.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($218.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$218.1K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1MFY2019
  2. 717.1KFY2020
  3. 266.2KFY2021
  4. 510.2KFY2022
  5. 341.5KFY2023
  6. 1.2MFY2024
  7. 846.8KFY2025
  8. 218.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$218.1K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$218.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$218.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. SERVICES TO REMANUFACTURE EXISTING (KNOWN) WEAPON SYSTEM SUBCOMPONENT ASSETS. THIS ORDER IS ISSUED IN SUPPORT OF THE 583RD MMXS AT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA.$123.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· FA822726F0015
  2. APPLICATION OF METAL PLATING PROCESSES IN SUPPORT OF THE 309TH MISSILE MAINTENANCE GROUP AT HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH.$96.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 27, 2025· FA822726F0005
  3. APPLICATION OF METAL PLATING PROCESSES IN SUPPORT OF THE 309TH AND 581ST MISSILE MAINTENANCE GROUP AT HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH.$7,800
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 19, 2025 – Feb 23, 2026· FA822725F0024

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

  1. MACHINA LABS INC$6.3M−92% in FY2026
    CHATSWORTH, CA · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities
  2. CHROMAL PLATING COMPANY$340K−100% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities
  3. ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$57.7M−20% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 entities · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities

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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.