Federal contractor · DURHAM, NC
BELL AND HOWELL, LLC
BELL AND HOWELL, LLC received $8.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+4.9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $49.5M. Its largest customer was Internal Revenue Service ($8.1M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $8.3M
- New awards
- 5
- Sole-source
- 99.8%
- Single offer
- 0.2%
- UEI
- ENNMWN7J4QN5
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, $8.3M in FY2026 together.
- BELL AND HOWELL, LLCDURHAM, NC · Family page$8.3M
- BELL AND HOWELL, LLCWHEELING, IL$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 13.5KFY2017
- 83.5KFY2018
- 5.5MFY2019
- 5MFY2020
- 5.1MFY2021
- 5.4MFY2022
- 5.8MFY2023
- 6.4MFY2024
- 7.9MFY2025
- 8.3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Internal Revenue Service$8.1M98%1 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$148.4K1.8%1 awards
- Federal Bureau of Investigation$29.3K0.4%2 awards
- Selective Service System$16.4K0.2%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$8.1M98%
- Equipment maintenance$148.4K1.8%
- Professional services$29.3K0.4%
- Other equipment & supplies$16.4K0.2%
Where the work was performed
- Weber County, UT$8.1M98%
- Cook County, IL$148.4K1.8%
- Durham County, NC$29.3K0.4%
- Lake County, IL$16.4K0.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $8.3M
- Sole-source awards99.8%US 30% · $8.3M
- Single-offer competitions0.2%US 8.7% · $16.4K
- 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
- Department of Justice · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Internal Revenue Service· Weber County, UT· IT & telecom· Aug 1, 2023 – Aug 19, 2026· 2032H523C00046
- HITC SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE OF MAIL HANDLER AIMS EQUIPMENT BELL AND HOWELL PHILLIPSBURG MAILSTAR.$881.7KDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Cook County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Oct 1, 2022 – Jul 8, 2026· 36C10X23C0002
- Federal Bureau of Investigation· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· 15F06726F0000153
- Federal Bureau of Investigation· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Mar 7, 2025 – Nov 19, 2025· 15F06725F0000327
- Selective Service System· Lake County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 90MC0026P0079
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: $301.1K (3 subawards)
1 prime
- FAIRFAX, VA · 3 subawards
By fiscal year
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $139.1K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $575.9K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $301.1K 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
1 company · $3M reported
- GROTON, CT · 20 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- CLINICAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL LLC$762.3K−12% in FY2026MASSILLON, OH · 3.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
- ADVANCED SURGICAL SERVICES LLC$854.3K−62% in FY2026TROY, MI · 3.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
- HOLDEN HOSPITAL SUPPLY, INC.$855.8K+65% in FY2026KAILUA, HI · 3.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
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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.