Federal contractor · SUMNER, WA

BRIGHT HORIZON METALS, INC.

BRIGHT HORIZON METALS, INC. received $414.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 36 awards (−59% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($337K).

Obligations · FY2026
$414.8K
New awards
36
Sole-source
37%
Single offer
16%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 187.2KFY2017
  2. 209.7KFY2018
  3. 400.4KFY2019
  4. 233.6KFY2020
  5. 521.3KFY2021
  6. 601KFY2022
  7. 1MFY2023
  8. 654.3KFY2024
  9. 1MFY2025
  10. 414.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$337K81%
    33 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$77.8K19%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$414.8K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Pierce County, WA$249.3K60%
  2. Mecklenburg County, NC$30.9K7.4%
  3. Abroad$28.4K6.9%
  4. Carroll County, KY$22.3K5.4%
  5. Whatcom County, WA$19.4K4.7%
  6. Chester County, SC$18.4K4.4%
  7. Cuyahoga County, OH$13.8K3.3%
  8. Providence County, RI$13.4K3.2%
  9. Bowie County, TX$7,9501.9%
  10. Oneida County, NY$7,5061.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition53%
    US 39% · $221.7K
  • Sole-source awards37%
    US 30% · $155.1K
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.7% · $66.6K
  • 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. Defense Logistics Agency$155.1K
    Department of Defense · 23 awards

Largest awards

  1. STEEL PLATE$40.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Pierce County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 20, 2025 – Feb 20, 2026· SPMYM226P5028
  2. NET, SELF- LOCKING$35.6K
    Department of the Navy· Pierce County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· N0040626P0090
  3. METAL SHEET$28.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Pierce County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· SPMYM226P7084
  4. STEEL, PLATE 4FT W X 8 FT L, 5/16 INCH THICK, HSLA-80, TY I, CL-3, GR-A, MIL-S-S24645MILL SHEET IS MANDATORY AND REQUIRED$24.8K
    Department of the Navy· Pierce County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026· N0040626PS121
  5. PLATE, METAL$19.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Mecklenburg County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· SPMYM226P5075
  6. METAL SHEET$19.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Whatcom County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· SPMYM226P5676
  7. PLATE, ALBZ$19K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Pierce County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· SPMYM226P5496
  8. SHEET, METAL$18.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chester County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 26, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026· SPMYM226P5256

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

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 · $122.2K reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$122.2K
    GROTON, CT · 1 subaward · Ship and boat building

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

  1. BAYFRONT METAL PRODUCTS LLC$3M−69% in FY2026
    CASNOVIA, MI · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Steel product manufacturing from purchased steelDefense Logistics Agency · Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing+4 more
  2. TRI-TECH METALS INC$1.5M−34% in FY2026
    RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Steel product manufacturing from purchased steelDefense Logistics Agency · Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing+3 more
  3. STAINLESS SHAPES INC$4.8M−3.4% in FY2026
    ELGIN, IL · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Steel product manufacturing from purchased steelDefense Logistics Agency · Architectural and structural metals manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing+4 more

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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.