Federal contractor · EVANSTON, IL

C E NIEHOFF & CO

C E NIEHOFF & CO received $4.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 47 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $160.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($3.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.3M
New awards
47
Sole-source
52%
Single offer
1.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18.1MFY2017
  2. 25.1MFY2018
  3. 33.6MFY2019
  4. 8.7MFY2020
  5. 6.8MFY2021
  6. 20.6MFY2022
  7. 12MFY2023
  8. 21.5MFY2024
  9. 9.6MFY2025
  10. 4.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$3.2M75%
    45 awards
  2. Department of the Army$1.1M25%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$2.9M66%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1.5M34%

Where the work was performed

  1. DuPage County, IL$2M47%
  2. Cook County, IL$1.7M38%
  3. Kane County, IL$637.9K15%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition53%
    US 39% · $2.3M
  • Sole-source awards52%
    US 30% · $2.3M
  • Single-offer competitions1.0%
    US 8.8% · $44.4K
  • 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

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$1.2M
    Department of Defense · 9 awards
  2. Department of the Army$1.1M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. DELIVERY ORDER ON A 5 YEAR INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY OF 4083 EACH OF GENERATOR ENGINE. NSN: 2920-01-598-4541, PART NUMBER:N1387-1$10.6M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 4, 2024 – Oct 14, 2025· SPRDL124F0233
  2. GENERATOR, ENGINE AC NSN: 2920-01-670-4331$648.7K
    Department of the Army· DuPage County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· W912CH26F0203
  3. 8511747603!GENERATOR,ALTERNATI$525.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· SPE7M126P1528
  4. GENERATOR,ENGINE AC NSN: 2920-01-670-4331$435.2K
    Department of the Army· DuPage County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· W912CH26F0074
  5. THIS IS A DELIVERY ORDER FOR 133 EA, GENERATOR, ENGINE ACCESSORY, NSN: 2920-01-569-9920.$412.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· SPRDL126F0132
  6. SPRDL1-26-F-0092 IS A DELIVERY ORDER FOR 121 EA, GENERATOR, ENGINE ACCESSORY, NSN: 2920-01-559-2715.$394.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· SPRDL126F0092
  7. 8511881364!BATTERY POWER SUPPL$289.2K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Kane County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 26, 2026 – Jan 26, 2026· SPE7L126F3372
  8. GENERATOR, ENGINE ACCESSORY. NSN: 2920-01-543-1235. PART NO: 12423713-002. QTY: 29. 100% OPTION$208.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 23, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· SPRDL126P0060

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: $1.3M (19 subawards)

2 primes

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$955.7K76%
    OSHKOSH, WI · 18 subawards
  2. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$303.9K24%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $21.3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $13.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $17.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $14.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $6.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.3M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

8 companies · $74.4M reported

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$45.3M
    OSHKOSH, WI · 281 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$20.4M
    YORK, PA · 25 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing
  3. AM GENERAL LLC$4.3M
    SOUTH BEND, IN · 8 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TWIN DISC, INCORPORATED$27.1M+851% in FY2026
    RACINE, WI · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
  2. U. S. HARDWARE SUPPLY, INC.$40.4M−32% in FY2026
    WINTER PARK, FL · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Motor vehicle parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturing
  3. CLARKE POWER SERVICES INC$43.8M−41% in FY2026
    HENDERSON, KY · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Motor vehicle parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.