Federal contractor · RICHMOND, VA

C. FORBES, INC

C. FORBES, INC received $247.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−42% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.3M. Its largest customer was Office of Procurement Operations ($111.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$247.2K
New awards
12
Sole-source
48%
Single offer
52%
UEI
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Other than small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 258.1KFY2017
  2. 153.3KFY2018
  3. 166KFY2019
  4. 113.9KFY2020
  5. 153.1KFY2021
  6. 133.4KFY2022
  7. 402.8KFY2023
  8. 208.2KFY2024
  9. 424.7KFY2025
  10. 247.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of Procurement Operations$111.1K45%
    1 awards
  2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$60.9K25%
    8 awards
  3. Offices, Boards and Divisions$57.6K23%
    1 awards
  4. Transportation Security Administration$16.9K6.8%
    1 awards
  5. Federal Emergency Management Agency$6760.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$247.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Goochland County, VA$230.3K93%
  2. Fairfax County, VA$16.9K6.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $247.2K
  • Sole-source awards48%
    US 30% · $119.4K
  • Single-offer competitions52%
    US 8.7% · $127.8K
  • 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. Offices, Boards and Divisions$57.6K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$44.2K
    Department of Justice · 7 awards
  3. Transportation Security Administration$16.9K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  4. Federal Emergency Management Agency$676
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AWARD DEVICES$111.1K
    Office of Procurement Operations· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 4, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 70RDA226P00000008
  2. AWARD DEVICE FOR THE FY2026 AG AWARD CEREMONY$57.6K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026· 15JPSS26P00000204
  3. RETIREMENT AWARDS, PLAQUES, PORTFOLIOS & ACCESSORIES$21.4K
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 15A00026FABP00578
  4. TSA LAPEL PINS$16.9K
    Transportation Security Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 70T05026P7672N001
  5. RETIREMENT AWARDS, PLAQUES, PORTFOLIOS & ACCESSORIES$16.7K
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 24, 2026 – Jul 24, 2026· 15A00026FABP00546
  6. RETIREMENT AWARDS, PLAQUES, PORTFOLIOS & ACCESSORIES$14.3K
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 15A00026FABP00583
  7. RETIREMENT AWARDS, PLAQUES, PORTFOLIOS & ACCESSORIES$3,069
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 15, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 15A00026FABP00545
  8. RETIREMENT AWARDS, PLAQUES, PORTFOLIOS & ACCESSORIES$2,697
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Goochland County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 15A00026FABP00584

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

  1. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$216.4K
    FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ · 6.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. STAR SCREEN PRINTING, INC.$239.8K+151% in FY2026
    HARRISBURG, PA · 6.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. THE AWARD GROUP, INC$915.4K−19% in FY2026
    NEW MILFORD, CT · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffices, Boards and Divisions · Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers

Showing the top 3 of 7 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.