Federal contractor · CUMBERLAND, MD

CARON EAST, INC.

CARON EAST, INC. received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (+8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $21.2M. Its largest customer was Departmental Offices ($505.4K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
26
Sole-source
36%
Single offer
33%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2017
  2. 819.1KFY2018
  3. 1.4MFY2019
  4. 3.4MFY2020
  5. 2.5MFY2021
  6. 1.9MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 3.1MFY2024
  9. 1.3MFY2025
  10. 1.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Departmental Offices$505.4K35%
    9 awards
  2. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$439.8K30%
    6 awards
  3. Federal Bureau of Investigation$127.8K8.9%
    1 awards
  4. Forest Service$124.5K8.6%
    3 awards
  5. Agricultural Research Service$123.4K8.6%
    3 awards
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$55.7K3.9%
    1 awards
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$40.3K2.8%
    1 awards
  8. Department of the Army$30K2.1%
    1 awards
  9. Bureau of Land Management-$4,0880.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$726.5K50%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$686.2K48%
  3. Equipment maintenance$30K2.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Allegany County, MD$896.3K62%
  2. Monongalia County, WV$166.4K12%
  3. Mercer County, NJ$118.5K8.2%
  4. Hawaii County, HI$69.3K4.8%
  5. Benton County, OR$57.4K4.0%
  6. Bannock County, ID$41.7K2.9%
  7. Saline County, IL$35.7K2.5%
  8. Skagit County, WA$31.3K2.2%
  9. Harford County, MD$30K2.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition69%
    US 39% · $999.9K
  • Sole-source awards36%
    US 30% · $519.9K
  • Single-offer competitions33%
    US 8.7% · $480.1K
  • 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. Departmental Offices$434.2K
    Department of the Interior · 8 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$55.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$30K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TOPCON GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) EQUIPMENT AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS) WEST VIRGINIA STATE OFFICE.$166.4K
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Monongalia County, WV· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 12314426F0304
  2. CARON EAST, LNC BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT CALL ORDER FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS)$127.9K
    Departmental Offices· Allegany County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026· 140D0426F0810
  3. EVIDENCE COLLECTION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES$127.8K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Allegany County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 15F06726F0001659
  4. TOPCON GT-705 5" ROBOTIC/REFLECTOR LESS TOTAL STATION WITH BATTERIES, CHARGER AND HARD CASE AND TOPCON HIPER-CR NETWORK ROVER KIT WITH BATTERY, CHARGER AND SOFT CASE FOR UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATI$118.5K
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Mercer County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 12314426F0349
  5. CARON EAST WINGSTRA BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT CALL ORDER$84.9K
    Departmental Offices· Allegany County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· 140D0426F0069
  6. SURVEYING GRADE GPS UNITS$84.1K
    Bureau of Land Management· Yellowstone County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 19, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· 140L3625F0039
  7. WINGTRAONE GEN II UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS)$71.2K
    Departmental Offices· Allegany County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 140D0426F1217
  8. FIXED-WING VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING MAPPING DRONE WITH RGB CAMERA, MULTISPECTRAL CAMERA, AND ONBOARD PPK FOR MISSION CRITICAL RESEARCH SMALL FARMS TO MANAGE PESTS AND DISEASES.$69.3K
    Agricultural Research Service· Hawaii County, HI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 1232SA26P0512

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.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $35.6K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $348.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $267K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $62.1K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $274.3K 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

3 companies · $987.3K reported

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$622.7K
    RESTON, VA · 4 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$296.7K
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 2 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$67.8K
    FAIRFIELD, NJ · 2 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing

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

  1. KISTERS NORTH AMERICA, INC.$3.2M+11% in FY2026
    ROSEVILLE, CA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveUnder Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingForest Service · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. DRUCK, LLC$5.8M+33% in FY2026
    BILLERICA, MA · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveUnder Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. FRONTIER PRECISION, INC$8.2M+60% in FY2026
    BISMARCK, ND · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveUnder Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingOffice of the Chief Financial Officer · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingBureau of Land Management · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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.