Federal contractor · MECHANICSVILLE, VA

CARTER MACHINERY CO INC

CARTER MACHINERY CO INC received $549.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+527% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $703.9K. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($332.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$549.8K
New awards
5
Sole-source
27%
Single offer
11%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 339.4FY2018
  2. 1.1KFY2019
  3. -339.4FY2021
  4. 1.7KFY2022
  5. 63.6KFY2024
  6. 87.7KFY2025
  7. 549.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$332.1K60%
    2 awards
  2. Department of State$155.1K28%
    2 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$62.7K11%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$379.7K69%
  2. Professional services$131.2K24%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$23.8K4.3%
  4. Education & social services$15K2.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. King George County, VA$317.1K58%
  2. Abroad$131.2K24%
  3. Chesterfield County, VA$62.7K11%
  4. Hanover County, VA$23.8K4.3%
  5. Portsmouth city, VA$15K2.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition38%
    US 39% · $208.9K
  • Sole-source awards27%
    US 30% · $146.2K
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.7% · $62.7K
  • 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. Department of State$131.2K
    Department of State · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$15K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FURNISH THE NECESSARY LABOR, MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE AND DELIVER TWO GENERATORS FOR BUILDINGS 959 AND 960.$317.1K
    Department of the Navy· King George County, VA· Construction & real property· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· N4008026C0001
  2. EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE$131.2K
    Department of State· Professional services· Jun 30, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 19RS5026P0273
  3. B47 LOAD TESTING$75.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Chesterfield County, VA· Construction & real property· Aug 13, 2025 – Mar 27, 2026· SP470325P0046
  4. FAC-C18 GENERATORS CRITICAL SPARES$23.8K
    Department of State· Hanover County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 19Z11526P0725
  5. EG TRAINING$15K
    Department of the Navy· Portsmouth city, VA· Education & social services· Apr 7, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· N4215826PS046

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 · $205K reported

  1. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$205K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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.

  1. INTERFACE FIRE ALARMS & ELECTRICAL SERVICES LLC$317.8K
    WASHINGTON, DC · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Building equipment contractors
  2. VALLEY WIDE ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC$299.8K−100% in FY2026
    TRONA, CA · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Building equipment contractors
  3. NEARSHORE ELECTRIC, INC.$365.9K−100% in FY2026
    KEY WEST, FL · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Building equipment contractors

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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.