Federal contractor · SALEM, VA

CARTER MACHINERY COMPANY, INCORPORATED

CARTER MACHINERY COMPANY, INCORPORATED received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (+147% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $14.7M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
18
Sole-source
33%
Single offer
13%
UEI
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Other than small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

14 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. CARTER MACHINERY COMPANY, INCORPORATEDSALEM, VA · Family page
    $2.2M
  2. $168.8K
  3. $118.9K
  4. $44.7K
  5. $14.7K
  6. $0
  7. $0
  8. ALBAN TRACTOR CO., INC.UPPER MARLBORO, MD
    $0
  9. ALBAN TRACTOR, LLCBALTIMORE, MD
    $0
  10. ALBAN TRACTOR, LLCELKRIDGE, MD
    $0
  11. CARTER MACHINERY CO INCFREDERICKSBURG, VA
    $0
  12. $0
  13. $0
  14. -$26.3K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. -21.2KFY2017
  2. 47.4KFY2018
  3. 2.4MFY2019
  4. 1.2MFY2020
  5. 2MFY2021
  6. 872.2KFY2022
  7. 1.9MFY2023
  8. 3.2MFY2024
  9. 881.9KFY2025
  10. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 5 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$201.3K9.2%
    4 awards
  3. 1 awards
  4. 1 awards
  5. 2 awards
  6. 2 awards
  7. 1 awards
  8. 1 awards
  9. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$1.9M87%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$143.3K6.5%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$123.4K5.6%
  4. Professional services$18.3K0.8%
  5. IT & telecom$3,3910.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$18.3K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition45%
    US 39% · $991K
  • Sole-source awards33%
    US 30% · $709.3K
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.7% · $281.6K
  • Urgency justifications28%
    US 5.1% · $613.9K

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 Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  2. Department of Justice · 1 awards
  3. Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  4. Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. Department of State · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs· Baltimore city, MD· Equipment maintenance· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 36C24526P0631
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs· Richmond city, VA· Equipment maintenance· May 26, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 36C24626P0692
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs· Berkeley County, WV· Equipment maintenance· Oct 4, 2024 – Jun 2, 2026· 36C24525C0013
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Equipment maintenance· Jan 20, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 36C24526P0160
  5. Department of the Army· Hanover County, VA· Education & social services· Jan 19, 2021 – Mar 20, 2026· W91QF521F0007
  6. Washington Headquarters Services· Adams County, PA· Equipment maintenance· Nov 30, 2020 – Feb 10, 2026· HQ003421P0006
  7. U.S. Coast Guard· Salem city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 70Z08526P30042B00
  8. U.S. Coast Guard· Salem city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 70Z08526P30007B00

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: $936.8K (9 subawards)

6 primes

  1. TYSONS, VA · 1 subaward
  2. KINGSPORT, TN · 2 subawards
  3. NEWPORT NEWS, VA · 1 subaward
  4. ANCHORAGE, AK · 1 subaward
  5. ANCHORAGE, AK · 1 subaward
  6. NORFOLK, VA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $8.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $936.8K 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

25 companies · $39.9M reported

  1. PASCAGOULA, MS · 351 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 135 subawards · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing
  3. GERMANTOWN, MD · 11 subawards · Facilities support services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. OILKLEEN, LLC$3.9M−19% in FY2026
    SUFFOLK, VA · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat buildingU.S. Coast Guard · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturingNavy · Ship and boat building
  2. TAMPA, FL · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat buildingU.S. Coast Guard · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
  3. TAMPA, FL · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat building

Showing the top 3 of 25 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.