Federal contractor · CENTRAL LAKE, MI

CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC

CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC received $16.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 21 awards (−6.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $240.9M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($16.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.1M
New awards
21
Sole-source
1.7%
Single offer
4.9%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 14.3MFY2017
  2. 14.1MFY2018
  3. 34MFY2019
  4. 41.5MFY2020
  5. 24.2MFY2021
  6. 35.1MFY2022
  7. 40.1MFY2023
  8. 4.5MFY2024
  9. 17.1MFY2025
  10. 16.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$16.2M100%
    2 awards
  2. U.S. Secret Service$1.6M10%
    3 awards
  3. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$688.6K4.3%
    8 awards
  4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$54.8K0.3%
    2 awards
  5. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$8,0820.1%
    1 awards
  6. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Environmental Protection Agency-$6910.0%
    1 awards
  8. U.S. Customs and Border Protection-$2.5M0.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$16.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Rockingham County, NC$16.7M100%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$1M6.5%
  3. Yazoo County, MS$688.6K4.3%
  4. Glynn County, GA$5,6540.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.6%
    US 39% · $1.1M
  • Sole-source awards1.7%
    US 30% · $271.4K
  • Single-offer competitions4.9%
    US 8.7% · $790.8K
  • 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. U.S. Secret Service$271.4K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8512026412!CARRIER ASSEMBLY,BO$16.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Rockingham County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· SPE1C126F3636
  2. DELIVERY ORDER TO REPLACE HSBP1017J00065 IN ORDER TO CHANGE BANKING INFORMATION CAUSED BY NOVATION OF PARENT IDIQ.$1.7M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Antrim County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 26, 2021 – Oct 14, 2025· 70B06C21F00000864
  3. BODY ARMOR - FPS$1.1M
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement· Antrim County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 31, 2017 – Apr 3, 2026· HSCEMS17J00163
  4. BODY ARMOR FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL. THIS DELIVERY ORDER REPLACES HSBP1017J00064 BECAUSE OF A CHANGE IN THE BANKING INFORMATION THROUGH A NOVATION WITH THE PARENT IDIQ CONTRACT.$945.5K
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Antrim County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 70B06C21F00001645
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GSA TASK ORDER IS TO PROCURE PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE BODY ARMOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $777,059.94.$777.1K
    U.S. Secret Service· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 70US0926F2GSA2355
  6. BPA CALL TO PURCHASE BALLISTIC BODY ARMOR FROM BPA 70US0920A70090005.$565.8K
    U.S. Secret Service· Rockingham County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· 70US0926F3OTH2714
  7. THIS IS A PURCHASE ORDER TO PROCURE HIDDEN DEFENDER VESTS$271.4K
    U.S. Secret Service· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 70US0926P70092894
  8. BALLISTIC KITS FOR UNICOR YAZOO CITY$198.6K
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000283

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

  1. POINT BLANK PROTECTIVE APPAREL & UNIFORMS, LLC$45.2M+502% in FY2026
    GUANICA, PR · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing
  2. SLATE SOLUTIONS LLC$57.7M−63% in FY2026
    DAVIE, FL · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturingArmy · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing
  3. VINYL TECHNOLOGY, LLC$58M−24% in FY2026
    MONROVIA, CA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.