Federal contractor · NORTH CHARLESTON, SC
CESCO, INC.
CESCO, INC. received $86K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $7.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($66.1K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $86K
- New awards
- 17
- Sole-source
- 23%
- Single offer
- 9.1%
- UEI
- NTCTH8UKBX18
- Parent company
- CESCO INC.
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.1MFY2017
- 1.9MFY2018
- 815KFY2019
- 546.7KFY2020
- 1.1MFY2021
- 723.5KFY2022
- 483.7KFY2023
- 410.5KFY2024
- 119.2KFY2025
- 86KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$66.1K77%16 awards
- Department of the Army$19.9K23%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$66.1K77%
- Education & social services$19.9K23%
Where the work was performed
- Charleston County, SC$66.1K77%
- Calhoun County, AL$19.9K23%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition32%US 39% · $27.7K
- Sole-source awards23%US 30% · $19.9K
- Single-offer competitions9.1%US 8.8% · $7,817
- 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
- Department of the Army$19.9KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025· SPE8ES26P0087
- Department of the Army· Calhoun County, AL· Education & social services· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· W911KF26PA011
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 6, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· SPE7L126P3148
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SPE4AN26P0064
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 12, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· SPE8ES26P0487
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· SPE8E626V1589
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· SPE8ES26P0736
- Defense Logistics Agency· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SPE8ES26V0306
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
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $164.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $60.9K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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
2 companies · $225.4K reported
- GREENVILLE, TX · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 14 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- PRAB, INC$218K−100% in FY2026KALAMAZOO, MI · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other general purpose machinery manufacturingArmy · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
- BOYD COMPANY$299.4KLOUISVILLE, KY · 2 entities · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other general purpose machinery manufacturingArmy · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
- WATERLOO, NE · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing
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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.