Federal contractor · IRVING, TX
CHEM-AQUA INC
CHEM-AQUA INC received $762K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 41 awards (+21% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.6M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($440.1K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $762K
- New awards
- 41
- Sole-source
- 52%
- Single offer
- 38%
- UEI
- WMSSVQVLESW6
- Parent company
- NCH CORPORATION
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the NCH CORPORATION company family: 5 registered entities, $1.1M in FY2026 together. See the family
- NCH CORPORATIONIRVING, TX · Family page$0
- NCH CORPORATIONIRVING, TX$332.8K
- NCH CORPORATIONIRVING, TX$6,961
- NCH CORPORATIONIRVING, TX$0
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 543.2KFY2017
- 353.2KFY2018
- 166.5KFY2019
- 80.6KFY2020
- 344.6KFY2021
- 419.4KFY2022
- 655.7KFY2023
- 669.1KFY2024
- 631KFY2025
- 762KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 28 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$280.5K37%9 awards
- Agricultural Research Service$30.2K4.0%2 awards
- 1 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Equipment maintenance$282.4K37%
- Facilities & utilities$257.2K33%
- Health & medical$117.9K15%
- Other equipment & supplies$110.7K14%
Where the work was performed
- Dallas County, TX$299.9K39%
- Pulaski County, AR$156K20%
- Montgomery County, MD$118.5K16%
- Laurens County, GA$71.4K9.4%
- Davidson County, TN$40.1K5.3%
- New Hanover County, NC$29.7K3.9%
- Washington County, MS$22.3K2.9%
- McDowell County, WV$19.9K2.6%
- Douglas County, NE$18.8K2.5%
- Laramie County, WY$10.7K1.4%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition91%US 39% · $691.8K
- Sole-source awards52%US 30% · $399.9K
- Single-offer competitions38%US 8.7% · $291.9K
- Urgency justifications2.5%US 5.1% · $18.8K
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 Justice · 2 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
Largest awards
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Dallas County, TX· Equipment maintenance· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· 15B41426P00000156
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Pulaski County, AR· Facilities & utilities· Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· 36C25626C0045
- WATER TREATMENT SERVICES$140.7KDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Laurens County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 3, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· 36C24725F0168
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Davidson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 1, 2023 – Jul 6, 2026· 36C24924F0021
- Department of Veterans Affairs· New Hanover County, NC· Professional services· Sep 6, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 36C24624P1840
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Laramie County, WY· Equipment maintenance· Sep 21, 2021 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C25921P1042
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 8, 2025 – May 18, 2026· 15B41426F00000003
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Essex County, NJ· Professional services· Jul 11, 2024 – Jan 23, 2026· 36C24224N0503
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: $50.6K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- HOMESTEAD, FL · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $153.2K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $187.5K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $224.5K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $50.6K 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
10 companies · $2.5M reported
- ANCHORAGE, AK · 7 subawards · Facilities support services
- ANCHORAGE, AK · 5 subawards · Facilities support services
- HOMESTEAD, FL · 5 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 30 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- MECX, INC.$3.8M−28% in FY2026HOUSTON, TX · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Remediation and other waste management servicesVeterans Affairs · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing+2 more
- BESCO WATER TREATMENT INC$619K−35% in FY2026BATTLE CREEK, MI · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
- MIDWEST SALT, LLC$612K−77% in FY2026WEST CHICAGO, IL · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other chemical product and preparation 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 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.