Federal contractor · KING OF PRUSSIA, PA

COLONIAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO

COLONIAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO received $138.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+1,111% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $267.7K. Its largest customer was Smithsonian Institution ($57.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$138.5K
New awards
11
Sole-source
9.5%
Single offer
46%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13KFY2018
  2. 25.9KFY2019
  3. 10.7KFY2020
  4. 25.1KFY2023
  5. 42.9KFY2024
  6. 11.4KFY2025
  7. 138.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Smithsonian Institution$57.5K41%
    2 awards
  2. Department of State$41.1K30%
    8 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$40K29%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$138.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, PA$74.3K54%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$57.5K41%
  3. Kings County, NY$6,7704.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition56%
    US 39% · $77.4K
  • Sole-source awards9.5%
    US 30% · $13.1K
  • Single-offer competitions46%
    US 8.7% · $64.2K
  • 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$13.1K
    Department of State · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. 1200A CIRCUIT BREAKER$40K
    Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 21, 2025 – Nov 21, 2025· N6449826P2015
  2. LIGHTING SUPPLIES & FUTURE FOR TAUBMAN GALLERY UPGRADES$37.4K
    Smithsonian Institution· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 11, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· 33315926P00534927
  3. PERFORMANCE AREA LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS$20.1K
    Smithsonian Institution· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· 33315926P00535653
  4. LIGHTING$9,630
    Department of State· Montgomery County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 19AQMS26P0258
  5. EMERGENCY BATTERY BACKUP INVERTER$8,160
    Department of State· Montgomery County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 27, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026· 19AQMS26P0335
  6. LIGHTING$6,770
    Department of State· Kings County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 19AQMS26P0254
  7. LIGHT BULBS$5,856
    Department of State· Montgomery County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· 19AQMS26P0147
  8. LAMPS$3,768
    Department of State· Montgomery County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026· 19AQMS26P0212

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 · $223.2K reported

  1. RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLC$223.2K
    CARLSBAD, CA · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction

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

  1. TRIUMPH ITALY SRL$236.4K
    ROMA, ITA · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Electric lighting equipment manufacturing
  2. C.N. ROBINSON LIGHTING SUPPLY COMPANY$82.3K
    BALTIMORE, MD · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSmithsonian Institution · Household appliances and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers
  3. COMERCIALIZADORA ARCADIA SAS$478.5K−68% in FY2026
    BOGOTA, COL · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Electric lighting equipment manufacturing

Showing the top 3 of 11 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.