Federal contractor · COLUMBUS, OH

COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO INC

COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO INC received $334.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+103% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.4M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($254.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$334.1K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
K4LHXLE53945
Parent company
NISOURCE INC.
Other than small business
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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 COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA, INC. company family: 5 registered entities, $2.1M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA, INC.CHESTER, VA · Family page
    $566.1K
  2. COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA INCCANONSBURG, PA
    $1M
  3. COLUMBIA GAS OF KENTUCKY, INC.LEXINGTON, KY
    $164.3K
  4. NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LLCMERRILLVILLE, IN
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 50.9KFY2017
  2. 74.1KFY2018
  3. 67.9KFY2019
  4. 448.2KFY2020
  5. -47.7KFY2021
  6. 90.6KFY2022
  7. 128.5KFY2023
  8. 119.3KFY2024
  9. 164.6KFY2025
  10. 334.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$254.5K76%
    2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$79.7K24%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$334.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Franklin County, OH$254.5K76%
  2. Cuyahoga County, OH$79.7K24%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $334.1K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $334.1K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$254.5K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO TRANSPORTATION FY26$249.1K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Franklin County, OH· Facilities & utilities· Oct 15, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026· 15B21626P00000011
  2. NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION - ARMSTRONG TEST FACILITY$236.6K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cuyahoga County, OH· Facilities & utilities· May 10, 2022 – Sep 8, 2026· 80GRC022CA010
  3. COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO TRANSPORTATION FY25$112.5K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Franklin County, OH· Facilities & utilities· Oct 30, 2024 – Jan 14, 2026· 15B21625P00000021

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. WEST COAST GAS COMPANY, INC.$2.5M−16% in FY2026
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Natural gas distribution
  2. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY$3.3M−65% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Natural gas distribution
  3. PS ENERGY GROUP, INC.$4.9M+13% in FY2026
    ATLANTA, GA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Natural gas distribution

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.