Federal contractor · THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN

DIGI-KEY CORP

DIGI-KEY CORP received $153.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (+312% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($121.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$153.9K
New awards
12
Sole-source
23%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 114.1KFY2017
  2. 382.2KFY2018
  3. 359KFY2019
  4. 143.2KFY2020
  5. 410.9KFY2021
  6. 106.2KFY2022
  7. 118.2KFY2023
  8. 158.7KFY2024
  9. 37.4KFY2025
  10. 153.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$121.6K79%
    4 awards
  2. Forest Service$23.3K15%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$15.9K10%
    3 awards
  4. Smithsonian Institution-$6940.0%
    2 awards
  5. Defense Logistics Agency-$6,1790.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$112.9K73%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$23.3K15%
  3. IT & telecom$17.7K11%

Where the work was performed

  1. Pennington County, MN$161.8K100%
  2. Brevard County, FL$17K11%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition23%
    US 39% · $35.9K
  • Sole-source awards23%
    US 30% · $35.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$6.99
  • 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 the Navy$26.9K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$15.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency-$6,179
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RF ATTENUATORS AND CABLE ASSEMBLIES$94.7K
    Department of the Navy· Pennington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· N6893626P5055
  2. 3M COMPANY CONNECTORS$26.9K
    Department of the Navy· Pennington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 26, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· N0016426PJ019
  3. MORATORIUM EXEMPTION: SHERPA FLEET WIRE MOD CRIMP TOOLS DIGIKEY QUOTE #18167372$23.3K
    Forest Service· Pennington County, MN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· 1202SA26P0004
  4. AMD VERSAL AI EDGE SERIES - GEN 2 VEK385 EVALUATION KIT$17.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pennington County, MN· IT & telecom· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 80NSSC26P1395
  5. AMD ZYNQ ULTRASCALE+ EVALUATION KIT$17K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 80NSSC26P1736
  6. .$5,219
    Smithsonian Institution· Pennington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 14, 2022 – Jun 25, 2026· 33131223P00483568
  7. .$2,983
    Smithsonian Institution· Pennington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 25, 2021 – Jun 24, 2026· 33131221P00453380
  8. LIBERO SOFTWARE$2,592
    Department of the Navy· Newport County, RI· IT & telecom· Sep 16, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· N6660425P0632

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: $13.1M (43 subawards)

19 primes

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$8.3M63%
    TUCSON, AZ · 15 subawards
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$2.5M19%
    MCKINNEY, TX · 2 subawards
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$516.3K3.9%
    ANDOVER, MA · 4 subawards
  4. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$281.3K2.2%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 3 subawards
  5. RAYTHEON COMPANY$255.3K2.0%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 3 subawards
  6. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$223.5K1.7%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  7. GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.$161.6K1.2%
    STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 2 subawards
  8. L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$144.3K1.1%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 2 subawards
  9. SERCO INC$107.9K0.8%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  10. RAYTHEON COMPANY$105.2K0.8%
    MARLBOROUGH, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $83.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $19.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $13.1M 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

36 companies · $126.4M reported

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$89.6M
    TUCSON, AZ · 114 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$25M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards · Facilities support services
  3. THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC$1.8M
    CLARKSBURG, MD · 17 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing

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

  1. RESPONSE MICROWAVE, INC.$180.8K−80% in FY2026
    DEVENS, MA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. FLIGHT DATA SYSTEMS LLC$148.4K−100% in FY2026
    IRVING, TX · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. CONTROL CABLE INC$91.1K−100% in FY2026
    WINDSOR MILL, MD · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other electrical equipment and component 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.