Federal contractor · TYLER, TX
EAST TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND
EAST TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND received $1.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2,257 awards (−54% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $30M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.9M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.9M
- New awards
- 2,257
- Sole-source
- 27%
- Single offer
- 9.0%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.6MFY2017
- 3.8MFY2018
- 3.1MFY2019
- 2.9MFY2020
- 2.4MFY2021
- 3.5MFY2022
- 3.7MFY2023
- 2.8MFY2024
- 4.2MFY2025
- 1.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$1.9M100%2,257 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$1.9M98%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$35.4K1.8%
Where the work was performed
- Smith County, TX$1.9M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition36%US 39% · $704.4K
- Sole-source awards27%US 30% · $529.6K
- Single-offer competitions9.0%US 8.7% · $174.8K
- 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
- Defense Logistics Agency$529.6KDepartment of Defense · 1,000 awards
Largest awards
- 8511778713!CLOTH,CLEANING$192.2KDefense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 2, 2025 – Dec 2, 2025· SPE8E526P7014
- 8511778432!CLOTH,CLEANING$117.8KDefense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 2, 2025 – Dec 2, 2025· SPE8E526P7013
- 8511692736!CLOTH,CLEANING$112.9KDefense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 8, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· SPE8E526V0056
- Defense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 19, 2025 – Nov 19, 2025· SPE8E526P0273
- Defense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· SPE8E526P0079
- 8511850258!CORD,FIBROUS$42.7KDefense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· SPE8EE26F0483
- 8511984429!CORD,FIBROUS$38.4KDefense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· SPE8EE26F1170
- 8511761325!CORD,FIBROUS$32.1KDefense Logistics Agency· Smith County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 18, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025· SPE8EE26F0080
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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- CAMEL MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC$7.7M−99% in FY2026PIONEER, TN · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other textile product mills
- FALCON ENGINEERING CORPORATION$6.2M−102% in FY2026MESA, AZ · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other textile product mills
- CELINA TENT INC$8.6M+28% in FY2026CELINA, OH · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other textile product mills
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.