Federal contractor · MESA, AZ
EMPIRE SOUTHWEST, LLC
EMPIRE SOUTHWEST, LLC received $106.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−50% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2M. Its largest customer was Department of Energy ($33.4K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $106.2K
- New awards
- 12
- Sole-source
- 77%
- Single offer
- 23%
- UEI
- GPJVLYP4ZBB8
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 124.7KFY2017
- 25.2KFY2018
- 174.4KFY2019
- 140.3KFY2020
- 209.7KFY2021
- 67.9KFY2022
- 495.4KFY2023
- 433.2KFY2024
- 210.7KFY2025
- 106.2KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Energy$33.4K31%1 awards
- 3 awards
- Smithsonian Institution$19.9K19%2 awards
- Bureau of Reclamation$14.8K14%2 awards
- Indian Health Service$14.4K14%1 awards
- Bureau of Land Management$5,2384.9%1 awards
- 1 awards
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons-$4,8030.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Equipment maintenance$85.8K81%
- Construction & real property$20K19%
- Other equipment & supplies$3700.3%
Where the work was performed
- Maricopa County, AZ$48.5K46%
- Pinal County, AZ$23.5K22%
- Navajo County, AZ$14.4K14%
- Mohave County, AZ$7,5657.1%
- San Bernardino County, CA$7,2566.8%
- Ada County, ID$5,2384.9%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $106.3K
- Sole-source awards77%US 30% · $81.9K
- Single-offer competitions23%US 8.7% · $24.4K
- 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
- Department of Energy$33.4KDepartment of Energy · 1 awards
- Department of the Interior · 2 awards
- Smithsonian Institution · 1 awards
- Department of the Interior · 1 awards
Largest awards
- 143H ENGINE REPAIR$79.4KBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Riverside County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 23, 2024 – Apr 9, 2026· 140A1124P0057
- Department of the Air Force· Clark County, NV· Equipment maintenance· Jun 1, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· FA486123P0103
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Maricopa County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 4, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· 15BFA025P00000040
- WRSU GENERATOR SERVICES$41.1KIndian Health Service· Navajo County, AZ· Equipment maintenance· Aug 15, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 75H71224P00210
- Department of Energy· Maricopa County, AZ· Equipment maintenance· Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 89503126PWA000903
- .$20KSmithsonian Institution· Maricopa County, AZ· Construction & real property· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· 33131226P00532278
- Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Pinal County, AZ· Equipment maintenance· Feb 26, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 140A1126P0011
- .$12KSmithsonian Institution· Maricopa County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 20, 2024 – Nov 7, 2025· 33131224P00506205
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: $302K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- SCOTTSDALE, AZ · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $50K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $337.3K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $554.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $508.5K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $515.2K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $302K 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
1 company · $2.3M reported
- GROTON, CT · 10 subawards · Other telecommunications
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 18 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- BUTLER MACHINERY CO$430.5K−75% in FY2026BISMARCK, ND · 7 entities · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenanceBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
- WAGNER EQUIPMENT CO$208.7K−53% in FY2026AURORA, CO · 9 entities · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenanceIndian Health Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance+1 more
- MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS INC$178.1K+613% in FY2026HYATTSVILLE, MD · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSmithsonian Institution · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
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.