Federal contractor · FENTON, MO

FIRSTSPEAR, LLC

FIRSTSPEAR, LLC received $2.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+137% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $16.2M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($1.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
50%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.2MFY2017
  2. 1.8MFY2018
  3. 1.2MFY2019
  4. 1.2MFY2020
  5. 3.5MFY2021
  6. 1.3MFY2022
  7. 1.5MFY2023
  8. 1.5MFY2024
  9. 890.5KFY2025
  10. 2.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$1.1M50%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$1M50%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.1M98%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$41.1K2.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fayette County, KY$1.1M50%
  2. Virginia Beach city, VA$870.5K41%
  3. Pima County, AZ$68.6K3.3%
  4. St. Louis County, MO$64.3K3.0%
  5. Kern County, CA$41.1K2.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition50%
    US 39% · $1.1M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions50%
    US 8.8% · $1.1M
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. USASOC BAV FIRSTSPEAR$1.1M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fayette County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 47QFNA26F0122
  2. AVIATION BODY ARMOR VESTS$870.5K
    Department of the Air Force· Virginia Beach city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026· FA483026P0011
  3. PROCUREMENT OF PADDED BALLISTIC INSERT SETS FOR USE WITH THE AVIATION BODY ARMOR VEST (ABAV) SYSTEM. THE ABAV IS A REQUIRED COMPONENT OF AIRCREW FLIGHT EQUIPMENT (AFE) USED TO ENHANCE SURVIVABILITY OF AIRCREW MEMBERS DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS.$68.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Pima County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· FA487726P0053
  4. NAME OF PRODUCT: AVIATION BODY ARMOR VEST MANUFACTURER:FIRSTSPEAR PART #:300-90-00154-5179F-04(USAF ROTARY WING KIT), 300-90-00154-5179F-05(CUMMERBUND ADJUSTABLE FLOATATION ELEMENT)$64.3K
    Department of the Air Force· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 23, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· FA527026FA013
  5. TACTICAL SETS, KITS, AND OUTFITS$41.1K
    Department of the Air Force· Kern County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· FA930126FG009

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.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.9M 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

2 companies · $14.6M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$14.3M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 44 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$303.2K
    WOOD DALE, IL · 7 subawards · Support activities for air transportation

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. RED HILL VENTURES LLC$7.7M+267% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingAir Force · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingNavy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  2. THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND$3.6M−55% in FY2026
    BARKSDALE AFB, LA · 2 entities · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturingAir Force · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing
  3. NUGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC$4.7M−32% in FY2026
    EMERYVILLE, CA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other fabricated metal product 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

  • FirstSpear, LLCAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$40K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$140K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$40K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$40K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$40K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$20K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Army - Dept of (Other)14 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE14 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Kit Bond Strategies$140K
    14 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: AI name judgments (entity-match@1, jev-1.13.0), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.