Federal contractor · SPRINGFIELD, MO

FOSTER MANUFACTURING CO, INC.

FOSTER MANUFACTURING CO, INC. received $54.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 24 awards (−49% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $974.5K. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($54.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$54.5K
New awards
24
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
5.6%
UEI
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Parent company
THE STEPHENS GROUP LLC
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 TEASDALE FOODS, INC. company family: 3 registered entities, $2.6M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. TEASDALE FOODS, INC.CARROLLTON, TX · Family page
    $2.5M
  2. BLACKHAWK INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INCTULSA, OK
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 202.9KFY2017
  2. 80.8KFY2018
  3. 139.1KFY2019
  4. 45.9KFY2020
  5. 17.5KFY2021
  6. 71.6KFY2022
  7. 190.7KFY2023
  8. 63.5KFY2024
  9. 108KFY2025
  10. 54.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$54.5K100%
    24 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$54.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Greene County, MO$54.5K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition5.6%
    US 39% · $3,053
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions5.6%
    US 8.7% · $3,053
  • 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. 8512048300!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$20.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· SPE7M426F0836
  2. 8512118964!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$7,819
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· SPE7M126V9116
  3. 8511712333!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$6,563
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2025· SPE7M326V0244
  4. 8511698096!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$3,445
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 10, 2025 – Oct 10, 2025· SPE7M026V0232
  5. 8511708339!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$3,106
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 17, 2025 – Oct 17, 2025· SPE7M326V0203
  6. 8511769808!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$2,290
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 20, 2025 – Nov 20, 2025· SPE7M226V0811
  7. 8511986013!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$1,243
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· SPE7M326V1972
  8. 8511916414!COUPLING HALF,QUICK$1,243
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greene County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· SPE7M326V1561

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

6 companies · $1.3M reported

  1. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$941.4K
    YORK, PA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$95.7K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 2 subawards
  3. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$77.4K
    GREENVILLE, SC · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NORTHEAST TOMATO COMPANY$11.6M+103% in FY2026
    PATERSON, NJ · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing
  2. HANOVER FOODS CORP$11.9M−11% in FY2026
    HANOVER, PA · 3 entities · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing
  3. NATURIPE VALUE ADDED FOODS, LLC$11M+68% in FY2026
    ESTERO, FL · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food 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 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.