Federal contractor · ALBUQUERQUE, NM

GARDNER ZEMKE CO

GARDNER ZEMKE CO received $1.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−22% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $96.2M. Its largest customer was Bureau of Reclamation ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.8M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
21%
UEI
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Parent company
GARDNER ZEMKE COMPANY
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 14.8MFY2017
  2. 18.9MFY2018
  3. 8.2MFY2019
  4. 17.8MFY2020
  5. 9.5MFY2021
  6. 2.7MFY2022
  7. 6.4MFY2023
  8. 13.6MFY2024
  9. 2.3MFY2025
  10. 1.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Reclamation$1.6M86%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Army$250.5K14%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.4M79%
  2. Equipment maintenance$250.5K14%
  3. Construction & real property$135.5K7.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Clark County, NV$1.4M79%
  2. Lincoln County, MT$250.5K14%
  3. Yakima County, WA$135.5K7.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition21%
    US 39% · $386K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions21%
    US 8.7% · $386K
  • 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. ROZA SWITCHYARD MODERNIZATION PROJECT$5.5M
    Bureau of Reclamation· Yakima County, WA· Construction & real property· Aug 26, 2020 – Jan 9, 2026· 140R1020C0016
  2. HOOVER GSU TRANSFORMER KN2A REHAB$2.3M
    Bureau of Reclamation· Clark County, NV· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 18, 2025 – Jan 6, 2026· 140R3025F0106
  3. TRANSFORMER REFURBISHMENT AND EQUIPMENT$2M
    Department of the Army· Lincoln County, MT· Equipment maintenance· Jan 30, 2024 – Dec 8, 2025· W912DW24C0003
  4. BM - STATION SERVICE D1A BUS$702.4K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Montrose County, CO· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· 140R4025C0018

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

  1. MGC CONTRACTORS INC$15.8M−99% in FY2026
    PHOENIX, AZ · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Reclamation · Utility system construction
  2. S.J. LOUIS CONSTRUCTION, INC$7.3M−100% in FY2026
    COLD SPRING, MN · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Reclamation · Utility system construction
  3. ORCOM, A DIVISION OF ORTEGA COMPANIES, INC$35.1M+57% in FY2026
    LOS LUNAS, NM · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Reclamation · Utility system constructionArmy · Building equipment contractors

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.