Federal contractor · GREAT FALLS, MT
GENERAL DISTRIBUTING CO
GENERAL DISTRIBUTING CO received $352K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (+52% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($269.3K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $352K
- New awards
- 10
- Sole-source
- 63%
- Single offer
- 7.0%
- UEI
- MRAMXHLS1LL3
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 192.2KFY2017
- 228.7KFY2018
- 315.2KFY2019
- 500.9KFY2020
- 462.5KFY2021
- 232KFY2022
- 201.2KFY2023
- 256KFY2024
- 231KFY2025
- 352KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$269.3K77%5 awards
- Indian Health Service$84.1K24%3 awards
- National Institutes of Health-$1,3910.0%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$352K100%
Where the work was performed
- Cascade County, MT$267.9K76%
- Big Horn County, MT$48.7K14%
- Glacier County, MT$26K7.4%
- Roosevelt County, MT$9,3202.6%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition70%US 39% · $248.1K
- Sole-source awards63%US 30% · $223.4K
- Single-offer competitions7.0%US 8.8% · $24.7K
- 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 Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
- Indian Health Service$9,320Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 31, 2023 – Sep 3, 2026· 36C25923P1197
- Indian Health Service· Big Horn County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 17, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· 75H70922P00210
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 31, 2023 – Jul 24, 2026· 36C25923P1199
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 7, 2025 – Apr 17, 2026· 36C25926P0076
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 13, 2025 – Feb 13, 2026· 36C25925P0520
- Indian Health Service· Glacier County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026· 75H70925P00167
- National Institutes of Health· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 21, 2023 – May 21, 2026· 75N93024P00168
- National Institutes of Health· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2021 – Aug 24, 2026· 75N93021P00316
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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- MESSER GAS PUERTO RICO INC$592.3K−5.3% in FY2026CATANO, PR · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Basic chemical manufacturing
- HAUN SPECIALTY GASES, INC.$858.5K+22% in FY2026SYRACUSE, NY · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Basic chemical manufacturing
- CENTRAL MCGOWAN INC$1.3M+21% in FY2026SAINT CLOUD, MN · 2 entities · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Basic chemical manufacturingIndian Health Service · Basic chemical 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.
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.