Federal contractor · MOBILE, AL

GULF FASTENER, INC.

GULF FASTENER, INC. received $177.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 29 awards (−65% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $4.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($107.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$177.7K
New awards
29
Sole-source
17%
Single offer
8.5%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.3KFY2018
  2. 192.2KFY2019
  3. 950.5KFY2020
  4. 334.8KFY2021
  5. 797.2KFY2022
  6. 856.9KFY2023
  7. 386.4KFY2024
  8. 505.8KFY2025
  9. 177.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$107.7K61%
    22 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$70K39%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$177.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Mobile County, AL$105.2K59%
  2. Portsmouth city, VA$72.4K41%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $44.9K
  • Sole-source awards17%
    US 30% · $29.8K
  • Single-offer competitions8.5%
    US 8.7% · $15K
  • 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

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$27.6K
    Department of Defense · 9 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$2,270
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. STUD,CONTINUOUS THR$53.8K
    Department of the Navy· Mobile County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· N0010426PFC28
  2. 8511807742!NUT,SELF-LOCKING,HE$21.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Mobile County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 12, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025· SPE7M226P0967
  3. N421585211Y145 CAP SCREW$20.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Portsmouth city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 19, 2025 – Mar 23, 2026· SPMYM125P1428
  4. N421585119C137 NUT$20K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Portsmouth city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 16, 2025 – Feb 13, 2026· SPMYM125P0813
  5. CAP SCREW$14.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Portsmouth city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· SPMYM126P9439
  6. BOLT, HEX HEAD, 1 -1/2 INCH -6UNC-2A X 5-1/4 INCH LG, NICU, QQ-N-281, CL-A, MIL-DTL-1222 REV. J, TY. I, CIM, M1222RN24C284NANN$14K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Portsmouth city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· SPMYM126P0052
  7. FLAT SOCKET HEAD CAP SCREW 1-8UNC-3A X 2-1/4INCH LONG NICU (MONEL) SAE-J2295 P/N J2295F468C3F16-N36U$13.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Portsmouth city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 23, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· SPMYM126P9234
  8. SCREW, CAP, CYLINDRICAL SCH, SELF-LOCKING, 0.750-10UNRC-3A X 1.500 LONG, MIL-DTL-1222J TY-II, QQ-N-286G, NICUAL, SELF-LOCKING IAW MIL-DTL-18240F, TYPE N. CAGE CODE: 3Y5J5$13.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Portsmouth city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 23, 2025 – Feb 22, 2026· SPMYM126P9190

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: $177.9K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$177.9K100%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $179.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $58.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $481K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $177.9K 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

4 companies · $4.8M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$3.1M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 15 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. EASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP, INC.$1.3M
    PANAMA CITY, FL · 2 subawards · Ship and boat building
  3. BELL TEXTRON INC$253.8K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 3 subawards · Ship and boat building

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

  1. WINSLOW AUTOMATICS INC$674.2K−100% in FY2026
    NEW BRITAIN, CT · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing
  2. SP ONE GLOBAL GROUP INC$1.3M−43% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing
  3. ASTRAL AIR PARTS LLC$1.1M+201% in FY2026
    ELMWOOD PARK, NJ · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing

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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.