Federal contractor · VALPARAISO, IN

HEAT WAGONS INC

HEAT WAGONS INC received $121.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−43% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.5M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($121.4K).

Obligations · FY2026
$121.4K
New awards
10
Sole-source
0.1%
Single offer
42%
UEI
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Small business

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 143.8KFY2017
  2. 124.9KFY2018
  3. 175.5KFY2019
  4. 105.3KFY2020
  5. 104.6KFY2021
  6. 164.7KFY2022
  7. 216.2KFY2023
  8. 107.3KFY2024
  9. 212.1KFY2025
  10. 121.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 10 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$106.2K87%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$15.2K13%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition42%
    US 39% · $50.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.1%
    US 30% · $61.32
  • Single-offer competitions42%
    US 8.7% · $50.5K
  • 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. Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· SPE7M526F0371
  2. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· SPE7M426V3334
  3. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 3, 2025 – Oct 3, 2025· SPE8E826P0041
  4. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· SPE7M426V3382
  5. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· SPE8E826V0635
  6. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· SPE8E826V0428
  7. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 3, 2025 – Nov 3, 2025· SPE7M526V0868
  8. Defense Logistics Agency· Porter County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· SPE7M226V3781

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

  1. DETMER BUSINESS GROUP INC$716.6K−63% in FY2026
    KETTERING, OH · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing+3 more
  2. JAY-TEX AVIATION LLC.$700.8K−40% in FY2026
    MOUNT PLEASANT, TX · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing+5 more
  3. COMPUTER LOCATERS, INC$905.6K−66% in FY2026
    NEWBURY PARK, CA · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturing+5 more

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.