Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

INDEPENDENT RECYCLING SERVICES, INC.

INDEPENDENT RECYCLING SERVICES, INC. received $32.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+5.3% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $201.8K. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($32.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$32.5K
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.4KFY2017
  2. 5.6KFY2018
  3. 5KFY2019
  4. 5.2KFY2020
  5. 28.8KFY2021
  6. 30.3KFY2022
  7. 27.5KFY2023
  8. 30.5KFY2024
  9. 30.9KFY2025
  10. 32.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$32.5K100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$32.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$32.5K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $32.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $32.5K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. RECYCLING AND TRASH REMOVAL 4TH QTR FY 2026$8,131
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Cook County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 15B40126P00000064
  2. RECYCLING AND TRASH REMOVAL 3RD QTR FY 2026$8,131
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Cook County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· 15B40126P00000034
  3. RECYCLING AND TRASH REMOVAL 2ND QTR FY 2026$8,131
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Cook County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Jan 9, 2026 – Mar 6, 2026· 15B40126P00000004
  4. RECYCLING AND TRASH REMOVAL 1ST QTR FY 2026$8,131
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Cook County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Jan 2, 2026 – Jan 13, 2026· 15B40126P00000001

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, INC.$89.9K+24% in FY2026
    CREEDMOOR, TX · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Waste collection
  2. HARTL ENTERPRISES LLC$109.7K+6.1% in FY2026
    SANDSTONE, MN · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Waste collection
  3. NATION WASTE, INC.$110K+185% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Waste collection

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.