Federal contractor · LOUISVILLE, KY
IVAN WARE & SON, LLC
IVAN WARE & SON, LLC received $1.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+50% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $5.7M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.8M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.9M
- New awards
- 8
- Sole-source
- 99%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- QXMJJ74REMM7
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 249.2KFY2018
- 216.8KFY2019
- 236.5KFY2020
- 480.6KFY2021
- 386.4KFY2022
- 316.9KFY2023
- 559.8KFY2024
- 1.3MFY2025
- 1.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$1.8M91%4 awards
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$109.7K5.7%2 awards
- U.S. Coast Guard$55.6K2.9%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Equipment maintenance$1.9M97%
- Professional services$32.9K1.7%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$22.7K1.2%
Where the work was performed
- Mesa County, CO$1.3M68%
- Sheridan County, WY$430.4K22%
- Jefferson County, KY$132.4K6.8%
- Kodiak Island Borough, AK$32.9K1.7%
- Grant County, IN$23.9K1.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition99%US 39% · $1.9M
- Sole-source awards99%US 30% · $1.9M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.8% · $0
- Urgency justifications6.6%US 5.1% · $127.5K
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
- Department of Justice · 1 awards
- U.S. Coast Guard$55.6KDepartment of Homeland Security · 2 awards
Largest awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Mesa County, CO· Equipment maintenance· Sep 16, 2024 – Nov 25, 2025· 36C25924P1308
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Mesa County, CO· Equipment maintenance· Nov 28, 2025 – Sep 29, 2026· 36C25926P0106
- SHERIDAN BOILER RENTAL$759.2KDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Sheridan County, WY· Equipment maintenance· Jan 31, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 36C25925P0367
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Jefferson County, KY· Equipment maintenance· Feb 4, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 15B41826P00000047
- U.S. Coast Guard· Kodiak Island Borough, AK· Professional services· Dec 13, 2025 – Dec 13, 2025· 70Z08526PLREP0040
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Grant County, IN· Equipment maintenance· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· 36C25026P1029
- BOILER OPERATOR COURSE$22.7KU.S. Coast Guard· Jefferson County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 27, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· 70Z08526PLREP0074
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Jefferson County, KY· Equipment maintenance· Jan 29, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· 15B30326P00000041
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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- PUENTE TECHNOLOGY LLC$4.4M−59% in FY2026LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasingVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractors
- INTERIOR FUSION LLC$10.2M−89% in FY2026PINELLAS PARK, FL · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
- MOBILE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$13M−5.3% in FY2026SAINT JOHNSBURY, VT · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.