Federal contractor · SANTA MARIA, CA

K J CAIN CO INC

K J CAIN CO INC received $328K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+4.6% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.6M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($328K).

Obligations · FY2026
$328K
New awards
3
Sole-source
7.7%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
K J CAIN CO INC
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedMinority-owned8(a) program
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 348.4KFY2017
  2. 457.1KFY2018
  3. 636.3KFY2019
  4. 846.4KFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 590.5KFY2022
  7. 560.6KFY2023
  8. 345.7KFY2024
  9. 313.6KFY2025
  10. 328KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$328K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$328K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Francisco County, CA$187.2K57%
  2. Charleston County, SC$140.8K43%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.7%
    US 39% · $25.2K
  • Sole-source awards7.7%
    US 30% · $25.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. CHILLER PLANT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE$272.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Charleston County, SC· Equipment maintenance· Jan 2, 2025 – May 22, 2026· 36C24725P0284
  2. VENTILATION VERIFICATION TESTING AND BALANCING SERVICES FOR SFVAHCS$162K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· San Francisco County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Jan 28, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 36C26126C0021
  3. NUTRITIONAL FOOD REFRIG PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE$49.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· San Francisco County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 16, 2025 – May 18, 2026· 36C26125P0784

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

  1. MEPVET LLC$1.2M−82% in FY2026
    ELYRIA, OH · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractorsVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
  2. LOWDER ELECTRIC AND CONSTRUCTION CORP$769.5K−100% in FY2026
    MIDDLESEX, NJ · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractors
  3. CLEAR IT OUT CONTRACTING LLC$775K−100% in FY2026
    MOUNT VERNON, NY · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractors

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.