Federal contractor · MENTOR, OH

KAEPER MACHINE INC

KAEPER MACHINE INC received $48.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−98% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $6.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($48.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$48.3K
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
10%
UEI
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Small businessMinority-owned

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2017
  2. 44.7KFY2018
  3. 1.1MFY2019
  4. 45.5KFY2020
  5. 73KFY2022
  6. 72.9KFY2023
  7. 252.7KFY2024
  8. 3MFY2025
  9. 48.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 9 awards
  2. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$31.8K66%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$16.5K34%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lake County, OH$48.3K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition10%
    US 39% · $5,000
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.8% · $5,000
  • 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. Department of the Army· Lake County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 1, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· W912CH25F0282
  2. Department of the Army· Lake County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 14, 2023 – Apr 2, 2026· W56HZV24P0015
  3. Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 5, 2025 – Nov 5, 2025· SPE7L326P0793
  4. Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 26, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· SPE7L326V1097
  5. Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 11, 2024 – Apr 27, 2026· SPE7L425V0650
  6. Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 22, 2025 – Oct 22, 2025· SPE4A626PZ031
  7. Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 1, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· SPE7L425P1700
  8. Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· SPE7L126P4197

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.

  1. LEWIS ENGINEERING COMPANY$2.9M−100% in FY2026
    MARSHALL, TX · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  2. D & H INDUSTRIES INC$4.1M−95% in FY2026
    OCONOMOWOC, WI · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  3. SAI INDUSTRIES$2.7M+357% in FY2026
    GLENDALE, CA · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.