Federal contractor · MIDLOTHIAN, TX

KAREN CARLISLE

KAREN CARLISLE received $357.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 637 awards (−38% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($357.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$357.7K
New awards
637
Sole-source
7.3%
Single offer
23%
UEI
KJGWN783BNB5
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 333.2KFY2017
  2. 536.2KFY2018
  3. 537KFY2019
  4. 451.1KFY2020
  5. 536.9KFY2021
  6. 517.1KFY2022
  7. 994KFY2023
  8. 570KFY2024
  9. 573.5KFY2025
  10. 357.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$357.7K100%
    637 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$357.4K99.9%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$3030.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ellis County, TX$357.7K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition30%
    US 39% · $107.7K
  • Sole-source awards7.3%
    US 30% · $25.9K
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $81.7K
  • 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. Defense Logistics Agency$25.9K
    Department of Defense · 22 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511904601!WASHER,LOCK$29.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – Feb 5, 2026· SPE4A626PE690
  2. 8511418393!NUT,SELF-LOCKING,HE$18.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· SPE4A625F126Q
  3. 8511490127!NUT,SELF-LOCKING,HE$12.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 9, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· SPE4A625F217C
  4. 8511934540!NUT,SELF-LOCKING,HE$8,807
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 20, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· SPE4A726F3575
  5. 8511801042!WASHER,KEY$6,496
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· SPE4A626P8891
  6. 8511937617!WASHER,SPRING TENSI$6,202
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026· SPE4A626PG538
  7. 8512154567!SCREW,SHOULDER$4,320
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· SPE4A626PT450
  8. 8512055131!NUT,PLAIN,SLOTTED,HEXAGON$3,840
    Defense Logistics Agency· Ellis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPE4A626V067C

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

  1. BAC CORROSION A/S$1.6M−13% in FY2026
    HERFOELGE, DNK · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  2. MIDWEST MILITARY FASTENERS LLC$1.6M+0.5% in FY2026
    HOWELL, MI · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Forging and stamping
  3. QUALITY SOCKET SCREW MANUFACTURING CORP$1.8M+0.6% in FY2026
    ENGLEWOOD, FL · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Forging and stamping+1 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.