Federal contractor · BUFFALO GROVE, IL

KAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

KAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC. received $214.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 30 awards (+20% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.3B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($144.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$214.8M
New awards
30
Sole-source
59%
Single offer
0.0%
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 98.3MFY2017
  2. 85.7MFY2018
  3. 95.1MFY2019
  4. 105.7MFY2020
  5. 129.5MFY2021
  6. 110.8MFY2022
  7. 137.5MFY2023
  8. 116.8MFY2024
  9. 179MFY2025
  10. 214.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$144.1M67%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$70.6M33%
    26 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$13.9K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$214.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$127.4M59%
  2. Lake County, IL$57M27%
  3. San Diego County, CA$24.9M12%
  4. Kings County, CA$1.8M0.8%
  5. Wayne County, NC$1.4M0.7%
  6. Duval County, FL$1.3M0.6%
  7. Montgomery County, MD$948.7K0.4%
  8. Kern County, CA$13.9K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition59%
    US 39% · $127.4M
  • Sole-source awards59%
    US 30% · $127.4M
  • 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. AWARD CMSS$428.9M
    Department of the Navy· Equipment maintenance· Dec 23, 2021 – Apr 14, 2026· N0042122C0013
  2. CONTRACTOR LABOR FOR MAINTENANCE FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS OF HMLAT 303 AIRCRAFT.$37M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Oct 11, 2022 – Mar 9, 2026· N6852023F0004
  3. ORGANIZATIONAL, INTERMEDIATE, AND DEPOT LEVEL MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS TO FACILITATE COMPREHENSIVE AVIATION MAINTENANCE IN SUPPORT OF B-1 MAINTENANCE UNITS AT DYESS AFB, TX AND ELLSWORTH AFB, SD$31.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Lake County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Apr 28, 2023 – May 20, 2026· FA810823F0022
  4. MAINTENANCE SUPPORT NAS LEMOORE SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) LEMOORE, CA.$20.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Lake County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Feb 13, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· FA810824F0040
  5. CFT SUPPORT SERVICES$19.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Lake County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Mar 11, 2024 – Jun 5, 2026· FA810824F0015
  6. CONTRACT FIELD TEAM SUPPORT$19.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Lake County, IL· Equipment maintenance· May 10, 2023 – Jun 6, 2026· FA810823F0025
  7. CFT SUPPORT SERVICES$17.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Lake County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Oct 25, 2022 – Jun 12, 2026· FA810823F0004
  8. CFT SUPPORT SERVICES$16.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Lake County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Jan 22, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· FA810824F0010

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

  • Sub-contracts: $5.1M (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. CAE USA INC.$5M99%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  2. BURHAN TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER COMPANY WLL$53.6K1.1%
    SHARQ, KWT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: -$3.3M (8 subawards)

1 prime

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.4% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $296.2M received
  • FY2022: $2.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $201.2K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $541.2K paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2026: $5.1M paid out · -$3.3M received

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

5 companies · $8.4M reported

  1. CAE USA INC.$5M
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward · Support activities for air transportation
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$2.4M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward · Support activities for air transportation
  3. BURHAN TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER COMPANY WLL$528.8K
    SHARQ, KWT · 7 subawards · Support activities for air transportation

Primes that pay it

1 company · $294.4M reported

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$294.4M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 43 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NOVA TECHNOLOGIES AN EMPLOYEE-OWNED ENGINEERING COMPANY$234.6M−2.1% in FY2026
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE INC$270.1M+6.1% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. ALSALAM AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES COMPANY$298.6M−100% in FY2026
    RIYADH, SAU · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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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 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.