Federal contractor · WETHERSFIELD, CT

KELL-STROM TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

KELL-STROM TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. received $154.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−76% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.8M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($154.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$154.8K
New awards
14
Sole-source
31%
Single offer
1.4%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 328.6KFY2017
  2. 231.7KFY2018
  3. 177.7KFY2019
  4. 204.3KFY2020
  5. 171KFY2021
  6. 117.5KFY2022
  7. 277.9KFY2023
  8. 448.2KFY2024
  9. 650.3KFY2025
  10. 154.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$154.8K100%
    14 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$143.7K93%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$11.1K7.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Capitol Planning Region, CT$154.8K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $50.5K
  • Sole-source awards31%
    US 30% · $48.4K
  • Single-offer competitions1.4%
    US 8.7% · $2,126
  • 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$48.4K
    Department of Defense · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511859869!ADAPTER,LOCK$90.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 14, 2026 – Jan 14, 2026· SPE4A526P2410
  2. 8511755938!DIGITAL PROTRACTOR$24.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 14, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025· SPE4A626P6069
  3. 8511824627!CAGE$14K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· SPEFA526V0083
  4. 8512098396!DIGITAL PROTRACTOR$13.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE4A526P5024
  5. 8511802120!CART,COMPRESSOR CLE$11.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· SPE8ED26P0275
  6. 8512170072!HAND KIT,MASTIC REM$8,122
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE4A626F159F
  7. 8512170043!HAND KIT,MASTIC REM$8,122
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE4A626F158W
  8. 8511955197!WRENCH,TORQUE$5,010
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· SPE4A626PH507

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.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $45.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $55.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $55.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $97.6K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $188.9K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $443K reported

  1. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$188.9K
    MADISON, MS · 3 subawards · Support activities for air transportation
  2. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$159K
    SPARKS, NV · 3 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$55.5K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward · 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SA PACIFIC INC$856K−26% in FY2026
    MISSION VIEJO, CA · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Support activities for air transportation
  2. ENDICOTT PRECISION, INC.$982.1K+5.8% in FY2026
    ENDICOTT, NY · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. HYDROMACH INC$842.9K−91% in FY2026
    CHATSWORTH, CA · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt 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.