Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC.

LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC. received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 211 awards (+127% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $13.4M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($1.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
211
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.2%
UEI
ULK1N3N99NY1
Parent company
DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC
Other than small business

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 96.4KFY2017
  2. 222.8KFY2018
  3. 47.2KFY2019
  4. 523.2KFY2020
  5. 754KFY2021
  6. 2.6MFY2022
  7. 6.2MFY2023
  8. 1.1MFY2024
  9. 543.1KFY2025
  10. 1.2MFY2026
  11. 457.8FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 210 awards
  2. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$1.2M99.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.2%
    US 39% · $2,882
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.2%
    US 8.7% · $2,882
  • 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. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 23, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· 47QSSC26P15C7
  2. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 47QSSC26P1RZB
  3. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 47QSSC26P1EEA
  4. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 47QSSC26P2YYP
  5. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 47QSSC26P2YYL
  6. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 47QSSC26P2XEB
  7. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 47QSSC26P2YYS
  8. Federal Acquisition Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 47QSSC26P2YYF

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $149.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $641K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

2 companies · $790.6K reported

  1. HERNDON, VA · 8 subawards · Other support activities for transportation
  2. CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Automotive repair and maintenance

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LYEV, LLC$3M+971% in FY2026
    ROSEVILLE, MI · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Cutlery and handtool manufacturing
  2. TERRAVIVE LLC$2.4M+13% in FY2026
    GLEN ALLEN, VA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Cutlery and handtool manufacturing
  3. BRAVIA SERVICES LLC$3M+18,384% in FY2026
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Cutlery and handtool 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.