Federal contractor · FRANKLIN PARK, IL

MANDEL METALS INC

MANDEL METALS INC received $409.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+62% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.6M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison Industries / Unicor ($409.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$409.8K
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.8KFY2017
  2. 247.3KFY2018
  3. 353KFY2019
  4. 174.4KFY2020
  5. 405.9KFY2021
  6. 232.7KFY2022
  7. 284KFY2023
  8. 216.9KFY2024
  9. 253.7KFY2025
  10. 409.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$409.8K100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$409.8K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$409.8K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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. METAL FOR SIGNS$164.1K
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000381
  2. METAL FOR SIGNS$134.4K
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· 15UCUM26F00000011
  3. METAL FOR SIGNS$64.1K
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000085
  4. METAL FOR SIGNS$47.3K
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000172

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. JUPITER ALUMINUM CORP$378.3K+385% in FY2026
    HAMMOND, IN · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Alumina and aluminum production and processing
  2. ROBERT & SONS ALUMINUM LLC$107.8K−22% in FY2026
    NEWNAN, GA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Alumina and aluminum production and processing
  3. SHEW BROTHERS, INC.$55.1K
    MARION, IL · 6.3% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Alumina and aluminum production and processing

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.