Federal contractor · ELYRIA, OH

NELSON STUD WELDING, INC.

NELSON STUD WELDING, INC. received $12.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−66% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $796K. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($12.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.6K
New awards
11
Sole-source
66%
Single offer
12%
UEI
J649L1KX5G55
Parent company
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the EXCEL INDUSTRIES, INC company family: 32 registered entities, $131K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. EXCEL INDUSTRIES, INCHESSTON, KS · Family page
    $42.2K
  2. SECURITAS HEALTHCARE LLCLINCOLN, NE
    $54.8K
  3. STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.NEW BRITAIN, CT
    $18.4K
  4. NELSON STUD WELDING, INC.HAYWARD, CA
    $3,006
  5. AEROFIT, LLCFULLERTON, CA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 20.1KFY2017
  2. 50.6KFY2018
  3. 51.1KFY2019
  4. 257KFY2020
  5. 44.1KFY2021
  6. 60.7KFY2022
  7. 210.8KFY2023
  8. 52.3KFY2024
  9. 36.8KFY2025
  10. 12.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$12.6K100%
    11 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$12.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lorain County, OH$13.6K100%
  2. King County, WA$50.050.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition79%
    US 39% · $9,911
  • Sole-source awards66%
    US 30% · $8,356
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.8% · $1,555
  • 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$8,356
    Department of Defense · 6 awards

Largest awards

  1. 3/8 INCH CRES STUD$5,975
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· SPMYM226P7168
  2. WELD BAFFLE STUD$3,726
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· SPMYM226P7462
  3. STUD, WELD$2,582
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2025 – Apr 14, 2026· SPMYM425P0637
  4. STUD, WELD$1,555
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPMYM226P7455
  5. WELDING STUD$800
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· SPMYM226P5236
  6. STUD$751
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 22, 2026 – Jan 22, 2026· SPMYM426P1174
  7. STUD, WELDING$607
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 24, 2025 – Dec 2, 2025· SPMYM426P1009
  8. 3/8 INCH CRES STUD$123
    Defense Logistics Agency· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SPMYM226P7027

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.

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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

10 companies · $6.9M reported

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$3.3M
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.5M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 62 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$458.5K
    MELBOURNE, FL · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 20 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FORESIGHT IMAGING LLC$360.4K−47% in FY2026
    CHELMSFORD, MA · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. HAVEN INNOVATION INC$268.2K+972% in FY2026
    GRAND HAVEN, MI · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. INNOVATIVE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LLC$248.6K
    BEACHWOOD, OH · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Medical equipment and supplies manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.