Federal contractor · SKOKIE, IL

PARA-GEAR EQUIPMENT CO

PARA-GEAR EQUIPMENT CO received $1.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $13.9M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($692.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.3M
New awards
13
Sole-source
39%
Single offer
23%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 296.6KFY2017
  2. 1.3MFY2018
  3. 2.3MFY2019
  4. 1MFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 1.6MFY2023
  8. 1.3MFY2024
  9. 2.2MFY2025
  10. 1.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$692.6K52%
    10 awards
  2. Department of the Army$443.2K33%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$194.5K15%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$689.4K52%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$640.9K48%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$1.3M99.5%
  2. Roanoke city, VA$6,6250.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition62%
    US 39% · $821K
  • Sole-source awards39%
    US 30% · $520.1K
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $300.9K
  • 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. Department of the Army$434.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$85.8K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. RAM AIR PARACHUTE SYSTEMS$434.3K
    Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 27, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· W911QY26CA032
  2. 8511776066!ALTIMETER-BAROMETER$300.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 24, 2025 – Nov 24, 2025· SPE4A526V0366
  3. 8511725693!GROUND TRAINING UNI$284.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2025· SPE8E626P0186
  4. CALL ORDER FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF BRAND NAME PARACHUTE AND PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS IN ATTACHMENTS 1, 2, 3 AND 4.$194.5K
    Department of the Air Force· Cook County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· FA700026F0064
  5. 8511789539!CANOPY,PERSONNEL PA$59.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 9, 2025 – Jan 16, 2026· SPE4A726P3456
  6. 8511745145!WIRE ROPE ASSEMBLY,$28.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 7, 2025· SPE4A526P1099
  7. POCKET RIGGER KITS UNDER FOREIGN MILITARY SALES CASE MD-B-UCD MOLDOVA IN SUPPORT OF US ARMY SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMMAND$8,925
    Department of the Army· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 3, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· W91CRB26PA020
  8. 8511787970!SWIVEL,JAW AND JAW$7,500
    Defense Logistics Agency· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· SPE4A626P8117

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 16 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CARCOON AMERICA LLC$1.7M−100% in FY2026
    JACKSONVILLE, FL · 2 entities · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other textile product mills
  2. ARLINGTON PRECISION COMPONENTS, LLC$1.7M+116% in FY2026
    TULSA, OK · 26% 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. KELL-STROM TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC.$1.3M−76% in FY2026
    WETHERSFIELD, CT · 23% 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 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.