Federal contractor · KNOXVILLE, TN
R & D METALS & CHEMICALS, INC
R & D METALS & CHEMICALS, INC received $88.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−65% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($88.8K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $88.8K
- New awards
- 14
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 4.0%
- UEI
- L5SYBECGFU35
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 36.3KFY2017
- 119.7KFY2018
- 265.7KFY2019
- 186.3KFY2020
- 292.3KFY2021
- 448.2KFY2022
- 278.4KFY2023
- 385.3KFY2024
- 251.5KFY2025
- 88.8KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$88.8K100%14 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$88.8K100%
Where the work was performed
- Knox County, TN$88.8K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition4.0%US 39% · $3,521
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions4.0%US 8.7% · $3,521
- 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
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· SPE8E526V0329
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· SPE8E626P0901
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 6, 2025 – Oct 6, 2025· SPE8E926V0027
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 20, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· SPE8E626P0836
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 15, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· SPE8E626V0448
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 8, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· SPE8E525P1544
- Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· SPE8E626V1554
- 8511724517!ROD,WELDING$3,292Defense Logistics Agency· Knox County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 27, 2025· SPE8E926V0140
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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- BRAKE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.$513.5K−100% in FY2026EVANSVILLE, IN · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing
- SEVEN NORTH INDUSTRIES, INC.$395.1K−41% in FY2026NEW MILFORD, CT · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing
- SWIFT FILTERS, INC.$549.2K+59% in FY2026BEDFORD, OH · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery 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.