Federal contractor · MENOMINEE, MI

R.W. FERNSTRUM & COMPANY

R.W. FERNSTRUM & COMPANY received $40.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+188% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $812.8K. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($23.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$40.2K
New awards
3
Sole-source
41%
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. 59.2KFY2017
  2. 80KFY2018
  3. 151.5KFY2019
  4. 98.5KFY2020
  5. 28.7KFY2021
  6. 56.5KFY2022
  7. 152.1KFY2023
  8. 132.1KFY2024
  9. 13.9KFY2025
  10. 40.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$23.7K59%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$16.5K41%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$39.9K99%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$3480.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Menominee County, MI$39.9K99%
  2. Norfolk city, VA$3480.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition41%
    US 39% · $16.5K
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $16.5K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$16.5K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511981316!COOLER,FLUID,INDUST$23.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Menominee County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 17, 2026· SPE8E926P0736
  2. COOLER, FLUID, INDUSTRIAL$16.2K
    Department of the Navy· Menominee County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· N0040626PS106
  3. TSV - T1 KEEL COOLER GASKETS$348
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 13, 2026 – Jan 13, 2026· N0018926P0037

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

  1. EAGLE INDUSTRIES OF LOUISIANA, L.L.C.$202.1K−99% in FY2026
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing
  2. PROFESSIONAL PLASTICS-EAST, LLC$108.1K
    ORCHARD PARK, NY · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing
  3. A TRUSTWORTHY SUPPLY SOURCE INC$250.2K−100% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container 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 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.