Federal contractor · HARVEY, IL
RACO STEEL CO
RACO STEEL CO received $1.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 29 awards (−39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $27.5M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison Industries / Unicor ($1.3M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.3M
- New awards
- 29
- Sole-source
- 25%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- UK17XJDBE253
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.4MFY2017
- 1.5MFY2018
- 12.9KFY2019
- 3.4MFY2020
- 7.2MFY2021
- 5.7MFY2022
- 3.2MFY2023
- 1.7MFY2024
- 2.1MFY2025
- 1.3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$1.3M100%29 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$1.3M100%
Where the work was performed
- Cook County, IL$1.3M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition25%US 39% · $319.8K
- Sole-source awards25%US 30% · $319.8K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications25%US 5.1% · $319.8K
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
- Department of Justice · 7 awards
Largest awards
- SHEET METAL FOR FPI EL RENO$235.5KFederal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 2, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 15UELR26P00000432
- SHEET METAL FOR FPI EL RENO$124.9KFederal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 12, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025· 15UELR26P00000085
- SHEET METAL FOR FPI MILAN$109.5KFederal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· 15UM1L26P00000411
- SHEET METAL FOR FPI MILAN$101.7KFederal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 15UM1L26P00000443
- Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· 15UM1L26P00000014
- Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 16, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· 15UELR26P00000269
- Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 15UELR26P00000463
- Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 15UM1L26P00000548
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.
- OHIO GRATINGS, INC.$1.3M+1,519% in FY2026CANTON, OH · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
- ALBRIGHT STEEL & WIRE CO$3.8M+103% in FY2026OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
- QMF STEEL, INC.$676.6K−26% in FY2026CAMPBELL, TX · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
Showing the top 3 of 6 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 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.