Federal contractor · ALAMOSA, CO

RIO GRANDE BENTONITE INC

RIO GRANDE BENTONITE INC received $80.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−70% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.2M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($80.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$80.3K
New awards
7
Sole-source
80%
Single offer
20%
UEI
GGJYESHFBH93
Small businessMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 18.9KFY2017
  2. 183.9KFY2018
  3. 67.7KFY2020
  4. 103.7KFY2021
  5. 132.9KFY2022
  6. 85.8KFY2023
  7. 265.3KFY2024
  8. 263.8KFY2025
  9. 80.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$80.3K100%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$64.4K80%
  2. Construction & real property$16K20%

Where the work was performed

  1. Santa Fe County, NM$52.5K65%
  2. La Plata County, CO$11.9K15%
  3. Larimer County, CO$10.5K13%
  4. Pueblo County, CO$5,4996.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $80.3K
  • Sole-source awards80%
    US 30% · $64.4K
  • Single-offer competitions20%
    US 8.7% · $16K
  • 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. Forest Service$64.4K
    Department of Agriculture · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. S72, MCCAULEY SPRINGS, NMSNF000312, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER; S73, MCCAULEY SPRINGS, NMSNF000312, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER; S92, MCCAULEY SPRINGS, NMSNF000312, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER; S99, MC$42.1K
    Forest Service· Santa Fe County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 1202RZ26K5211
  2. S11, RIO BLANCO, COSJF000806, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER; S108, RIO BLANCO, COSJF000806, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER;$11.9K
    Forest Service· La Plata County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 1202RZ26K5466
  3. S15, RIO, NMSNF000285, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER; S16, RIO, NMSNF000285, SGRB, SERVICE - GARBAGE DUMPSTER/CONTAINER;$10.4K
    Forest Service· Santa Fe County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Jun 19, 2026 – Jun 19, 2026· 1202RZ26K5182
  4. RIO GRANDE BENTONITE INC COARF000005 S33$8,990
    Forest Service· Larimer County, CO· Construction & real property· May 3, 2026 – May 3, 2026· 1202RZ26M0118
  5. RIO GRANDE BENTONITE INC COPSF000661 S1$5,097
    Forest Service· Pueblo County, CO· Construction & real property· May 17, 2026 – May 17, 2026· 1202RZ26M0163
  6. RIO GRANDE BENTONITE INC COARF000005 S34$1,470
    Forest Service· Larimer County, CO· Construction & real property· May 3, 2026 – May 3, 2026· 1202RZ26M0119
  7. RIO GRANDE BENTONITE INC COPSF000661 S2$402
    Forest Service· Pueblo County, CO· Construction & real property· May 17, 2026 – May 17, 2026· 1202RZ26M0165

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.

  1. SOUTHERN COLORADO SERVICES & RECYCLING LLC$353.5K+872% in FY2026
    PUEBLO, CO · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Remediation and other waste management servicesForest Service · Waste collection
  2. REDMON ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.$363.2K+12% in FY2026
    CASCADE, ID · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Remediation and other waste management servicesForest Service · Waste collectionForest Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
  3. NATURES CALLING SANITATION$344.7K−82% in FY2026
    JOHN DAY, OR · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Remediation and other waste management services

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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.