Federal contractor · TUPELO, MS

RITE-KEM, INC.

RITE-KEM, INC. received $8.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18,187 awards (+90% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $54.8M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.1M
New awards
18,187
Sole-source
54%
Single offer
1.5%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.6MFY2017
  2. 4.4MFY2018
  3. 7.8MFY2019
  4. 11.7MFY2020
  5. 7.7MFY2021
  6. 3.1MFY2022
  7. 2.1MFY2023
  8. 3MFY2024
  9. 4.3MFY2025
  10. 8.1MFY2026
  11. 22.5KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$8M99%
    18,185 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$102.6K1.3%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$9920.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$8.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lee County, MS$8M99%
  2. Honolulu County, HI$102.6K1.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition56%
    US 39% · $4.5M
  • Sole-source awards54%
    US 30% · $4.4M
  • Single-offer competitions1.5%
    US 8.7% · $119.6K
  • 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. Federal Acquisition Service$4.4M
    General Services Administration · 10,759 awards

Largest awards

  1. 735TH AMS AIRCRAFT LAVATORY FLUID$250.2K
    Department of the Air Force· Honolulu County, HI· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 9, 2024 – Feb 17, 2026· FA521524F0013
  2. CLOTH,CLEANING$88.1K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· 47QSWA26F0LEQ
  3. CLOTH,CLEANING$88.1K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· 47QSWA26F0LEP
  4. CLOTH,CLEANING$88.1K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· 47QSWA26F0LEN
  5. CLOTH,CLEANING$88.1K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· 47QSWA26F0LEM
  6. CLOTH,CLEANING$87.8K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 47QSWA26F07W4
  7. CLOTH,CLEANING$87.8K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 47QSWA26F07W3
  8. CLOTH,CLEANING$87.8K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 47QSWA26F07W5

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

  1. MBA OFFICE SUPPLY, INC.$11.6M−18% in FY2026
    SANTA CLARA, CA · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. MORNING STAR INDUSTRIES INC$11.2M−42% in FY2026
    JENSEN BEACH, FL · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturingAir Force · Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturing
  3. TAPESOUTH INC$14.3M+24% in FY2026
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other miscellaneous 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 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.