Federal contractor · PASO ROBLES, CA

SAN LUIS BUTANE DISTRIBUTORS

SAN LUIS BUTANE DISTRIBUTORS received $1.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−71% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $35M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.8M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
63%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.5MFY2017
  2. 3.2MFY2018
  3. 3.5MFY2019
  4. 4.7MFY2020
  5. 2.6MFY2021
  6. 3.1MFY2022
  7. 4.7MFY2023
  8. 2.6MFY2024
  9. 6.3MFY2025
  10. 1.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$1M56%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$675.4K37%
    2 awards
  3. National Park Service$135K7.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Bernardino County, CA$1M56%
  2. Clark County, NV$675.4K37%
  3. San Luis Obispo County, CA$135K7.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition63%
    US 39% · $1.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions63%
    US 8.7% · $1.2M
  • 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

  1. LIQUID PROPANE GAS$4.3M
    Department of the Army· San Bernardino County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 30, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· W9124B25FA049
  2. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, MATERIALS, SUPERVISION, AND OTHER ITEMS NECESSARY TO DELIVER PROPANE TO CREECH AFB AND NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE (NTTR) IAW THE ATTACHED PWS.$675.4K
    Department of the Air Force· Clark County, NV· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· FA486126FZ019
  3. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, MATERIALS, SUPERVISION, AND OTHER ITEMS NECESSARY TO DELIVER PROPANE TO CREECH AFB AND NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE (NTTR) IAW THE ATTACHED PWS. POP: 1 MAY 2025 - 30 APRIL 2026.$664.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Clark County, NV· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 25, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026· FA486125F0143
  4. PROPANE FOR SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS$135K
    National Park Service· San Luis Obispo County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 140P8526F0116

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. REDSTONE SOLAR I, LLC$5.1M−5.4% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  2. LETTERKENNY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT A$5.3M−22% in FY2026
    CHAMBERSBURG, PA · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  3. THE KIESEL CO.$4.2M−33% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Petroleum and coal products 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.