Federal contractor · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

SOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND FOUNDATION

SOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND FOUNDATION received $10.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 73 awards (−43% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $98.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($6.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.3M
New awards
73
Sole-source
61%
Single offer
1.6%
UEI
MCNRV8649US5
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.4MFY2017
  2. 4.8MFY2018
  3. 6.5MFY2019
  4. 8.3MFY2020
  5. 11.4MFY2021
  6. 10.9MFY2022
  7. 10.4MFY2023
  8. 13.4MFY2024
  9. 18.2MFY2025
  10. 10.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$6.9M67%
    19 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$2.9M28%
    40 awards
  3. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$334.2K3.2%
    10 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$207.5K2.0%
    3 awards
  5. International Boundary and Water Commission: U.S.-Mexico$14.5K0.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$10.1M98%
  2. Facilities & utilities$207.3K2.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Johnson County, MO$3.3M32%
  2. Nueces County, TX$3.2M31%
  3. Cascade County, MT$2.4M23%
  4. Jackson County, OK$712.7K6.9%
  5. Solano County, CA$334K3.2%
  6. Lauderdale County, MS$207.3K2.0%
  7. Lowndes County, GA$104K1.0%
  8. Douglas County, NE$44.5K0.4%
  9. El Paso County, TX$14.5K0.1%
  10. Jackson County, MS$1870.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition63%
    US 39% · $6.5M
  • Sole-source awards61%
    US 30% · $6.3M
  • Single-offer competitions1.6%
    US 8.7% · $160.2K
  • 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 Air Force$6M
    Department of Defense · 9 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$97K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACTOR OPERATED CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPLY STORE (COCESS)$3.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Johnson County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 16, 2025 – May 15, 2026· FA462526F0003
  2. HAZMAT SUPPORT$1.1M
    Department of the Navy· Lauderdale County, MS· Facilities & utilities· Dec 28, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· N6883622P0044
  3. CONTRACTOR-OPERATED CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPLY STORE - 341 CIVIL ENGINEERING SQUADRON FIXED PRICE MATERIALS$944K
    Department of the Air Force· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 4, 2026 – May 21, 2026· FA462626F0022
  4. 341 CES CONTRACTOR-OPERATED CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPLY STORE DORM AND WORK ORDER SUPPLIES$715K
    Department of the Air Force· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 19, 2025 – May 20, 2026· FA462626F0012
  5. 8512020340!TOOL KIT,GENERAL MECHANIC'S$590.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Nueces County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 3, 2026 – Apr 3, 2026· SPE8EJ26F6611
  6. 341 CES COCESS ORDER FIXED PRICE MATERIALS$509K
    Department of the Air Force· Cascade County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 1, 2025 – May 7, 2026· FA462626F0009
  7. 8511983858!TAA COMPLIANT MULTIFUNCTIONAL$318K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Nueces County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· SPE8EJ26F5880
  8. PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY LABOR, SUPERVISION, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS FOR A COCESS STORE ON ALTUS AFB, OK. CONTRACTOR SHALL SOURCE, PURCHASE, RECEIVE, ISSUE, DELIVER AND STOCK A VARIETY OF MATERIALS FOR USE BY AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL.$300K
    Department of the Air Force· Jackson County, OK· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 11, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· FA441926F0037

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

  1. SPENDSMART GROUP LLC$17.1M−1.2% in FY2026
    PARK RIDGE, IL · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Hardware manufacturing
  2. FASTENAL COMPANY$28.1M−6.4% in FY2026
    WINONA, MN · 5 entities · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Hardware manufacturingAir Force · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing
  3. C C DISTRIBUTORS, INC.$44.4M−11% in FY2026
    CORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Hardware 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 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.