Federal contractor · FRAMINGHAM, MA

STAPLES INC

STAPLES INC received $138.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (+23% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($49.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$138.9K
New awards
28
Sole-source
21%
Single offer
26%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.9MFY2017
  2. 539.9KFY2018
  3. 511.1KFY2019
  4. 225.2KFY2020
  5. 295.4KFY2021
  6. 58.2KFY2022
  7. 164.1KFY2023
  8. 3.9KFY2024
  9. 113.3KFY2025
  10. 138.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$49.2K35%
    2 awards
  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$35.1K25%
    1 awards
  3. Environmental Protection Agency$20K14%
    1 awards
  4. Drug Enforcement Administration$19.6K14%
    1 awards
  5. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$9,3086.7%
    1 awards
  6. Department of the Navy$3,7552.7%
    14 awards
  7. Defense Logistics Agency$1,3170.9%
    1 awards
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$2570.2%
    4 awards
  9. Department of the Army$2480.2%
    1 awards
  10. Defense Commissary Agency$1330.1%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$119.3K86%
  2. IT & telecom$19.6K14%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$98.3K71%
  2. Cook County, IL$30.3K22%
  3. Yellowstone County, MT$9,3086.7%
  4. District of Columbia, DC$5860.4%
  5. Bergen County, NJ$2570.2%
  6. Portsmouth city, VA$1100.1%
  7. Martin County, IN$77.600.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition47%
    US 39% · $64.8K
  • Sole-source awards21%
    US 30% · $28.9K
  • Single-offer competitions26%
    US 8.8% · $35.8K
  • 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. Drug Enforcement Administration$19.6K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$9,308
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AND EQUIP NEW OMAS OFFICE SPACE TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 226 STAFF MEMBERS AND GROWING WITH THE BASIC SUPPLIES, FURNISHINGS, AND ACCESSORIES REQUIRED TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE A FUNCTI$35.1K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 7571MN26F80136
  2. FY26 TOILET PAPER FOR FMC DEVENS QTR 4$30.3K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 18, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 15B20526P00000136
  3. OFFICE SUPPLIES$20K
    Environmental Protection Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· May 15, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 68HE0B26F0086
  4. DIGITAL STORAGE$19.6K
    Drug Enforcement Administration· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 15DDL026P00000015
  5. TOILET PAPER FOR FMC DEVENS NSN 8540-00-530-3770$18.9K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· 15B20526P00000086
  6. COLD STORAGE SHELVING$9,308
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Yellowstone County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 140A0426P0017
  7. BRAWNY PROFESSIONAL H700 FIBERBOARD DRY CLOTHS, WHITE, 176 WIPERS/BX, 10 BX/CT$1,317
    Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – Feb 5, 2026· SP330026M003Y
  8. TONER IN BLACK, CYAN,YELLOW AND MAGENTA$836
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 3, 2025 – Oct 3, 2025· N6660426M1036

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $40.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$40.1K100%
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $68.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $953.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $224.4K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $97.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $573.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $40.1K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

13 companies · $2M reported

  1. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$825.3K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 4 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. MAGELLAN FEDERAL, INC.$441.2K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC$152K
    BOWLING GREEN, KY · 3 subawards · Technical and trade schools

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

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

  1. SECURITY PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, LLC$115.2K−100% in FY2026
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
  2. SPECTRUM SCREEN PRINTING, INC.$75.1K−100% in FY2026
    MOUNT AIRY, MD · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. ARES DISTRIBUTION, LLC$91K−100% in FY2026
    MIAMI BEACH, FL · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Other miscellaneous manufacturing

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.