Federal contractor · STERLING, IL

STERLING BUSINESS MACHINES INC

STERLING BUSINESS MACHINES INC received $1,655 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−94% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($841).

Obligations · FY2026
$1,655
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
UTTQJMW8HM41
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 853.3KFY2017
  2. 997.7KFY2018
  3. 590.8KFY2019
  4. 320.2KFY2020
  5. 316KFY2021
  6. 129.4KFY2022
  7. 474.2FY2023
  8. 142.4KFY2024
  9. 26.4KFY2025
  10. 1.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$84151%
    3 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$81449%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1,655100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Whiteside County, IL$1,655100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. E-A-RSOFT NEON TAPERED EARPLUG REFILL, C$814
    Defense Logistics Agency· Whiteside County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 19, 2025 – Nov 19, 2025· SPEWA626M0003
  2. TONER,HI-CAP,C625,YL$613
    Department of the Navy· Whiteside County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 7, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· N6339326M0004
  3. STRUNG SHIPPING TAGS, 11.5 PT STOCK, 3.$115
    Department of the Navy· Whiteside County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025· N6833526M0006
  4. HP C6602A BLACK ORIGINAL INK CARTRIDGE$113
    Department of the Navy· Whiteside County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· N3904026M0009

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

  1. PACIFIC OFFICE SOLUTIONS LLC$84.2K−97% in FY2026
    YAKIMA, WA · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other miscellaneous manufacturingNavy · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. BODY BUILDERS DISCOUNT OUTLET INC$179.6K+178% in FY2026
    FOREST PARK, IL · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. STAPLES INC$256.1K+23% in FY2026
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Converted paper product manufacturingArmy · Other miscellaneous manufacturingNavy · 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 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.