Federal contractor · WALTHAM, MA

TANTALUM BOLT & FASTENER, LLC

TANTALUM BOLT & FASTENER, LLC received $712.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (−25% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.8M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($442.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$712.8K
New awards
26
Sole-source
0.9%
Single offer
5.9%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 48.7KFY2017
  2. 10.7KFY2018
  3. 148.1KFY2019
  4. 143.4KFY2020
  5. 528KFY2021
  6. 238.6KFY2022
  7. 592.8KFY2023
  8. 378.1KFY2024
  9. 952.7KFY2025
  10. 712.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$442.8K62%
    16 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$270K38%
    10 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$712.8K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$625.1K88%
  2. Wayne County, MI$82.7K12%
  3. York County, ME$5,0310.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.8%
    US 39% · $48.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.9%
    US 30% · $6,620
  • Single-offer competitions5.9%
    US 8.7% · $41.9K
  • 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 Navy$6,620
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. HARDWARE NAICS: 332722$91.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· SPMYM326P8001
  2. BOLT,MACHINE$90K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 26, 2025 – May 22, 2026· SPMYM226P5054
  3. ITEMS ARE A SET OF MALE FASTENERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A TRID INSTALL ON OHIO CLASS SUBMARINES.$82.7K
    Department of the Navy· Wayne County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· N6449826P2037
  4. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO PRODUCE A VARIETY OF THREADED FASTENERS AND SHEAR PINS COMPLETE TO PRINT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PART DRAWING AND THE REQUIRED CDRLS.$75.6K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 17, 2025 – Nov 5, 2025· N6449825P2062
  5. USS MCFAUL (DDG-74) PORT AND WATERBORNE PROPULSION SHAFTING 24 EA COUPLING BOLT P/N 44233-312, 24 EA COUPLING NUT P/N 44233-339$56.5K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· N5005426P0112
  6. USS GONZALEZ (DDG-66) PORT WATERBORNE PROPULSION SHAFTING (COUPLING BOLT 24 EA P/N 44233-312 / COUPLING NUT 24 EA P/N 44233-339)$53.9K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· N5005426P0025
  7. NICKLE-CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM-COLUMBIUM ALLOY, WELDING STUD; 1.5-12UNJF-2A X 3.75 NOMINAL LENGTH. MFR:EXTREME BOLT AND FASTENER$52K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 24, 2025 – Nov 24, 2025· SPMYM226P5031
  8. VARIOUS FASTENERS$50.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· SPMYM326P6045

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: $99.2K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. GENERAL ATOMICS$99.2K100%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $41.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $64.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $158.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $99.2K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

3 companies · $363.2K reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$179.2K
    GROTON, CT · 5 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. GENERAL ATOMICS$99.2K
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$84.8K
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Ship and boat building

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. QUALIFIED FASTENERS INC$2.8M−76% in FY2026
    WEST BABYLON, NY · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturingNavy · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing
  2. KAREN CARLISLE$1.5M−38% in FY2026
    MIDLOTHIAN, TX · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing
  3. BAC CORROSION A/S$1.6M−13% in FY2026
    HERFOELGE, DNK · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt 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.