Federal contractor · CINCINNATI, OH

THE CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

THE CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND received $1.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 46 awards (+165% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $8.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.9M
New awards
46
Sole-source
36%
Single offer
1.3%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 666.3KFY2017
  2. 953.2KFY2018
  3. 801.1KFY2019
  4. 521KFY2020
  5. 594.7KFY2021
  6. 516.6KFY2022
  7. 623.1KFY2023
  8. 821.1KFY2024
  9. 703.4KFY2025
  10. 1.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$1.6M88%
    40 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$201K11%
    3 awards
  3. Department of State$24.7K1.3%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hamilton County, OH$1.7M89%
  2. Meade County, SD$201K11%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition37%
    US 39% · $693.2K
  • Sole-source awards36%
    US 30% · $668.5K
  • Single-offer competitions1.3%
    US 8.7% · $24.7K
  • 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. Defense Logistics Agency$668.5K
    Department of Defense · 34 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511951586!VERTICLE LIFT CABLE PACKAGE$442.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026· SPE8EJ26F5209
  2. 8511974863!RESEARCH LAB OVERHAUL SOLUTIO$217.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 13, 2026 – Mar 13, 2026· SPE8EJ26F5680
  3. 8511684773!BLACK CHAIR, 8" STOOL$213.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2025· SPE8EN26F0090
  4. 8511923069!TAPE 3X110 TAN$87.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· SP330026P0358
  5. OUTERWEAR, MEN'S$81.1K
    Department of the Air Force· Meade County, SD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· FA469026FG002
  6. 8511887995!TAPE 2X110 TAN$75.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· SP330026P0292
  7. OUTERWEAR, MEN'S$60.1K
    Department of the Air Force· Meade County, SD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· FA469026FG028
  8. EMERGENCY SIGNS$60K
    Department of State· Hamilton County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2024 – Jul 17, 2026· 19AQMM24F7473

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

THE CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2023
$500K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 500KFY2023
  2. 0FY2024

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2023–FY2024.

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: $72.4K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. SUPPLYCORE LLC$72.4K100%
    ROCKFORD, IL · 1 subaward

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

1 company · $72.4K reported

  1. SUPPLYCORE LLC$72.4K
    ROCKFORD, IL · 1 subaward

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ARVCO CONTAINER CORPORATION$3.3M−98% in FY2026
    KALAMAZOO, MI · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Converted paper product manufacturing
  2. L'ANSE MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGY, INC.$1.7M+2.8% in FY2026
    LANSE, MI · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Support activities for air transportation
  3. LOWRY HOLDING CO, INC$3.4M−53% in FY2026
    BRIGHTON, MI · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Converted paper product 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.