Federal contractor · SAINT LOUIS, MO

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 80 awards (−19% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $40.5M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($2.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
80
Sole-source
88%
Single offer
12%
UEI
TACMEJLYTNH3
Parent company
THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND company family: 2 registered entities, $3M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLINDSAINT LOUIS, MO · Family page
    $384.2K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.6MFY2017
  2. 4.2MFY2018
  3. 4.3MFY2019
  4. 4.5MFY2020
  5. 5.4MFY2021
  6. 5.4MFY2022
  7. 3.4MFY2023
  8. 3MFY2024
  9. 3.2MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$2.6M99%
    77 awards
  2. Bureau of Land Management$15.2K0.6%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. St. Louis County, MO$1.2M46%
  2. Forest County, PA$105.5K4.1%
  3. Ontonagon County, MI$95.7K3.7%
  4. Winn Parish, LA$84.4K3.3%
  5. Klamath County, OR$66.1K2.6%
  6. Oconto County, WI$59.5K2.3%
  7. Bayfield County, WI$58.7K2.3%
  8. Angelina County, TX$53.7K2.1%
  9. Bennington County, VT$52.6K2.0%
  10. Pocahontas County, WV$52.3K2.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100.0%
    US 39% · $2.6M
  • Sole-source awards88%
    US 30% · $2.3M
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $317.2K
  • 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. Forest Service$2.2M
    Department of Agriculture · 59 awards
  2. Bureau of Land Management$15.2K
    Department of the Interior · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. SOUTH ZONE OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER MARKING PAINT ORDER$126.8K
    Forest Service· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· 12444626P0043
  2. PAINT ORDER FOR BESSEMER RD$112.6K
    Forest Service· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 12444526P0074
  3. PURCHASE TIMBER MARKING PAINT FOR THE MARIENVILLE RANGER DISTRICT OF THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST$105.5K
    Forest Service· Forest County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 12444026P0077
  4. MODIFICATION FOR WATERSMEET PAINT ORDER$100.5K
    Forest Service· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 12444526P0113
  5. TIMBER MARKING PAINT KENTON RANGER DISTRICT ON OTTAWA NF$95.7K
    Forest Service· Ontonagon County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 12444626P0065
  6. HMF-CON NFTM TIMBER MARKING PAINT ORDER MIO DISTRICT$84.4K
    Forest Service· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· 12444526P0011
  7. HMF-CON NFTM TIMBER MARKING PAINT ORDER BALDWIN/WHITE CLOUD DISTRICT$79.1K
    Forest Service· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 4, 2026 – Feb 4, 2026· 12444526P0010
  8. FY26 TREE MARKING PAINT$66.1K
    Bureau of Land Management· Klamath County, OR· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· 140L4326P0004

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 · $28.3K reported

  1. CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC$28.3K
    WAUKEGAN, IL · 45 subawards · Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

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. STIDD SYSTEMS, INC.$5M+285% in FY2026
    GREENPORT, NY · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Ship and boat building
  2. ADVANCED STRUCTURES CORPORATION$3.7M−43% in FY2026
    DEER PARK, NY · 2 entities · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Ship and boat building
  3. SAJJAD, ZAINAB S.$4.7M−36% in FY2026
    CYPRESS, CA · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Ship and boat building

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 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.