Federal contractor · NORFOLK, VA

TIDEWATER DISTRIBUTORS LLC

TIDEWATER DISTRIBUTORS LLC received $21.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 58 awards (+5.5% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $64.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($20.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$21.8M
New awards
58
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.5%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1MFY2017
  2. 2.1MFY2018
  3. 1.2MFY2019
  4. 2.2MFY2020
  5. 3.3MFY2021
  6. 2.9MFY2022
  7. 2.8MFY2023
  8. 6.5MFY2024
  9. 20.6MFY2025
  10. 21.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$20.7M95%
    31 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$292.5K1.3%
    6 awards
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$281.5K1.3%
    7 awards
  4. U.S. Special Operations Command$223.2K1.0%
    3 awards
  5. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$111.3K0.5%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Bureau of Investigation$40K0.2%
    2 awards
  7. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$30.1K0.1%
    1 awards
  8. U.S. Marshals Service$21.7K0.1%
    2 awards
  9. Drug Enforcement Administration$15K0.1%
    1 awards
  10. Department of the Army$13.5K0.1%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$21.6M99%
  2. IT & telecom$103.6K0.5%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$80.3K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Norfolk city, VA$21.1M97%
  2. Fayette County, KY$281.5K1.3%
  3. Abroad$221.5K1.0%
  4. Virginia Beach city, VA$157.1K0.7%
  5. Burlington County, NJ$23K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.5%
    US 39% · $109.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.5%
    US 8.7% · $109.1K
  • 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. 8511696200!FOAM LIQUID,FIRE EX$12.7M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 9, 2025 – Jan 9, 2026· SPE8E526F0007
  2. 8511695370!FOAM LIQUID,FIRE EX$6.3M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 9, 2025 – Oct 9, 2025· SPE8EH26F0001
  3. PMPI USASOC FY25 LCS$1.8M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 11, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 47QFNA25F0168
  4. PMPI IDIQ FY25 MARSOC PACKS$1.6M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· May 22, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026· 47QFNA25F0064
  5. 4571129558!QUIET CUBE 200 HP ELECTRIC$954.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· SPE8EX26FB029
  6. PMPI USASOC LCS TIDEWATER$266.6K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fayette County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 47QFNA26F0107
  7. COLD WEATHER JACKETS$123.5K
    Department of the Air Force· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· FA558726FG034
  8. CLEANING KITS$111.3K
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 26, 2026 – Sep 26, 2026· 15A00026FAQA00332

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

  • Sub-contracts: $1M (4 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC$757.8K75%
    WASHINGTON, PA · 2 subawards
  2. LION FIRST RESPONDER PPE INC$147.9K15%
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward
  3. STRATEGIC LOGISTIC DEFENSE SERVICES, LLC$108.9K11%
    OCEANSIDE, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $69.2K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$69.2K100%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 4.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $492.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2024: $1.4M paid out · $1M received
  • FY2025: $6.6M paid out · $224.1K received
  • FY2026: $1M paid out · $69.2K 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 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

21 companies · $9.1M reported

  1. MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC.$4.1M
    SANDY HOOK, CT · 5 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. MES SERVICE COMPANY, LLC$1.4M
    SANDY HOOK, CT · 10 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC$1.2M
    WASHINGTON, PA · 3 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $5.7M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$4.2M
    GROTON, CT · 21 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$1.4M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 12 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing

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

  1. KEYSTONE FIRE PROTECTION CO$26M−93% in FY2026
    NORTH WALES, PA · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing
  2. ENVISION INDUSTRIES, INC.$34.8M−61% in FY2026
    WICHITA, KS · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. GMS INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.$37.9M−48% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery 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.