Federal contractor · MERRILLVILLE, IN
TRADEWINDS SERVICES, INC
TRADEWINDS SERVICES, INC received $1.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−3.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $19.6M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.1M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.1M
- New awards
- 14
- Sole-source
- 54%
- Single offer
- 46%
- UEI
- KQT1QMJ3F4K1
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.3MFY2017
- 1.1MFY2018
- 2.2MFY2019
- 3.8MFY2020
- 2.8MFY2021
- 2.4MFY2022
- 2.3MFY2023
- 1.4MFY2024
- 1.2MFY2025
- 1.1MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$1.1M100%14 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$1.1M100%
Where the work was performed
- Lake County, IN$842.5K74%
- Chesterfield County, VA$289.2K25%
- New Castle County, DE$8,8200.8%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $1.1M
- Sole-source awards54%US 30% · $613.7K
- Single-offer competitions46%US 8.7% · $526.8K
- 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
- Defense Logistics Agency$613.7KDepartment of Defense · 8 awards
Largest awards
- Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· SPMYM226P5382
- Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 28, 2024 – Nov 6, 2025· SPE1C124F2715
- COVERALLS$153.9KDefense Logistics Agency· Chesterfield County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· SPMYM226P7385
- COVERALLS 2XL$125.1KDefense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPMYM226P7486
- Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 27, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· SPMYM226P5696
- COVERALL$98.5KDefense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 19, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026· SPMYM226P5136
- Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· SPE1C126PN005
- Defense Logistics Agency· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025· SPE1C126F0279
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-grants: $24.8K (20 subawards)
1 prime
- IN DEPT OF EDUCATION$24.8K100%INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 20 subawards
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $19.8K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $20.3K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $25.8K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $26.7K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $31.4K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $24.8K 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
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
1 company · $148.8K reported
- INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 38 subawards
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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- ASPIRO, INC.$2.9M+8.9% in FY2026GREEN BAY, WI · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing
- FORUM INDUSTRIES, INC.$3.7M−100% in FY2026SAN ANTONIO, TX · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing
- MEKE CORP$3.7M−20% in FY2026EAST EARL, PA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel 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.