Federal contractor · BLOOMINGTON, IN

TRISTAR, INC.

TRISTAR, INC. received $45.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $376.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($45.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$45.5M
New awards
10
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
26%
UEI
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Parent company
TRI STAR ENGINEERING, INC.
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 19.1MFY2017
  2. 24.1MFY2018
  3. 25.5MFY2019
  4. 32MFY2020
  5. 27.3MFY2021
  6. 34.4MFY2022
  7. 42.2MFY2023
  8. 63MFY2024
  9. 63.7MFY2025
  10. 45.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$45.5M100.0%
    9 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$24.8M55%
  2. Equipment maintenance$20.7M45%
  3. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Martin County, IN$36.6M80%
  2. Monroe County, IN$8.9M20%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition26%
    US 39% · $11.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions26%
    US 8.8% · $11.8M
  • 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. REQUIREMENT FOR A FIVE (5) YEAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS AND PRODUCT LINES IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, (C3I) AND CYBERSECURITY DIVISION (JXY).$100.4M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Professional services· Nov 30, 2021 – Jun 4, 2026· N0016422F3001
  2. PROGRAM OPERATIONS & FIELD SERVICES SUPPORT$48.7M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Equipment maintenance· Dec 14, 2023 – May 1, 2026· N0016424F3001
  3. ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE NSWC CRANE RADAR TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION.$42M
    Department of the Navy· Monroe County, IN· Equipment maintenance· May 26, 2020 – Jun 8, 2026· N0016420F3010
  4. ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUSTAINMENT OF FIELDED SYSTEMS FOR THE MARITIME ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS DIVISION (MEWSD) AT NSWC CRANE.$37.8M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Equipment maintenance· Jul 17, 2018 – Dec 8, 2025· N0016418F3007
  5. NON-PERSONAL ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL, AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR FACILITY FUNCTIONS AT NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CRANE DIVISION AND CRANE ARMY AMMUNITION ACTIVITY.$22.1M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Professional services· Sep 3, 2021 – Jun 11, 2026· N0016421F3026
  6. LOGISTICS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES$15.7M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Professional services· Feb 28, 2020 – Mar 30, 2026· N0016420F3007
  7. WATERFRONT AND ALTERATION INSTALLATION TEAM SERVICES SUPPORT ODCS FOR NSWC CRANE MARITIME ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE SYSTEMS DIVISION$14.9M
    Department of the Navy· Monroe County, IN· Equipment maintenance· Feb 7, 2025 – May 18, 2026· N0016425CWM44
  8. THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR NON-PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF HR SERVICES, LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, STAFFING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EEO, AND HR POLICY PLANNING. THIS TO SUPPORTS PROGRAMS PERTINENT TO THE HR DIVISION FOR NSWC CRANE.$9.1M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Professional services· Apr 4, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· N0016422F3004

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $315.7K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $2.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $588.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $10.9M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

6 companies · $3.1M reported

  1. SCI TECHNOLOGY, INC$2.1M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. WARRANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC$463K
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. TEKSYSTEMS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC$226.3K
    HANOVER, MD · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $12.6M reported

  1. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$10M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  2. MILLENNIUM LLC$2.1M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 4 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. KBR SERVICES, LLC$457.8K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RESOLUTION CONSULTANTS - AN AECOM-ENSAFE JOINT VENTURE$152.7M−68% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. FALCONWOOD$166.3M−39% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. KMS SOLUTIONS, LLC$166.7M−43% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.