Federal contractor · CARLSBAD, CA

VANGUARD INDUSTRIES EAST, INC.

VANGUARD INDUSTRIES EAST, INC. received $133.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−25% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.5M. Its largest customer was U.S. Customs and Border Protection ($86.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$133.5K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
35%
UEI
FK8XE6NW3UT5
Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 280.2KFY2017
  2. 162.1KFY2018
  3. 12.1KFY2019
  4. 121.7KFY2020
  5. -32KFY2021
  6. 264KFY2022
  7. 218.9KFY2023
  8. 134.4KFY2024
  9. 178.1KFY2025
  10. 133.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$86.7K65%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$46.9K35%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$133.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$133.5K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition35%
    US 39% · $46.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions35%
    US 8.7% · $46.9K
  • 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. BORDER PATROL METAL SETS$454.2K
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 26, 2022 – Sep 21, 2026· 70B03C22P00000247
  2. BADGES$212.8K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 28, 2022 – Jan 29, 2026· N0018922PZ286

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

  1. B & T USA LLC$341.8K−100% in FY2026
    TAMPA, FL · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  2. BRAVO 4 ACTUAL LLC$194K
    TAYLORS, SC · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  3. FORCIBLE ENTRY, INC$134K−100% in FY2026
    SHINGLE SPGS, CA · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026.