Federal contractor · MORGAN CITY, LA

VAST INDUSTRIES, LLC

VAST INDUSTRIES, LLC received $8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−4.2% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $44.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8M
New awards
14
Sole-source
99%
Single offer
0.3%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned8(a) program
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 561.1KFY2017
  2. 2MFY2018
  3. 4.9MFY2019
  4. 3.5MFY2020
  5. 8.5MFY2021
  6. 3.7MFY2022
  7. 4MFY2023
  8. 694.6KFY2024
  9. 8.4MFY2025
  10. 8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$8M100%
    14 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$4.3M53%
  2. Construction & real property$2.9M36%
  3. Equipment maintenance$837.8K10%

Where the work was performed

  1. Orleans Parish, LA$6.4M80%
  2. Jefferson Parish, LA$1.3M16%
  3. Cameron Parish, LA$169.7K2.1%
  4. Quitman County, MS$57.5K0.7%
  5. Warren County, MS$39.7K0.5%
  6. Panola County, MS$20.5K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99%
    US 39% · $7.9M
  • Sole-source awards99%
    US 30% · $7.9M
  • Single-offer competitions0.3%
    US 8.7% · $24.7K
  • 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. Department of the Army$7.9M
    Department of Defense · 6 awards

Largest awards

  1. GIWW FY25 SUPPLIES$8.1M
    Department of the Army· Orleans Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 25, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· W912P825C0008
  2. SELA 72.1C GENERAL DE GAULLE GREENSPACE PHASE 1$1.6M
    Department of the Army· Orleans Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· W912P826CA015
  3. STATEMENT OF WORK$1.4M
    Department of the Army· Warren County, MS· Equipment maintenance· May 13, 2025 – Jan 21, 2026· W912EE25FA043
  4. LPV-06F.2.1 ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD SWING GATE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND VICINITY$1.3M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· W912P826CA020
  5. REBUILT CYLINDER PORT ALLEN$1.1M
    Department of the Army· Orleans Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 14, 2023 – Feb 11, 2026· W912P823C0013
  6. CATFISH POINT CONTROL STRUCTURE DEWATERING PROJECT$405.6K
    Department of the Army· Cameron Parish, LA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 19, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026· W912P825P0045
  7. PROVIDE ALL TRANSPORTATION, FACILITIES, LABOR, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND SUPERVISION TO PICK UP, INSPECT, RECONDITION, AND DELIVER TWO (2) PROPULSION TAIL SHAFTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK.$266K
    Department of the Army· Orleans Parish, LA· Equipment maintenance· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· W912P826CA003
  8. THE SCOPE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SECTOR GATES FOR THE FY26 FRESH WATER BAYOU LOCK DEWATERING PROJECT.$227.8K
    Department of the Army· Orleans Parish, LA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· W912P826CA009

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-contracts: $103.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$103.1K100%
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $88.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $103.1K 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 · $191.3K reported

  1. BELL TEXTRON INC$191.3K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 2 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing

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

  1. MERRILL TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.$9M−84% in FY2026
    SAGINAW, MI · 7 entities · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  2. UNITED AMMUNITION CONTAINER INC.$11.1M
    WYNNEWOOD, PA · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  3. O F MOSSBERG & SONS INC$11.9M−100% in FY2026
    NORTH HAVEN, CT · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other fabricated metal product 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.