Federal contractor · ITASCA, IL

W S DARLEY & CO

W S DARLEY & CO received $1.4B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2,283 awards (−9.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $7.6B. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.3B).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4B
New awards
2,283
Sole-source
0.2%
Single offer
0.2%
UEI
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Small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.4B in FY2026 together.

  1. W S DARLEY & COITASCA, IL · Family page
    $1.4B
  2. WS DARLEY & COJANESVILLE, IA
    $7.7M
  3. W S DARLEY & COCHIPPEWA FALLS, WI
    $32.1K
  4. FIREBOY-XINTEX, INC.GRAND RAPIDS, MI
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 138MFY2017
  2. 313.2MFY2018
  3. 454.4MFY2019
  4. 620.4MFY2020
  5. 430.5MFY2021
  6. 624MFY2022
  7. 965.4MFY2023
  8. 1.2BFY2024
  9. 1.5BFY2025
  10. 1.4BFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 2,212 awards
  2. 21 awards
  3. 11 awards
  4. 5 awards
  5. 2 awards
  6. 10 awards
  7. 1 awards
  8. 10 awards
  9. 1 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.3B99%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$6.6M0.5%
  3. Health & medical$808K0.1%
  4. Professional services$402K0.0%
  5. IT & telecom$19.2K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.4%
    US 39% · $5.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.2%
    US 30% · $2.9M
  • Single-offer competitions0.2%
    US 8.7% · $2.3M
  • 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 Defense · 6 awards
  2. Department of Defense · 2 awards
  3. Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  4. Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  5. Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ4NT
  2. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 30, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ135
  3. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ4F0
  4. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ4K6
  5. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ3VD
  6. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 14, 2026 – Jan 14, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ0QQ
  7. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ1YD
  8. Defense Logistics Agency· DuPage County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· SPE8EL26FJ1YS

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: $74.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. HOWELL, MI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $59.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $528.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $928K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $74.5K 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

12 companies · $4.7M reported

  1. MELBOURNE, FL · 10 subawards · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing
  2. CENTREVILLE, VA · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. RESTON, VA · 5 subawards · Facilities support services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC$2.6B−63% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalersDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing+1 more
  2. SUPPLYCORE LLC$1.9B−35% in FY2026
    ROCKFORD, IL · 2 entities · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalersDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing
  3. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$15.1B−32% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 5 entities · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalersDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing+1 more

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 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.