Federal contractor · ROCKVILLE, MD

WHITAKER BROTHERS BUSINESS MACHINES, INC.

WHITAKER BROTHERS BUSINESS MACHINES, INC. received $2.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 364 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $27.7M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($1.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
364
Sole-source
1.1%
Single offer
1.5%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.5MFY2017
  2. 2.8MFY2018
  3. 2.4MFY2019
  4. 1.8MFY2020
  5. 2MFY2021
  6. 3.4MFY2022
  7. 3.9MFY2023
  8. 3.7MFY2024
  9. 2.9MFY2025
  10. 2.1MFY2026
  11. 8KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$1.8M88%
    347 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$107.3K5.1%
    4 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$59.2K2.8%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$29.5K1.4%
    2 awards
  5. Federal Bureau of Investigation$19.3K0.9%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Health Agency$16K0.8%
    1 awards
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$12.5K0.6%
    1 awards
  8. Offices, Boards and Divisions$10.2K0.5%
    1 awards
  9. Drug Enforcement Administration$3,1420.2%
    2 awards
  10. Department of State$6600.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2M95%
  2. IT & telecom$98.9K4.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$2M97%
  2. Trumbull County, OH$25.5K1.2%
  3. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$24.5K1.2%
  4. Bernalillo County, NM$16.2K0.8%
  5. Kings County, NY$6600.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition2.6%
    US 39% · $54.3K
  • Sole-source awards1.1%
    US 30% · $22.4K
  • Single-offer competitions1.5%
    US 8.7% · $31.9K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation$19.3K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Drug Enforcement Administration$3,142
    Department of Justice · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. SHREDDING MACHINE,P$114.5K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 47QSSC26F8LHG
  2. SHREDDING MACHINE,P$72.2K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 18, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 47QSSC26F9MQJ
  3. DISINTEGRATOR,PAPER$65.3K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 47QSSC26FBSFP
  4. MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE MACHINES$44K
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· FA301626FG012
  5. 8511938551!SHREDDING MACHINE,P$39.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 24, 2026 – Feb 24, 2026· SPE7M226P1746
  6. HARD DRIVE CROSS CUT SHREDDER$38.8K
    Office of Procurement Operations· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 29, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025· 70RCSJ24FR0000060
  7. DISINTEGRATOR,PAPER$33.7K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 47QSSC26FCLWD
  8. SHREDDING MACHINE,P$33.5K
    Federal Acquisition Service· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· 47QSSC26FEXTW

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: $150K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. B.L. HARBERT INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.$150K100%
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 · $150K reported

  1. BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC$150K
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 37 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SECURITY ENGINEERED MACHINERY CO., INC.$9.5M+4% in FY2026
    WESTBOROUGH, MA · 3 entities · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingAir Force · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingNavy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing+2 more
  2. AVI-SPL LLC$11.6M+30% in FY2026
    TAMPA, FL · 2 entities · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingAir Force · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingArmy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  3. SOLVIX SOLUTIONS LLC$16.3M−14% in FY2026
    MARLTON, NJ · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingNavy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingAir Force · Computer and peripheral equipment 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.