The Department of Defense's NAICS 331110 (Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 273 | $2.9M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 192 | $2.7M | -7% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 110 | $6.4M | +139% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 24 | $195.5M | +2956% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLIFFS STEEL INC | $100.0M | 48.2% |
| 2 | CBMM NORTH AMERICA, INC | $90.3M | 43.5% |
| 3 | CARTER ENTERPRISES LLC | $5.1M | 2.5% |
| 4 | TITAN WHEEL CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS | $4.4M | 2.1% |
| 5 | SUPPLYCORE LLC | $4.3M | 2.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $1.8M | 23.3% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $89K | 1.2% |
| HUBZone | $89K | 1.2% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $5.7M | 74.3% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 4% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.