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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION obligated $5.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 66 contract actions (+8.9% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was METAPHASE CONSULTING LLC ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.6M
Actions
66
New awards: 12
Sole-source
5.6%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.8MFY2017
  2. 2.7MFY2018
  3. 3.2MFY2019
  4. 2.3MFY2020
  5. 3.4MFY2021
  6. 4.9MFY2022
  7. 4.4MFY2023
  8. 6.5MFY2024
  9. 5.1MFY2025
  10. 5.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. METAPHASE CONSULTING LLC$1.6M29%
  2. COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.$784.9K14%
  3. NIRA INC$445.8K8.0%
  4. LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$435.3K7.8%
  5. PITECH SOLUTIONS INC$409.2K7.3%
  6. K.L. SCOTT & ASSOCIATES LLC$397.4K7.1%
  7. ADVANCED COMPUTER CONCEPTS, INC.$367.1K6.6%
  8. IHS GLOBAL INC$192.7K3.4%
  9. STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION$188.9K3.4%
  10. KOI COMPUTERS, INC.$153.4K2.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$4.9M88%
  2. Professional services$601.4K11%
  3. Education & social services$40.4K0.7%
  4. Equipment maintenance$21.1K0.4%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$14.2K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$5.6M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition17%
    US 39% · $965.4K
  • Sole-source awards5.6%
    US 30% · $315.7K
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $649.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush33%
    US 6.0% · $1.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · -$104
  • Time-and-materials pricing4.4%
    US 4.2% · $245.1K

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACT TO MODERNIZE IT APPLICATIONS$5.4M
    METAPHASE CONSULTING LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2024 – Jul 30, 2026· 65310224F00018
  2. EIS VOICE AND DATA TRANSITION (BASE YEAR) EIS VOICE AND DATA FOR THE OUT YEARS$2.9M
    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· May 28, 2021 – Aug 25, 2026· 65310221F00006
  3. MICROSOFT UNIFIED SUPPORT CONTRACT$2.4M
    COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026· 65310224F00020
  4. AZURE TENANT$1M
    SHI INTERNATIONAL CORP· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 65310221F00018
  5. PROCESS WORKFLOW AUTOMATION AND DATA LAKE SERVICES$995.2K
    NIRA INC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 65310225F00024
  6. DATA LAKE PROOF OF CONCEPT$614.8K
    CORMAC CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026· 65310223F00022
  7. STUDY OF CHASSIS POOL BEST PRACTICES, MANDATED BY THE OCEAN SHIPPING REFORM ACT OF 2022$499.9K
    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 23, 2022 – Mar 18, 2026· 65310222C00003
  8. TO OBTAIN AN ONLINE, WEB BASED, SERVICE THAT PROVIDES IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE DATA IN STATISTICAL FORMAT.$438.4K
    DESCARTES SYSTEMS USA LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2021 – Jun 5, 2026· 65310221C00001

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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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.