Federal contractor · SPRING, TX

AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING

AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING received $15M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (−52% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $151.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($12.6M). It also received $8.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$15M
New awards
35
Sole-source
99.6%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

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

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $20.3M in FY2026 together.

  1. AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPINGSPRING, TX · Family page
    $15M
  2. ABSG CONSULTING INCSPRING, TX
    $5.3M
  3. ABS GROUP OF COMPANIES INCORPORATEDSPRING, TX
    $0
  4. ABSG CONSULTING INCIRVINE, CA
    $0
  5. ABSG CONSULTING INCARLINGTON, VA
    $0
  6. AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPINGHOUSTON, TX
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.9MFY2017
  2. 4.4MFY2018
  3. 14.6MFY2019
  4. 10.9MFY2020
  5. 16.6MFY2021
  6. 9MFY2022
  7. 17.8MFY2023
  8. 22.4MFY2024
  9. 31.2MFY2025
  10. 15MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$12.6M84%
    16 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$1.5M9.7%
    5 awards
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.2M8.0%
    2 awards
  4. Department of the Army$40.2K0.3%
    3 awards
  5. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation$21.3K0.1%
    1 awards
  6. National Park Service$6,8940.0%
    1 awards
  7. Maritime Administration-$386.8K0.0%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$15.3M99.8%
  2. Education & social services$26.3K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Harris County, TX$13.7M92%
  2. Mobile County, AL$1.1M7.4%
  3. Anne Arundel County, MD$184K1.2%
  4. Norfolk city, VA$100.8K0.7%
  5. Virginia Beach city, VA$40.5K0.3%
  6. St. Lawrence County, NY$21.3K0.1%
  7. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$18.5K0.1%
  8. Newport News city, VA$15.8K0.1%
  9. St. Mary's County, MD$10K0.1%
  10. Houghton County, MI$6,8940.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99.6%
    US 39% · $14.9M
  • Sole-source awards99.6%
    US 30% · $14.9M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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 Navy$12.6M
    Department of Defense · 7 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$1.5M
    Department of Homeland Security · 3 awards
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.2M
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$40.2K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  5. National Park Service$6,894
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. N102C/N7 T.LEWIS ABS REGULATORY SERVICES$78.1M
    Department of the Navy· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Mar 31, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· N3220522C4029
  2. PROVIDE INITIAL FUNDING ($165,000) FOR A FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS) FOR NAUTICAL SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE (NSE) LICENSES, ON-SITE SUPPORT AND ABS PROGRAMMING SUPPORT.$4.5M
    Maritime Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jan 6, 2020 – Aug 13, 2026· 693JF720C000004
  3. ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES$2.1M
    Department of the Navy· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Jun 9, 2025 – Apr 27, 2026· N6426725F6106
  4. THIS IS A FIRM FIXED-PRICED TASK ORDER (TO) ISSUED UNDER U.S. COAST GUARD (USCG) INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT NUMBER 70Z02323D93270003 WITH AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS) FOR SHIP CLASSIFICATION SUPPORT SERVICES.$2M
    U.S. Coast Guard· Mobile County, AL· Professional services· Apr 22, 2025 – May 8, 2026· 70Z02325F91250005
  5. YEAR 7 CLIN 6001 OF ABS SERVICES IDIQ. THE NOAA FLEET REQUIRES SUPPORT SERVICES FROM THE AMERICAN BURAU OF SHIPPING TO MAINTAIN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH ESTABLISHED USCG STANDARDS ALLOWING CONTINUED SAFE OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF NOAAS MISSION.$1.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Mar 12, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026· 1305M226F0103
  6. INITIATE AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN RRF CYBER SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. THIS CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS) IS A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT, WITH A BASE YEAR AND FOUR OPTION YEARS.$1.3M
    Maritime Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jul 27, 2020 – Aug 14, 2026· 693JF720C000023
  7. SHIP DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND INTEGRATION SUPPORT FOR SEA05$920K
    Department of the Navy· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· N6426726F6100
  8. ABS SLEP FUNDING$739.1K
    Maritime Administration· Harris County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 17, 2025 – May 4, 2026· 693JF725F00109N

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING received $8.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 18 actions (2 new awards), +196% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.817 · Air Emissions and Energy Initiative ($7.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$8.2M
New awards
2
Actions
18
Since FY2021
$21.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.9MFY2021
  2. 829.7KFY2022
  3. 4.5MFY2023
  4. 3MFY2024
  5. 2.8MFY2025
  6. 8.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 20.817 · Air Emissions and Energy Initiative$7.3M88%
  2. 93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program$587.2K7.1%
  3. 20.803 · Maritime War Risk Insurance$500K6.1%
  4. 15.423 · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES)$22.7K0.3%
  5. 81.121 · Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration-$3,2910.0%
  6. 93.421 · Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health-$128.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Maritime Administration$7.8M94%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$458.3K5.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management$22.7K0.3%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. AWARD PURPOSE IS NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH ABS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED IS REQUESTING ABS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A CENTER FOR…$11.9M
    20.817 · Air Emissions and Energy Initiative· Maritime Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 693JF72450011
  2. ATLANTIS PHASE II DE-FOA-0002051 AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING - NEW CONDITIONAL AWARD PROJECT: ULTRAFLEXIBLE SMART FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND…$2.6M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2023 – Sep 17, 2026· DEAR0001700
  3. DEVELOPMENT AND FEASIBILITY TESTING OF NOVEL ICEPHOBIC SURFACE TECHNOLOGY FOR MITIGATING SAFETY RISKS OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS$600.6K
    93.421 · Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Cooperative agreement· Jul 25, 2023 – Nov 13, 2025· U01OH012571
  4. A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL COLLISIONS/ALLISION AND CREW TRAINING PROGRAM (SAIL-SAFE)$587.2K
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Cooperative agreement· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· U01OH012889
  5. BOEM NATIONAL OCS OIL SPILL OCCURENCE RATES$501.5K
    15.423 · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES)· Bureau of Ocean Energy Management· Cooperative agreement· Sep 25, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· M24AC00021
  6. AWARD PURPOSE TO EXECUTE AN ACTIVE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT TO REBUILD OVERHAUL AND COMPREHENSIVELY MODERNIZE…$500K
    20.803 · Maritime War Risk Insurance· Maritime Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 693JF72650003

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $1.4M (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $50K (1 subaward)

2 primes

  1. VIGOR WORKS LLC$1.4M97%
    CLACKAMAS, OR · 3 subawards
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$50K3.4%
    HOBOKEN, NJ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $278.7K paid out · $3.6M received
  • FY2022: $889K paid out · $488.7K received
  • FY2023: $349K paid out · $9.3M received
  • FY2024: $2.5M paid out · $7.6M received
  • FY2025: $280.9K paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.5M 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 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

10 companies · $3.6M reported

  1. THE FLOATING WIND TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC$1.6M
    ARVADA, CO · 1 subaward
  2. FRONT ENERGIES, LLC$453.2K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$349K
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

31 companies · $53.3M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$12.2M
    GROTON, CT · 19 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$11M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 6 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$6.8M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 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 32 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TECH WIZARDS, INC$61.2M−20% in FY2026
    NEWBURG, MD · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. GHD-COWI JOINT VENTURE$63.4M−53% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. MARINE SYSTEMS CORPORATION$59.7M−12% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (6 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • ABSG Consulting Inc.AI match · 100%
  • AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPINGAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$160K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$600K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$160K
    5 reports
  2. 2024$200K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$160K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$80K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries15 reports
  2. Energy and nuclear1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE15 reports
  3. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)11 reports
  4. Executive Office of the President (EOP)5 reports
  5. Defense - Dept of (DOD)3 reports
  6. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)3 reports
  7. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)2 reports
  8. Energy - Dept of1 reports
  9. Natl Security Council (NSC)1 reports
  10. Navy - Dept of1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. K&L GATES LLP$580K
    15 reports
  2. MISSION STRATEGIES LLC (Energy)$20K
    1 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.