Federal contractor · BURNSVILLE, MN

AMES CONSTRUCTION, INC.

AMES CONSTRUCTION, INC. received $3.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−36% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $345.2M. Its largest customer was Bureau of Reclamation ($2.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.3M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
14%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 46.1MFY2017
  2. 5.6MFY2018
  3. 12MFY2019
  4. 89.2MFY2020
  5. 26.5MFY2021
  6. 142.2MFY2022
  7. 11.1MFY2023
  8. 4.2MFY2024
  9. 5.1MFY2025
  10. 3.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Reclamation$2.9M88%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Army$392.5K12%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$3.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Mitchell County, KS$3.8M100%
  2. Cass County, ND$392.5K12%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition14%
    US 39% · $457.7K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.8% · $457.7K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCTION OF THE RED RIVER STRUCTURE OF THE FARGO MOORHEAD METROPOLITAN AREA FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT$118.8M
    Department of the Army· Cass County, ND· Construction & real property· Mar 15, 2022 – Jun 12, 2026· W912ES22C0003
  2. WILD RICE RIVER STRUCTURE.$64.7M
    Department of the Army· Cass County, ND· Construction & real property· Nov 27, 2019 – Jun 10, 2026· W912ES20C0001
  3. GLEN ELDER DAM SPILLWAY CHUTE REPLACEMENT, GLEN ELDER UNIT, SOLOMON DIVISION, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM, KANSAS$45M
    Bureau of Reclamation· Mitchell County, KS· Construction & real property· Sep 24, 2021 – Sep 1, 2026· 140R6021C0015
  4. WEBSTER DAM SPILLWAY CHUTE REPLACEMENT, WEBSTER UNIT, SOLOMON UNIT DIVISION, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM, KANSAS$26.6M
    Bureau of Reclamation· Rooks County, KS· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2020 – May 7, 2026· 140R6020C0015

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: $58.9M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. FLUOR FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$58.9M100%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $58.9M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

2 companies · $62.4M reported

  1. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$58.9M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction
  2. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.5M
    DENVER, CO · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SUULUTAAQ, INC.$9.6M−100% in FY2026
    SUISUN CITY, CA · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Reclamation · Other heavy and civil engineering constructionArmy · Other heavy and civil engineering construction
  2. OHIO RIVER SALVAGE INC$7.1M−71% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other heavy and civil engineering construction
  3. CENTROID DIVERSIFIED LLC$7.1M+1,329% in FY2026
    PORT ST LUCIE, FL · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other heavy and civil engineering construction

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.