Federal contractor · FREDERICKSBURG, VA

ARETE CONSULTING LLC

ARETE CONSULTING LLC received $5.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+12% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $16M. Its largest customer was U.S. Coast Guard ($5.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.9M
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
C2PNBME1GYB5
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedMinority-owned8(a) program
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2MFY2023
  2. 2.8MFY2024
  3. 5.3MFY2025
  4. 5.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$5.4M91%
    4 awards
  2. Department of Education$537.9K9.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$5.7M97%
  2. IT & telecom$202.7K3.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$5.2M87%
  2. Fredericksburg city, VA$537.9K9.1%
  3. Stafford County, VA$202.7K3.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $5.9M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $5.9M
  • 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. SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE SERVICES TO ESTABLISH NEW ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS DOMAIN FOR "DRONE" AND COUNTER-UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS.$4.4M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 16, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 70Z02325F71100013
  2. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, CYBERSECURITY, AND LIFE-CYCLE LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO THE USCG UNMANNED AVIATION SYSTEMS (UAS) PROGRAM OFFICE WITHIN THE ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE (RAS PEO)$2.2M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 4, 2025 – Aug 4, 2026· 70Z02326F93130001
  3. PMO SUPPORT FOR USCH HEALTHCARE STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION$1.4M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 25, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026· 70Z02325F11210002
  4. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOAN ONLINE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FSA.$1.1M
    Department of Education· Fredericksburg city, VA· Professional services· Jul 17, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 91003125F0014
  5. THIS IS AN 8(A) DIRECT AWARD TASK ORDER FOR A THREE (3) YEAR FOLLOW CONTRACT TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION ASSURANCE, NETWORK SERVICES.$588.1K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Stafford County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 30, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026· 70Z07924FISD30005

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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. EASE PAINTING AND CONSTRUCTION, INC$8.7M−0.7% in FY2026
    BALTIMORE, MD · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat building
  2. WEPFER MARINE, INC.$8.8M
    MEMPHIS, TN · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat building
  3. SIGNET MARITIME CORPORATION$7.7M−70% in FY2026
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Ship and boat building

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.