Federal contractor · FAIRFAX, VA

ARETEC, INC

ARETEC, INC received $5.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−65% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $105.7M. Its largest customer was Securities and Exchange Commission ($4.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.4M
New awards
3
Sole-source
18%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessMinority-owned8(a) program
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.5MFY2017
  2. 3.8MFY2018
  3. 3.7MFY2019
  4. 4.8MFY2020
  5. 20.3MFY2021
  6. 23.3MFY2022
  7. 9.7MFY2023
  8. 15.8MFY2024
  9. 15.4MFY2025
  10. 5.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Securities and Exchange Commission$4.5M82%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$926.7K17%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Housing and Urban Development$53K1.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$5.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$4.5M83%
  2. Fairfax city, VA$926.7K17%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition18%
    US 39% · $979.7K
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $979.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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 Air Force$926.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (NEP) - IT APPLICATION ENHANCEMENTS & MAINTENANCE$54.7M
    Securities and Exchange Commission· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 16, 2021 – Aug 26, 2026· 50310221F0160
  2. BRIDGE ACTION TO MAINTAIN COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE (SAAS) SOLUTION TO ACCESS A COMPREHENSIVE, LINKED RESEARCH DATABASE: DIMENSIONS.AI SUBSCRIPTION$926.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Fairfax city, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 30, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026· FA955026PB001
  3. EO14042 ADMINISTRATION LEGACY MAINTENANCE$739.9K
    Department of Housing and Urban Development· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· May 2, 2023 – May 14, 2026· 86615323C00014

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $729.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $993.1K 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 · $1.7M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$993.1K
    GROTON, CT · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  2. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$729.1K
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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

  1. 3A, LLC$29.5M+29% in FY2026
    MCLEAN, VA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSecurities and Exchange Commission · Computer systems design and related services
  2. ITS AGILE, LLC$37.2M−83% in FY2026
    ELLICOTT CITY, MD · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSecurities and Exchange Commission · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ASCELLA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$45.8M−15% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSecurities and Exchange Commission · Computer systems design and related servicesHousing and Urban Development · Computer systems design and related services

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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.