Federal contractor · HERNDON, VA
ARTEL LLC
ARTEL LLC received $20.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−42% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $701.7M. Its largest customer was Defense Information Systems Agency ($11.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $20.5M
- New awards
- 17
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 84%
- UEI
- E93LMZUWUN91
- Parent company
- ARTEL, LLC
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 77MFY2017
- 93.6MFY2018
- 136.4MFY2019
- 67.2MFY2020
- 76.2MFY2021
- 56.7MFY2022
- 53.7MFY2023
- 84.8MFY2024
- 35.6MFY2025
- 20.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Information Systems Agency$11.2M54%13 awards
- Department of the Air Force$9.1M44%2 awards
- 1 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$20.5M100.0%
- Research & development$5000.0%
Where the work was performed
- Fairfax County, VA$9.8M48%
- Sumter County, SC$8.3M40%
- St. Clair County, IL$2.6M13%
- Honolulu County, HI$6,4790.0%
- Madison County, AL$5000.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition84%US 39% · $17.2M
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions84%US 8.8% · $17.2M
- 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
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Sumter County, SC· IT & telecom· Jun 28, 2021 – Jun 9, 2026· HC101321F0110
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Sumter County, SC· IT & telecom· Jan 30, 2023 – Jun 1, 2026· HC101323F0029
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 3, 2020 – Mar 18, 2026· HC101321F0014
- GNAR000013EBM$11MDefense Information Systems Agency· St. Clair County, IL· IT & telecom· Jul 1, 2020 – Mar 18, 2026· HC102120FA019
- Department of the Air Force· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Apr 24, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· FA254126CB020
- GNAR000017EBM$8.1MDefense Information Systems Agency· St. Clair County, IL· IT & telecom· Aug 3, 2022 – Mar 25, 2026· HC102122FA021
- Defense Information Systems Agency· St. Clair County, IL· IT & telecom· Jul 26, 2022 – Apr 20, 2026· HC102122FA020
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Feb 24, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026· 1605TB25F00030
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 · $4.5M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $380.2K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $4.9M 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 · $9.9M reported
- CHANTILLY, VA · 4 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- GREENVILLE, TX · 1 subaward · Other telecommunications
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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- IRIDIUM GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$243.2M−22% in FY2026TEMPE, AZ · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Satellite telecommunications
- SATCOM DIRECT GOVERNMENT, LLC$62.1M+5% in FY2026MELBOURNE, FL · 3 entities · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Satellite telecommunicationsAir Force · Satellite telecommunications
- IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC$89.9M−47% in FY2026MCLEAN, VA · 2 entities · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Satellite telecommunicationsAir Force · Satellite telecommunications
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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.