Federal contractor · MINNEAPOLIS, MN

BARR ENGINEERING CO.

BARR ENGINEERING CO. received $7.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+1,217% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $12.8M. Its largest customer was Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education ($5.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.1M
New awards
7
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Other than small business
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $7.1M in FY2026 together.

  1. BARR ENGINEERING CO.MINNEAPOLIS, MN · Family page
    $7.1M
  2. BARR ENGINEERING CO.GLENDALE, CO
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2019
  2. 810.1KFY2020
  3. 784.5KFY2021
  4. 249.2KFY2022
  5. 1MFY2023
  6. 773.7KFY2024
  7. 535.8KFY2025
  8. 7.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$5.8M83%
    1 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$1.3M18%
    1 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$00.0%
    3 awards
  4. Department of Energy$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. Offices, Boards and Divisions-$66.8K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$7.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hennepin County, MN$7.1M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $7.1M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$66.8K
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.8% · $7.1M
  • 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. 2025 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS GROUP 2$5.8M
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Hennepin County, MN· Construction & real property· Sep 11, 2025 – Jun 29, 2026· 140A1625F0112
  2. EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS GROUP 2$1.3M
    Departmental Offices· Hennepin County, MN· Construction & real property· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 140D0426F1189
  3. GAOA - CIVIL IDIQ FOR SENEY NWR VISITOR CENTER AND ADMIN BUILDING WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES$349.2K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Alger County, MI· Construction & real property· Jun 14, 2023 – Sep 2, 2026· 140FGA23F0025
  4. PLUM ISLAND EAST PIER SCHEMATIC DESIGN OPTIONS$344.3K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Dodge County, WI· Construction & real property· Aug 25, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 140FC223F0055
  5. MN DIVISION OF REFUGE/R3 HOGBACK RIDGE$153K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Hennepin County, MN· Construction & real property· Aug 10, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026· 140FC223F0049
  6. FY23ECU193 - EXPERT WITNESS$31.7K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Hennepin County, MN· Professional services· Jul 10, 2023 – Jan 21, 2026· 15JENR23P00000210
  7. MADRONA BUILDING PERIMETER IMPROVEMENTS DESIGN$14.4K
    Department of Energy· Tulsa County, OK· Construction & real property· Feb 27, 2020 – Mar 24, 2026· 89503620FSW400108

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.

BARR ENGINEERING CO. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2021
-$357.8K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. -357.8KFY2024

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2024.

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: $1.1M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2022: $510.3K paid out · $92K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $586.8K 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

3 companies · $1.6M reported

  1. MICROBEAM TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED$689K
    GRAND FORKS, ND · 4 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$476.1K
    GRAND FORKS, ND · 2 subawards
  3. ENVERGEX LLC$403.1K
    STURBRIDGE, MA · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $6.4M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$5.1M
    GRAND FORKS, ND · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$316.7K
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 3 subawards
  3. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$305.9K
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. JOSEPH DAVID ASSOCIATES LLC$5.1M+146% in FY2026
    SPIRO, OK · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. METHOD ARCHITECTURE, LLC$10.6M−94% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. GEI CONSULTANTS INC$14.1M−31% in FY2026
    WOBURN, MA · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · 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 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.