Federal contractor · GARLAND, TX

BEAR COMMUNICATIONS INC

BEAR COMMUNICATIONS INC received $653.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+490% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($637.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$653.6K
New awards
5
Sole-source
3.6%
Single offer
96%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22KFY2017
  2. 13.6KFY2018
  3. 80.6KFY2019
  4. 24.6KFY2020
  5. 6.4KFY2021
  6. 82KFY2023
  7. 56KFY2024
  8. 110.8KFY2025
  9. 653.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$637.1K97%
    2 awards
  2. Department of Energy$16.5K2.5%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$629.7K96%
  2. Equipment maintenance$23.8K3.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Multnomah County, OR$629.7K96%
  2. Monongalia County, WV$16.5K2.5%
  3. Allegheny County, PA$7,3201.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $653.6K
  • Sole-source awards3.6%
    US 30% · $23.8K
  • Single-offer competitions96%
    US 8.8% · $629.7K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$7,320
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PRISM PAGING SYSTEM$629.7K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Multnomah County, OR· IT & telecom· Apr 16, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 36C26026P0380
  2. MOBILE RADIO INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL SERVICE.$78.5K
    Department of Energy· Fairfax County, VA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 2, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· 89503225PWA000559
  3. UHF RADIO EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR NETL PITTSBURGH AND NETL MORGANTOWN LOCATIONS$48.5K
    Department of Energy· Monongalia County, WV· Equipment maintenance· May 30, 2024 – Jul 27, 2026· 89243324PFE000768
  4. REBUILD MOTOROLA RADIO SYSTEMS NOT TO EXCEED EMERGENCY EMAIL AUTHORIZATION ISSUED 01/20/2026.$7,320
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Allegheny County, PA· Equipment maintenance· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· 36C24426P0140
  5. INSTALLATION OF MOTOROLA RADIOS IN VEHICLES - LOCATION LOVELAND, CO$0
    Department of Energy· Larimer County, CO· Equipment maintenance· Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 89503226PWA000647

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $341.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $74.1K 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 · $415.3K reported

  1. 381 CONSTRUCTORS$243K
    OMAHA, NE · 3 subawards · Other heavy and civil engineering construction
  2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$172.3K
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WORLDNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC$860.4K+88% in FY2026
    GUAYNABO, PR · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers
  2. AST TELECOM LLC$1M
    PAGO PAGO, AS · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers
  3. DEFENSE INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS LLC$1M−11% in FY2026
    NASHVILLE, TN · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers

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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.