Federal contractor · TEMPE, AZ

BETTER DIRECT, LLC

BETTER DIRECT, LLC received $20.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 158 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $156.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($4.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$20.4M
New awards
158
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
21%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedHUBZone firm
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 16.6MFY2017
  2. 9.3MFY2018
  3. 11.1MFY2019
  4. 10.4MFY2020
  5. 14MFY2021
  6. 11.8MFY2022
  7. 13.2MFY2023
  8. 21MFY2024
  9. 28.5MFY2025
  10. 20.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$4.1M20%
    26 awards
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$2.4M12%
    1 awards
  3. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$2.1M10%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Army$2M9.6%
    22 awards
  5. Bureau of the Fiscal Service$1.8M9.1%
    5 awards
  6. Department of the Navy$1.7M8.6%
    33 awards
  7. Federal Emergency Management Agency$1.4M7.1%
    4 awards
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$1.1M5.2%
    11 awards
  9. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$739.2K3.6%
    2 awards
  10. Departmental Offices$478.5K2.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$18.6M91%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1.6M8.0%
  3. Professional services$162.4K0.8%
  4. Health & medical$21K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maricopa County, AZ$7.4M36%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$3.7M18%
  3. Bexar County, TX$2.2M11%
  4. Chittenden County, VT$1.9M9.3%
  5. Houston County, GA$727.7K3.6%
  6. Clarke County, VA$704.2K3.5%
  7. Prince William County, VA$336.9K1.7%
  8. Brevard County, FL$332.1K1.6%
  9. Abroad$259.9K1.3%
  10. Kings County, NY$231K1.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition21%
    US 39% · $4.3M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$43.85
  • Single-offer competitions21%
    US 8.8% · $4.3M
  • 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. RENEWAL MAINTENANCE ON CURRENT REDHAT SUBSCRIPTIONS.$3M
    Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Oct 16, 2024 – Mar 20, 2026· 2033H625F00015
  2. CISCO HARDWARE FOR REGIONS 4, 6 AND 7 TO SUPPORT RETURN TO OFFICE.$2.4M
    Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 3, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 47QACB26F0026
  3. USCIS HAS A NEED FOR CISCO ISE HARDWARE AND LICENSING ITEMS WHICH WILL BE USED TO REPLACE AND AUGMENT EXISTING HARDWARE TO SUPPORT USCIS802.1X (IEEE STANDARD FOR PORT BASE NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL) SECURITY POSTURE.$1.9M
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Chittenden County, VT· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 70SBUR26F00000285
  4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVERS1 10U B200 GOLD SERIES GPU SERVER SYS-A21GE-NBRT-G1 QTY 2 2 QSFP OPTICAL CABLE QSFP-100-G-AOC10M QTY2 3 QSFP OPTICAL CABLE QSFP-100G-AOC8M QTY 2$1.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Bexar County, TX· IT & telecom· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 17, 2026· FA877326F0039
  5. OD: SUPPLY: PITCHBOOK ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL - SEVERABLE$1.1M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Sep 5, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 75N94025P00468
  6. GROUND STATION HARDWARE, IAW PARAGRAPH 2.1 OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK.$1.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Maricopa County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2025 – May 20, 2026· FA810225FB011
  7. SOLID STATE DRIVES$878.4K
    Department of the Navy· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· N6660426F0271
  8. THE CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING BRAND NAME APPLE IPADS, IPAD MINIS, AND MACBOOKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH QUOTE #Q18325, DATED 27 APRIL 2026. SEE ATTACHED MASTER SHIPPING LIST FOR FULL DELIVERY ADDRESSES.$727.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Houston County, GA· IT & telecom· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· FA664326F0036

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

  • Sub-contracts: $31.3K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$31.3K100%
    LANHAM, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $70.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $191.3K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $154.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $948.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $31.3K 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

7 companies · $1.4M reported

  1. DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$793K
    MELBOURNE, FL · 1 subaward · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  2. INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC$165.7K
    BLAIRSVILLE, GA · 3 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. KBR SERVICES, LLC$159.3K
    HOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. TRANSOURCE SERVICES CORP.$103M−58% in FY2026
    PHOENIX, AZ · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingArmy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingAir Force · Computer systems design and related services+5 more
  2. M2 TECHNOLOGY, INC.$72.7M−57% in FY2026
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingAir Force · Computer systems design and related servicesNavy · Computer systems design and related services+2 more
  3. MVATION WORLDWIDE, INC.$45.4M−73% in FY2026
    GLEN COVE, NY · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingArmy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related services+1 more

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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.