Federal contractor · DENVER, CO

BIG METAL ADDITIVE LLC

BIG METAL ADDITIVE LLC received $1.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−48% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $8.8M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
KQALHC62NA83
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 149.9KFY2020
  2. 1.4MFY2021
  3. 2MFY2022
  4. 1.9MFY2023
  5. 29.6KFY2024
  6. 2.1MFY2025
  7. 1.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$1.1M100%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Denver County, CO$1.1M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.1M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $1.1M
  • 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. BASE AWARD SBIR PHASE II TOPIC N204-A03$2M
    Department of the Navy· Denver County, CO· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Feb 12, 2026· N0002425CS077
  2. BAA 25.D, DLA TOPIC 25D-003, SBIR PHASE II ALUMINUM-SCANDIUM AEROSPACE STRUCTURES$1.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Denver County, CO· Research & development· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· SP470126C0069

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.

BIG METAL ADDITIVE LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2022
$0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1FY2022
  2. 0FY2023
  3. 0FY2024
  4. -1FY2025

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2022–FY2025.

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: $898.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$898.5K100%
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $30K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $898.5K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 · $928.5K reported

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$898.5K
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$30K
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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. PEREGRINE FALCON CORP$4M−42% in FY2026
    PLEASANTON, CA · 95% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development services
  2. COMPASS SYSTEMS, INC.$2.2M+253% in FY2026
    JOHNSTOWN, PA · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. AMERICAN MAGLEV TECHNOLOGY OF FLORIDA, INC.$2.1M−100% in FY2026
    AMELIA ISLAND, FL · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.