Federal contractor · LEESBURG, VA

BOW WAVE LLC

BOW WAVE LLC received $3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−52% vs FY2025). Since FY2024: $12.9M. Its largest customer was Federal Bureau of Investigation ($3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
FFTHE5WSPBL8
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedHUBZone firm

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.6MFY2024
  2. 6.2MFY2025
  3. 3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$3M100%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. Federal Bureau of Investigation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 18, 2024 – Aug 4, 2026· 15F06724F0000324
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 15F06726F0001858

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: $5.5M (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  3. GUIDEHOUSE INC.$552.2K10%
    MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $114.7K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $5.5M 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

4 companies · $8.6M reported

  1. ALEXANDRIA, VA · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  3. MC LEAN, VA · 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. EAGLE SECURITY GROUP INC$21.4M−10% in FY2026
    FREDERICKSBURG, VA · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Bureau of Investigation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. DORREAN, LLC$20.9M+5.5% in FY2026
    RESTON, VA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Bureau of Investigation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. THE HATCHER GROUP INC$26.7M−88% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 3 entities · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Bureau of Investigation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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.