Federal contractor · ANNAPOLIS, MD
BRIGHTKEY, INC.
BRIGHTKEY, INC. received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−48% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12M. Its largest customer was Federal Trade Commission ($589.9K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.4M
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 36%
- UEI
- JV51CK5GXD54
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 303.5KFY2017
- -1MFY2018
- 1MFY2019
- 2.5MFY2020
- 1.3MFY2021
- 1.5MFY2022
- 1.3MFY2023
- 1.1MFY2024
- 2.7MFY2025
- 1.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Federal Trade Commission$589.9K43%2 awards
- Federal Communications Commission$298.3K22%1 awards
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer$260.9K19%1 awards
- 1 awards
- Defense Information Systems Agency$74.2K5.4%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$1.2M88%
- Construction & real property$159.3K12%
Where the work was performed
- Anne Arundel County, MD$792.7K57%
- District of Columbia, DC$589.9K43%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition36%US 39% · $493.3K
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions36%US 8.8% · $493.3K
- 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
- Federal Communications Commission· Anne Arundel County, MD· Professional services· Sep 23, 2022 – Sep 29, 2026· 273FCC22F0165
- Federal Trade Commission· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 17, 2021 – Jul 7, 2026· 29FTC121C0028
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency· Anne Arundel County, MD· Construction & real property· May 24, 2022 – May 27, 2026· 2031JW22C00010
- Federal Trade Commission· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 9, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 29FTC126F0043
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Anne Arundel County, MD· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 12314426F0352
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Anne Arundel County, MD· Professional services· Mar 11, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· HC104725C0003
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: $760K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- LEIDOS, INC.$760K100%RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $470.6K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $760K 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 · $3.6M reported
- ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Facilities support services
- LEIDOS, INC.$760KRESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Individual and family services
- CGI FEDERAL INC.$470.6KFAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward · Facilities support 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- SWIPEJOBS LLC$322.2K+66% in FY2026SMITHFIELD, NC · 2 entities · 5.1% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Chief Financial Officer · Office administrative services
- EDF-RG LLC$302.7K−19% in FY2026MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO · 4.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Facilities support services
- PRITCHETT CONTROLS, INC.$3.1M+19% in FY2026BELTSVILLE, MD · 5.1% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Facilities support services
Showing the top 3 of 17 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.