Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

CARDINAL POINT CAPTAINS, INC.

CARDINAL POINT CAPTAINS, INC. received $18.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 42 awards (−7.9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $110.8M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($14.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$18.5M
New awards
42
Sole-source
3.5%
Single offer
20%
UEI
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Parent company
CARDINAL POINT CAPTAINS LLC
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.8MFY2017
  2. 4.4MFY2018
  3. 6.2MFY2019
  4. 5.6MFY2020
  5. 6.9MFY2021
  6. 5.6MFY2022
  7. 17.7MFY2023
  8. 22MFY2024
  9. 20.1MFY2025
  10. 18.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$14.2M77%
    38 awards
  2. Environmental Protection Agency$3.8M20%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$655.6K3.5%
    1 awards
  4. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management-$175K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$11.9M64%
  2. Transportation & logistics$3.8M20%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$2.4M13%
  4. Facilities & utilities$400.1K2.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Milwaukee County, WI$3.8M20%
  2. San Diego County, CA$3.2M17%
  3. Galveston County, TX$3M16%
  4. Muskegon County, MI$1.7M9.0%
  5. Alpena County, MI$1.5M8.3%
  6. Monterey County, CA$1M5.5%
  7. Santa Barbara County, CA$1M5.5%
  8. 60$928K5.0%
  9. Bay County, FL$655.6K3.5%
  10. Marin County, CA$565K3.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition23%
    US 39% · $4.3M
  • Sole-source awards3.5%
    US 30% · $655.6K
  • Single-offer competitions20%
    US 8.7% · $3.6M
  • 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. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EPA GLNPO RESEARCH VESSELS$16.4M
    Environmental Protection Agency· Milwaukee County, WI· Transportation & logistics· Feb 14, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· 68HE0524C0003
  2. STRIDENT DELIVERY ORDER OPTION YEAR 2 FOR PRODUCTION UNITS, CONSUMABLES, LABOR, AND ODCS.$4M
    Department of the Navy· Bay County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2025 – Apr 22, 2026· N6133125F0155
  3. GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (GLERL) MARINE VESSEL SUPPORT SERVICES$3.2M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Muskegon County, MI· Professional services· Jan 30, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026· 1305M325F0040
  4. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC), NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), OFFICE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES (ONMS) HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A RANGE OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, PLANNING AND PROGRAMMATIC CONSULT$2.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Professional services· Sep 23, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 1305M224F0517
  5. FOLLOW ON TASK ORDER FOR FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY (FGBNMS) VESSEL AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS - CONTRACT 1305M224D0002 VFROSS-V2$2.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Galveston County, TX· Professional services· Sep 3, 2025 – Jul 24, 2026· 1305M225F0320
  6. VESSEL AND FIELD RESEARCH OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (VFROSS) FOR THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS) OFFICE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES (ONMS)$2.2M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Santa Barbara County, CA· Professional services· Aug 22, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026· 1305M225F0363
  7. NEW PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES TASK ORDER FROM PRO TECH FOR THE PROPOSED CHUMASH NMS UNDERGOING DESIGNATION.$1.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Monterey County, CA· Professional services· Sep 17, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026· 1305M224F0497
  8. FOLLOW ON TASK ORDER FOR TBNMS VESSEL AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS - CONTRACT 1305M224D0002 VFROSS-V2 TASK ORDER AWARDED TO CARDINAL POINT CAPTAINS TO PROVIDE TBNMS VESSEL SUPPORT OPERATIONS IAW EXECUTIVE ORDER 14222, OR-25-02080.$1.3M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Alpena County, MI· Professional services· Aug 29, 2025 – Jul 9, 2026· 1305M225F0318

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

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $236.6K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $208.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $392K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $225.3K 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 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

4 companies · $1.1M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$770.7K
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 6 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. SYSTEMS APPLICATION & TECHNOLOGIES INC$169.9K
    UPPER MARLBORO, MD · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$73.6K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · 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 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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$23.2M−1.7% in FY2026
    PORTLAND, OR · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesBureau of Ocean Energy Management · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. AZURA CONSULTING LLC$24.6M−118% in FY2026
    GARLAND, TX · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. SALTWATER INC.$18.8M−9.6% in FY2026
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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.