Federal contractor · LOUISVILLE, KY

CEPEDA ASSOCIATES, INC.

CEPEDA ASSOCIATES, INC. received $7.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 109 awards (−57% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $118.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($6.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.9M
New awards
109
Sole-source
51%
Single offer
40%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6MFY2017
  2. 6.7MFY2018
  3. 8.5MFY2019
  4. 12.5MFY2020
  5. 7.6MFY2021
  6. 19.9MFY2022
  7. 9.5MFY2023
  8. 21.5MFY2024
  9. 18.4MFY2025
  10. 7.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$6.2M78%
    34 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$1.7M22%
    75 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$6.6M83%
  2. Equipment maintenance$1.2M15%
  3. Professional services$93.7K1.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, KY$6.6M83%
  2. Portsmouth city, VA$750K9.5%
  3. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$479.7K6.1%
  4. Honolulu County, HI$144.1K1.8%
  5. 66$52.2K0.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $7.3M
  • Sole-source awards51%
    US 30% · $4.1M
  • Single-offer competitions40%
    US 8.7% · $3.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.5%
    US 5.1% · $40.2K

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$3.9M
    Department of Defense · 13 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$160.3K
    Department of Defense · 7 awards

Largest awards

  1. OXYGEN CLEANSE CO2 BURNERS AND SCRUBBERS$3.9M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 12, 2024 – May 4, 2026· N0010424F0A40
  2. PURIFER,UNIT,AIR$1.9M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 27, 2024 – Nov 18, 2025· N0010424CZA38
  3. PURIFIER UNIT,AIR$1.6M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· N0010426CZA08
  4. PURIFIER UNIT,AIR$1.2M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 10, 2024 – Oct 9, 2025· N0010424CZA37
  5. LAUNCHER IMPULSE TA$1.1M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 11, 2020 – Oct 21, 2025· N0010420PFC36
  6. LAUNCHER IMPULSE TA$1M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 27, 2023 – Nov 6, 2025· N0010423PZA93
  7. CEPEDA PROPOSAL L20499 TENDERED UNDER TOPIC DLA23.3-P001 TO PERFORM DESIGN EFFORTS, DEVELOP MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, AND DEVELOP TEST EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCING AND SUPPORTING MULTIPLE FIXTURES INITIALLY DESIGNED BY ELECTRIC BOAT$894.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Jefferson County, KY· Research & development· Dec 5, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· SP470125C0011
  8. LINK$831.8K
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, KY· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· N0010426PFC98

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: $218.6K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$169K77%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$49.6K23%
    SUNNYVALE, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $5M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $9.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $23.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $218.6K 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

6 companies · $45.1M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$31.1M
    GROTON, CT · 45 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA$6.2M
    MOBILE, AL · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$4.3M
    TUCSON, AZ · 5 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 36 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TRIDENT MARITIME SYSTEMS, INC.$15M−88% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturingNavy · Ship and boat buildingNavy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing+1 more
  2. HANSOME ENERGY SYSTEMS INC$59.8M−74% in FY2026
    LINDEN, NJ · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturingNavy · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturingNavy · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing+4 more
  3. OVC-ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC$23.6M+308% in FY2026
    STEARNS, KY · 2 entities · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing+4 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 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.