Federal contractor · SAN FRANCISCO, CA

CERTAIN, INC.

CERTAIN, INC. received $131K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−21% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.5M. Its largest customer was National Institute of Standards and Technology ($101.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$131K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 114KFY2017
  2. 114KFY2018
  3. 114KFY2019
  4. 169.8KFY2020
  5. 99.7KFY2021
  6. 53.1KFY2022
  7. 205KFY2023
  8. 300.8KFY2024
  9. 166.4KFY2025
  10. 131KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology$101.5K77%
    2 awards
  2. District of Columbia Courts$29.5K23%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$131K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Francisco County, CA$101.5K77%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$29.5K23%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $131K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $131K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. District of Columbia Courts$29.5K
    District of Columbia Courts · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL PLATFORM EDITION CONFERENCE REGISTRATION SYSTEM SAAS SUBSCRIPTION$505.1K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· San Francisco County, CA· IT & telecom· Aug 3, 2020 – Sep 8, 2026· 1333ND20PNB100565
  2. OU00-25-NEW-008 PROFESSIONAL EDITION PLATFORM CONFERENCE REGISTRATION SYSTEM SAAS SUBSCRIPTION.$265.8K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· San Francisco County, CA· IT & telecom· Aug 29, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· 1333ND25PNB100387
  3. DCSC-25-SS-67 CERTAIN ANNUAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM DATABASE RENEWAL. POP: JUNE 1, 2026 - MAY 31, 2027.TOTAL AMOUNT $29,521.80 IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRICE QUOTE ORD26207.$29.5K
    District of Columbia Courts· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· May 5, 2026 – May 5, 2026· 95C67826P0225

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. ABOUTWEB, LLC$1.1M+17% in FY2026
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 2 entities · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Software publishersNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Software publishers
  2. GENISYS, INC.$192.2K+38% in FY2026
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Software publishers
  3. KIRKLAND JOHNNY$160K−100% in FY2026
    SHOREHAM, NY · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institute of Standards and Technology · Software publishers

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.