Federal contractor · WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT

CHICAGO SOFT, LTD.

CHICAGO SOFT, LTD. received $380.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−44% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $7M. Its largest customer was Social Security Administration ($143.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$380.6K
New awards
9
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. 827.6KFY2017
  2. 1.4MFY2018
  3. 567.3KFY2019
  4. 801.2KFY2020
  5. 572.5KFY2021
  6. 525.4KFY2022
  7. 622KFY2023
  8. 685.1KFY2024
  9. 682.6KFY2025
  10. 380.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Social Security Administration$143.9K38%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$87K23%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$56.6K15%
    1 awards
  4. Departmental Offices$28.9K7.6%
    1 awards
  5. Railroad Retirement Board$26.7K7.0%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Acquisition Service$22.2K5.8%
    1 awards
  7. Department of the Army$15.3K4.0%
    1 awards
  8. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$00.0%
    1 awards
  9. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$380.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Windsor County, VT$172.4K45%
  2. Baltimore city, MD$143.9K38%
  3. Cook County, IL$26.7K7.0%
  4. District of Columbia, DC$22.2K5.8%
  5. Hardin County, KY$15.3K4.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $380.6K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $380.6K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$56.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$28.9K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. Railroad Retirement Board$26.7K
    Railroad Retirement Board · 1 awards
  4. Federal Acquisition Service$22.2K
    General Services Administration · 1 awards
  5. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$0
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FOR CHICAGO SOFT - MVS QUICKREF$1.2M
    Social Security Administration· Baltimore city, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 17, 2019 – May 7, 2026· 28321319C00060008
  2. CHICAGO SOFT$170.6K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Windsor County, VT· IT & telecom· Jun 23, 2025 – Jul 9, 2026· 15F06725P0000645
  3. MVS/QUICKREF SOFTWARE SUPPORT RENEWAL. BASE + FOUR OPTION YEARS$69.4K
    Department of the Army· Hardin County, KY· IT & telecom· Jan 13, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· W9124D22P0021
  4. SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FROM CHICAGO SOFT, LTD (CSL). PROVIDES SOFTWARE UPGRADES AND UPDATES TO EXISTING SOFTWARE TO INCLUDE MAJOR RELEASES, POINT RELEASES, SERVICE RELEASES AND SECURITY RELEASES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.$56.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Windsor County, VT· IT & telecom· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 36C10B26C0001
  5. MVS/QUICK REF SOFTWARE MAINT - BASE$44.8K
    Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency· Polk County, FL· IT & telecom· Apr 30, 2021 – Jan 6, 2026· HS002121P0007
  6. MVS/QUICKREF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE$28.9K
    Departmental Offices· Windsor County, VT· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 140D0426P0348
  7. RENEWAL OF MVS/QUICK-REF SOFTWARE FY26$26.7K
    Railroad Retirement Board· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· 60RRBH26P1005
  8. QUICKREF TOOL FOR OPM 5 YEAR$22.2K
    Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Feb 18, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· 47QACA26P0010

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: $54.3K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$54.3K100%
    BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $46.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $93.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $149.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $250.8K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $54.3K 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 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

3 companies · $594.8K reported

  1. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$305.1K
    BETHESDA, MD · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. LEIDOS, INC.$244K
    RESTON, VA · 4 subawards · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  3. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$45.7K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Data processing, hosting, and related services

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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ROCKET SOFTWARE, INC.$2.4M−26% in FY2026
    WALTHAM, MA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSocial Security Administration · Software publishersDefense Information Systems Agency · Software publishersOffice of the Chief Financial Officer · Computer systems design and related services
  2. PRECISELY SOFTWARE INCORPORATED$965K−25% in FY2026
    PEARL RIVER, NY · 3 entities · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSocial Security Administration · Software publishersRailroad Retirement Board · Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalersDepartmental Offices · Software publishers
  3. COMPUTER CORPORATION OF AMERICA$864.7K
    WALTHAM, MA · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.