Federal contractor · EL SEGUNDO, CA

COLUMBUS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES, INC

COLUMBUS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES, INC received $86.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+43% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $145.2M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($86.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$86.1M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
TMF3UAC8J6M8
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. -987.6KFY2017
  2. -146.8KFY2018
  3. 500FY2019
  4. -2.3KFY2020
  5. -3.4KFY2021
  6. -22KFY2022
  7. 250FY2023
  8. 0FY2024
  9. 60.3MFY2025
  10. 86.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$86.1M100.0%
    1 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$86.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Prince George's County, MD$86.1M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. STUDY, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, VERIFICATION, AND OPERATIONS OF SPACE FLIGHT, AIRBORNE, AND GROUND SYSTEM HARDWARE, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE FUTURE SPACE AND SCIENCE MISSIONS.$155.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Jan 8, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 80GSFC25CA034
  2. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026· HQ085926FF432

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

  • Sub-contracts: $9.5M (41 subawards)

38 sub-recipients

  1. NATIONAL ELECTROSTATICS CORP$1.8M18%
    MIDDLETON, WI · 1 subaward
  2. NORTH STAR IMAGING, INC.$1.5M16%
    ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward
  3. CONVEYORS & PLASTICS INC$971.9K10%
    DELMAR, MD · 2 subawards
  4. BERTIN ALPAO$561.5K5.9%
    MONTBONNOT-SAINT-MARTIN, AU · 1 subaward
  5. SUNPOWER, INC$401.5K4.2%
    ATHENS, OH · 1 subaward
  6. OKLAHOMA SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO INC$397.5K4.2%
    BROKEN ARROW, OK · 1 subaward
  7. DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC$396.5K4.2%
    RICHMOND, CA · 1 subaward
  8. TENNESSEE TOOL WORKS LLC$373.2K3.9%
    MURFREESBORO, TN · 2 subawards
  9. SPECTROLAB, INC.$280K2.9%
    SYLMAR, CA · 1 subaward
  10. DIAMOND USA INC.$276.1K2.9%
    LOSONE, CHE · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $3.1M (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.$2.9M93%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. ECS FEDERAL, LLC$228.1K7.3%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 11% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $32.5M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $196.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2025: $49.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $9.5M paid out · $3.1M 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

61 companies · $59.3M reported

  1. AVO PHOTONICS, INC$17.5M
    HORSHAM, PA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. MILLER ENGINEERING & RESEARCH CORP$9.7M
    PASADENA, MD · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. FIBERTEK, INC.$4M
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $49M reported

  1. KBR SERVICES, LLC$28.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$15.3M
    RESTON, VA · 12 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.$2.9M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, LLC$153.7M−79% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. MITCHELL VANTAGE SYSTEMS LLC$158.8M−42% in FY2026
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. RSI-QUANTITECH JV LLC$207.2M−7.4% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development 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.