Federal contractor · HIAWATHA, IA

COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING COMPANY

COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING COMPANY received $1.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+4,092% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.4M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.8M
New awards
4
Sole-source
5.6%
Single offer
1.4%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 197.8KFY2017
  2. 97.8KFY2018
  3. 793.1KFY2019
  4. 166.6KFY2020
  5. 77.5KFY2021
  6. 111.7KFY2022
  7. 47.9KFY2023
  8. 58.9KFY2024
  9. 43.5KFY2025
  10. 1.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$1.8M100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$1.7M93%
  2. IT & telecom$108.4K6.0%
  3. Equipment maintenance$18.2K1.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Johnson County, IA$1.7M94%
  2. Linn County, IA$83.1K4.6%
  3. Polk County, IA$18.2K1.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.0%
    US 39% · $126.6K
  • Sole-source awards5.6%
    US 30% · $101.3K
  • Single-offer competitions1.4%
    US 8.8% · $25.3K
  • 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$101.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NURSE CALL SYSTEM FOR THE ENTIRE IOWA CITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION.$1.7M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Johnson County, IA· Health & medical· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· 36C26326P0494
  2. SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM SERVER AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND SOFTWARE LICENSE.$83.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Linn County, IA· IT & telecom· Nov 26, 2025 – Jun 27, 2026· 36C26326P0105
  3. RAULAND RESPONDER SUPPORT SERVICES$79.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Polk County, IA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 18, 2023 – Jun 23, 2026· 36C26323P0379
  4. LENEL MAINTENANCE SERVICES$50.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Johnson County, IA· IT & telecom· Apr 2, 2025 – Jun 27, 2026· 36C26325P0605

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

  1. LOGICMARK, INC.$1.3M−100% in FY2026
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Communications equipment manufacturing
  2. SOLOPROTECT US, LLC$2.4M+32% in FY2026
    COPPELL, TX · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Communications equipment manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Investigation and security services
  3. TADIRAN TELECOM, INC.$1M
    ATLANTA, GA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Communications equipment manufacturing

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.