Federal contractor · MCLEAN, VA

CRITERION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.

CRITERION SYSTEMS, L.L.C. received $7.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−89% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $718.2M. Its largest customer was National Science Foundation ($6.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.6M
New awards
14
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
92%
UEI
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Other than small business

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 62.7MFY2017
  2. 96.4MFY2018
  3. 85.3MFY2019
  4. 103.7MFY2020
  5. 101.8MFY2021
  6. 75MFY2022
  7. 68.3MFY2023
  8. 48.5MFY2024
  9. 68.8MFY2025
  10. 7.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 3 awards
  2. 1 awards
  3. 7 awards
  4. 1 awards
  5. 1 awards
  6. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$7.6M100.0%
  2. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $7M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions92%
    US 8.7% · $7M
  • 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. Department of Energy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 30, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· 89233125FNA400672
  2. Federal Highway Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 16, 2022 – Jun 15, 2026· 693JJ322F000061
  3. National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 27, 2024 – Jul 8, 2026· 49100424F0196
  4. National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Feb 28, 2026 – May 8, 2026· 49100426F0031
  5. Federal Railroad Administration· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 20, 2021 – Aug 30, 2026· 693JJ621F000026
  6. Federal Highway Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Feb 17, 2026· 693JJ323F00449N
  7. National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 29, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· 49100425F0092
  8. Federal Highway Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2021 – Feb 25, 2026· 693JJ321F000417

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: $2.6M (17 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. RESTON, VA · 5 subawards
  2. RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  3. MF INC.$327.1K13%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 4 subawards
  4. DENVER, CO · 1 subaward
  5. WILLIAMSPORT, PA · 1 subaward
  6. SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards
  7. BLUE TECH INC.$80.5K3.1%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  8. NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD · 1 subaward
  9. CHURCHTON, MD · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 34% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.7M paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2022: $10.5M paid out · $683.3K received
  • FY2023: $18.6M paid out · $9.6M received
  • FY2024: $17.5M paid out · $689.4K received
  • FY2025: $24.4M paid out · $286.3K received
  • FY2026: $2.6M paid out · $0 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

44 companies · $77.4M reported

  1. RESTON, VA · 56 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. DENVER, CO · 20 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. HANOVER, MD · 27 subawards · Computer systems design and related services

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $12.6M reported

  1. PASADENA, CA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  2. FORT WORTH, TX · 17 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. VIENNA, VA · 4 subawards · Computer systems design 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$97.5M−82% in FY2026
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Computer systems design and related services
  2. POWDER RIVER INDUSTRIES, LLC$41.2M+139% in FY2026
    LARAMIE, WY · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Computer systems design and related services
  3. IVORY CLOUD LLC$44.7M+24% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Computer systems design and related services

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 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.