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
- MPGNDNHHWM33
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 62.7MFY2017
- 96.4MFY2018
- 85.3MFY2019
- 103.7MFY2020
- 101.8MFY2021
- 75MFY2022
- 68.3MFY2023
- 48.5MFY2024
- 68.8MFY2025
- 7.6MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- National Science Foundation$6.1M80%3 awards
- Federal Railroad Administration$760.6K10.0%1 awards
- Federal Highway Administration$489.7K6.4%7 awards
- Maritime Administration$301.2K4.0%1 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%1 awards
- Department of Energy$00.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$7.6M100.0%
- Research & development$5000.0%
Where the work was performed
- Alexandria city, VA$6.1M80%
- Fairfax County, VA$1.3M17%
- District of Columbia, DC$252.6K3.3%
- Madison County, AL$5000.0%
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
- Department of Energy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 30, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· 89233125FNA400672
- Federal Highway Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 16, 2022 – Jun 15, 2026· 693JJ322F000061
- National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 27, 2024 – Jul 8, 2026· 49100424F0196
- National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Feb 28, 2026 – May 8, 2026· 49100426F0031
- Federal Railroad Administration· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 20, 2021 – Aug 30, 2026· 693JJ621F000026
- Federal Highway Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Feb 17, 2026· 693JJ323F00449N
- National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 29, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· 49100425F0092
- 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
- THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$1.3M49%RESTON, VA · 5 subawards
- RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
- MF INC.$327.1K13%GAITHERSBURG, MD · 4 subawards
- NEREUS CYBER SYSTEMS LLC$297K12%DENVER, CO · 1 subaward
- COMPU-GEN TECHNOLOGIES INC$100.3K3.9%WILLIAMSPORT, PA · 1 subaward
- WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$83.7K3.2%SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards
- BLUE TECH INC.$80.5K3.1%SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
- STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION$52.8K2.0%NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD · 1 subaward
- KNOT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.$45.3K1.8%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
- RESTON, VA · 56 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- DENVER, CO · 20 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- HANOVER, MD · 27 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
Primes that pay it
5 companies · $12.6M reported
- TETRA TECH, INC.$8.7MPASADENA, CA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
- FORT WORTH, TX · 17 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- GCYBER LLC$1.4MVIENNA, VA · 4 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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.
- MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$97.5M−82% in FY2026KNOXVILLE, TN · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Computer systems design and related services
- POWDER RIVER INDUSTRIES, LLC$41.2M+139% in FY2026LARAMIE, WY · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Computer systems design and related services
- IVORY CLOUD LLC$44.7M+24% in FY2026ROCKVILLE, 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.