Federal contractor · NEW YORK, NY

CRITICAL MENTION, INC.

CRITICAL MENTION, INC. received $453K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+1,659% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.7M. Its largest customer was Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation ($442.5K).

Obligations · FY2026: $453K
New awards: 2
Sole-source: 0.0%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: VLBTWLAZEA75

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

188.7KFY2017
125.2KFY2018
202.4KFY2019
172.1KFY2020
140.6KFY2021
165.8KFY2022
170.5KFY2023
81.7KFY2024
25.8KFY2025
453KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$442.5K98%
1 awards
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$10.5K2.3%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$442.5K98%
IT & telecom$10.5K2.3%

Where the work was performed

District of Columbia, DC$442.5K98%
New York County, NY$10.5K2.3%

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

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT AWARD IS TO ESTABLISH NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE FOR ENEWS REPORTING, PRINT AND INTERNET, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING.$442.5K
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 693JK426C500004
TITLE: ACQUIRE LICENSED PRINT CONTENT, WEB-BASED VIDEO, TELEVISION, AND SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS CLIPPING SERVICES SUBSCRIPTION DESCRIPTION: ISSUE A FIRM-FIXED PRICE PURCHASE ORDER FOR WEB-BASED VIDEO, TELEVISION, AND SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE$42K
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· New York County, NY· IT & telecom· Jan 11, 2023 – Feb 26, 2026· 693JJ923P000035

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

STRYDER CORP$23.9M+109% in FY2026
SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveImmediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
IHS GLOBAL INC$46.6M−25% in FY2026
ENGLEWOOD, CO · 3 entities · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveImmediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesSecurities and Exchange Commission · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services
WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION$298.2M−9.3% in FY2026
EAGAN, MN · 3 entities · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveImmediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesVeterans Affairs · Other information servicesDefense Health Agency · Other information services+1 more

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.