Federal contractor · BILLINGS, MT

CTA INC

CTA INC received $2.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (+230% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23.9M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($1.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.5M
New awards
13
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
90%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. CTA INCBILLINGS, MT · Family page
    $2.5M
  2. CTA INC.BOISE, ID
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 338.4KFY2017
  2. 1.2MFY2018
  3. 1.8MFY2019
  4. 4.2MFY2020
  5. 6MFY2021
  6. 3MFY2022
  7. 2.3MFY2023
  8. 1.8MFY2024
  9. 751.3KFY2025
  10. 2.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$1.4M56%
    2 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$717.5K29%
    5 awards
  3. Public Buildings Service$202.3K8.2%
    2 awards
  4. Agricultural Research Service$161.8K6.5%
    2 awards
  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$00.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$2.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Carroll County, NH$1.4M55%
  2. Yellowstone County, MT$990K40%
  3. Nueces County, TX$91.6K3.7%
  4. Flathead County, MT$36.4K1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition90%
    US 39% · $2.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions90%
    US 8.8% · $2.2M
  • 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. DESIGN SERVICES FOR AITC MAJOR RENOVATIONS, AUSTIN, TEXAS$2.2M
    Public Buildings Service· Yellowstone County, MT· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2020 – Apr 27, 2026· 47PH0820F0028
  2. WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST SACO RANGER DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING AND SITE DESIGN$1.4M
    Forest Service· Carroll County, NH· Construction & real property· May 13, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 12445526F0049
  3. A-E DESIGN FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI FEDERAL COURTHOUSE 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS INTERIOR RENOVATION AND ALTERATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS$851.6K
    Public Buildings Service· Nueces County, TX· Construction & real property· May 3, 2021 – Aug 10, 2026· 47PH0821F0010
  4. DESIGNER OF RECORD AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION CONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR HANGAR REHABILITATION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT$545.7K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Yellowstone County, MT· Construction & real property· Aug 6, 2025 – Mar 2, 2026· 12639525F0891
  5. AE FOR DUBOIS WATER WELL AND OTHER BUILDING REPAIRS$345.7K
    Agricultural Research Service· Clark County, ID· Construction & real property· Mar 16, 2023 – Apr 24, 2026· 12905B23F0045
  6. GAOA - CONSTRUCTION ADMIN SERVICES FOR MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, MAINTENANCE SHOP, COLD STORAGE BUILDING, AND MAINTENANCE YARD AT LUSTER HEIGHTS NWR$337.5K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Allamakee County, IA· Construction & real property· Aug 15, 2023 – Mar 19, 2026· 140FGA23F0027
  7. GAOA - NEW VISITOR'S CENTER AND ADMIN BUILDING FOR SENEY NWR - ADMIN/PHASE 4 TASK ORDER$229.2K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Alger County, MI· Construction & real property· Mar 20, 2023 – Oct 27, 2025· 140FGA23F0018
  8. DOR/CIC SUPPORT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF PHOENIX REARING FACILITY PLUMBING REPAIRS$169.8K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Yellowstone County, MT· Construction & real property· Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 12639526F0770

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $963.3K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. RJS CONSTRUCTION INC$915.4K95%
    UNION GAP, WA · 2 subawards
  2. BRATSLAVSKY CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.$47.8K5.0%
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2022: $6,450 paid out · $456.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $214.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $32.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3,500 received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $963.3K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

1 company · $6,450 reported

  1. RABA KISTNER, INC.$6,450
    MCALLEN, TX · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $4.6M reported

  1. STANLEY CONSULTANTS, INC.$2.6M
    MUSCATINE, IA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. RJS CONSTRUCTION INC$983.9K
    UNION GAP, WA · 4 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  3. FGS, LLC$294.6K
    LA PLATA, MD · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ECI/HYER, INC.$4.8M+228% in FY2026
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesPublic Buildings Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AERONAUTICA LLC$1.4M−15% in FY2026
    EASLEY, SC · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. GARLAND LAND SURVEYING INC$1.5M−8.2% in FY2026
    ALBERTON, MT · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Architectural, engineering, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.