Federal contractor · ALEXANDRIA, VA

CULMEN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

CULMEN INTERNATIONAL, LLC received $37.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 72 awards (−20% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $481.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($26.4M). It also received $1.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$37.3M
New awards
72
Sole-source
6.1%
Single offer
3.3%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11.8MFY2017
  2. 7.4MFY2018
  3. 44.1MFY2019
  4. 45.9MFY2020
  5. 48.3MFY2021
  6. 81.7MFY2022
  7. 84.2MFY2023
  8. 73.7MFY2024
  9. 46.7MFY2025
  10. 37.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$26.4M71%
    12 awards
  2. Defense Health Agency$6.2M16%
    7 awards
  3. Department of the Army$1.8M4.8%
    2 awards
  4. Department of State$1M2.8%
    14 awards
  5. U.S. Special Operations Command$533K1.4%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$408.6K1.1%
    2 awards
  7. Department of the Navy$392.4K1.1%
    20 awards
  8. U.S. Coast Guard$321.7K0.9%
    3 awards
  9. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$184.9K0.5%
    1 awards
  10. Federal Acquisition Service$19.5K0.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$14.7M39%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$13.4M36%
  3. Research & development$5.9M16%
  4. Professional services$2.1M5.6%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$748.5K2.0%
  6. Transportation & logistics$408.6K1.1%
  7. Education & social services$16.2K0.0%
  8. Facilities & utilities$5,0000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alexandria city, VA$29.1M78%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$4.1M11%
  3. Abroad$3.3M8.9%
  4. Fairfax County, VA$413.6K1.1%
  5. Prince George's County, MD$401.9K1.1%
  6. District of Columbia, DC$184.9K0.5%
  7. 66$50.1K0.1%
  8. Arlington County, VA$19.5K0.1%
  9. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition9.4%
    US 39% · $3.5M
  • Sole-source awards6.1%
    US 30% · $2.3M
  • Single-offer competitions3.3%
    US 8.7% · $1.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.3%
    US 5.1% · $124K

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 the Army$1.8M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TRANSIT, LOGISTICS, AND INTERPRETATION SUPPORT SERVICES$124.7M
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Fairfax County, VA· Transportation & logistics· Jan 16, 2019 – Apr 29, 2026· HDTRA119F0019
  2. TRANSIT, LOGISTICS, AND INTERPRETATION SUPPORT SERVICES$29.6M
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Fairfax County, VA· Transportation & logistics· Jul 5, 2024 – Feb 27, 2026· HDTRA124C0033
  3. R408: UKRAINIAN CONSULTATIVE & BORDER SECURITY SERVICES$23.3M
    Department of State· Professional services· Mar 10, 2022 – May 6, 2026· 19AQMM22F1051
  4. INTERFACE UNIT,DATA$14.7M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 29, 2025 – Apr 13, 2026· SPRMM126FE502
  5. CYLINDER ASSEMBLY,A$10.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Alexandria city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 6, 2026 – May 1, 2026· SPRMM126FE504
  6. ACSS CALL ORDER 18$9.9M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jun 2, 2022 – Feb 3, 2026· 47QFDA22F0028
  7. TAJIKISTAN TROOP CARRIERS$9.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Alexandria city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 18, 2024 – Jan 15, 2026· FA489024F0115
  8. TRAVEL/ODCS FOR CLINS 0002 - 0004$8.6M
    Department of the Navy· Research & development· Sep 16, 2021 – Apr 28, 2026· N6264521C0010

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

CULMEN INTERNATIONAL, LLC received $1.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (1 new awards), −67% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.022 · Dod Mentor-Protege Program ($2.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
1
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$23.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.6MFY2021
  2. 3.8MFY2022
  3. 5.6MFY2023
  4. 0FY2024
  5. 5.2MFY2025
  6. 1.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.7M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.022 · Dod Mentor-Protege Program$2.2M100%
  2. 19.901 · Export Control and Related Border Security-$507.4K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Army$2.2M100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. TO ENHANCE AVIATION SECURITY AT SEBHA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.$4.6M
    19.701 · Global Counterterrorism Programs· Department of State· Cooperative agreement· Sep 28, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026· SAQMIP23CA0129
  2. TO SUPPORT THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM.$2.2M
    12.022 · Dod Mentor-Protege Program· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· W56KGU262A096
  3. SUPPORTS THE ANNUAL ISN/ECC N. AFRICAN BORDER SECURITY MANAGEMENT ACADEMY WHICH EMPLOYS A BROADER CONCEPTION OF BORDER SECURITY BY…$578.9K
    19.901 · Export Control and Related Border Security· Department of State· Cooperative agreement· Sep 27, 2023 – Apr 8, 2026· SAQMIP23CA0109

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $7.3M (6 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $200K (2 subawards)

4 primes

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$5.5M73%
    MCLEAN, VA · 4 subawards
  2. FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL$1.3M17%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  3. CACI NSS, LLC$609.7K8.1%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  4. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$200K2.7%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $17M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $15.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $29.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $7.5M 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

14 companies · $76M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$23.2M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. HTGS-CULMEN JV LLC$20.1M
    HERNDON, VA · 5 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$7.1M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 3 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 27 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KAPILI SERVICES, LLC$44.4M+10% in FY2026
    ORLANDO, FL · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Threat Reduction Agency · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  2. SCANDINAVIAN BIOPHARMA HOLDING AB$22.7M+148% in FY2026
    SOLNA, SWE · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development services
  3. CELLPHIRE, INC.$49.4M−34% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development services

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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 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.