Federal contractor · ALEXANDRIA, VA

EMPIRICAL CORPORATION

EMPIRICAL CORPORATION received $813.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+105% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $18.9M. Its largest customer was U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ($888.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$813.3K
New awards
8
Sole-source
22%
Single offer
78%
UEI
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Small businessMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.9MFY2017
  2. 3.7MFY2018
  3. 985.1KFY2019
  4. 1.9MFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 1.3MFY2022
  7. 1.5MFY2023
  8. 1.1MFY2024
  9. 396.7KFY2025
  10. 813.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$888.9K100%
    5 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-$4420.0%
    2 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration-$75.2K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$813.3K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alexandria city, VA$489.1K60%
  2. Prince George's County, MD$339.5K42%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $813.7K
  • Sole-source awards22%
    US 30% · $177K
  • Single-offer competitions78%
    US 8.7% · $636.7K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$252.2K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING ON THE DESIGN AND OPERATING EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS UNDER THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN THE REVISED OMB CIRCULAR A-123 MANAGEMENTS$3.3M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jan 29, 2020 – Aug 11, 2026· 75P00120C00006
  2. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA) CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ACCOUNTING AND COST DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE, OFFICE OF RESPONSE AND RESTORATION$1.5M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Mar 27, 2020 – Feb 13, 2026· 1305M220FNCNR0059
  3. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR USCIS OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER$878.3K
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jul 28, 2023 – May 27, 2026· 70SBUR23F00000169
  4. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES$699.8K
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jan 29, 2021 – May 5, 2026· 70SBUR21F00000051
  5. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE USCIS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OCFO).$487.5K
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· 70SBUR26F00000185
  6. CPA CONSULTING SERVICES FOR COST DOCUMENTATION PACKAGES AND INDIRECT RATE DEVELOPMENT$429.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Mar 25, 2024 – Jun 16, 2026· 1305M224F0106
  7. DHS ANALYSIS (DHSA) SOFTWARE TOOL FOR OCFO. CONTRACT IS FOR NON-COTS LICENSES AND SUPPORT. DHSA ADDRESSES CAPABILITY GAPS IN THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FFMS) DURING SYSTEM TRANSITION. SECTION 2(D) NON-COVERED CONTRACT.$309.5K
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Mar 14, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· 70SBUR25P00000018
  8. DHS ANALYSIS TOOL LICENSES & SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS), OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OCFO).$190.3K
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 70SBUR26P00000007

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $46.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $979.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $423.9K received
  • FY2024: $121.9K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $91.6K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 · $121.9K reported

  1. SIKICH CPA LLC$121.9K
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $1.5M reported

  1. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$979.1K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. KEARNEY & COMPANY, P.C.$423.9K
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 2 subawards · Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
  3. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$137.9K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 3 subawards · Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MANCOM, INC.$998.6K
    PHOENIX, AZ · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Computer systems design and related services
  2. APERIO GLOBAL LLC$3.6M
    RESTON, VA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Computer systems design and related services
  3. INA SOLUTIONS INC.$4.3M−71% in FY2026
    LEESBURG, VA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Computer systems design and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.