Federal contractor · KNOXVILLE, TN

EXCEPTIONAL DIFFERENCE LLC

EXCEPTIONAL DIFFERENCE LLC received $240K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−50% vs FY2025). Since FY2022: $1.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($240K).

Obligations · FY2026
$240K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
SKXTWBL35YE5
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 248KFY2022
  2. 480KFY2023
  3. 480KFY2024
  4. 480KFY2025
  5. 240KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$240K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$240K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kern County, CA$240K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $240K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.8% · $240K
  • 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. EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING$240K
    Department of the Navy· Kern County, CA· Professional services· Jan 7, 2026 – Jan 7, 2026· N6893626P5076

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TEMPLAR MEDICAL LLC$1.4M−36% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Business schools and computer and management training
  2. CONVERGENT PERFORMANCE, LLC$1M−100% in FY2026
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Business schools and computer and management training
  3. VINE LEADERSHIP GROUP, LLC$934.4K−100% in FY2026
    COLUMBIA, MD · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Business schools and computer and management training

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.