Federal contractor · GAITHERSBURG, MD

FORCING FUNCTION LLC

FORCING FUNCTION LLC received $625.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2020: $1.1M. Its largest customer was Federal Railroad Administration ($625.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$625.9K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
CKUYVNK9E7E8
Other than small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 461.8KFY2020
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 0FY2025
  4. 625.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Railroad Administration$625.9K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$625.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$625.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $625.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.8% · $625.9K
  • 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. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST, SELF-POWERED, SENSOR MOUNTED TO EACH AXLE BEARING THAT WILL MONITOR VIBRATION SIGNALS AND GENERATE AN ALERT WHEN A DEFECT IS FIRST IDENTIFIED TO ENSURE THE ISSUE IS ADDRESSED PRIOR TO A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.$625.9K
    Federal Railroad Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 693JJ626C000025

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. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA$575.4K
    OTTAWA, CAN · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. WABTEC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, LLC$515.6K
    ERIE, PA · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. VTECH B.V.$358.4K0% in FY2026
    ROTTERDAM, NLD · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development 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.