Federal contractor · BATON ROUGE, LA

GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP

GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP received $48.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (+147% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $131.2M. Its largest customer was U.S. Customs and Border Protection ($47.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$48.3M
New awards
31
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.9%
UEI
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Parent company
GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP
Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.5MFY2017
  2. 17.1MFY2018
  3. 11.6MFY2019
  4. 8.6MFY2020
  5. 8.1MFY2021
  6. 3.1MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 2.6MFY2024
  9. 19.5MFY2025
  10. 48.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$47.5M99%
    18 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$653.5K1.4%
    6 awards
  3. Department of the Army$71.2K0.1%
    2 awards
  4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$26.4K0.1%
    3 awards
  5. National Park Service$4,7780.0%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Highway Administration-$35.7K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$31.4M65%
  2. Professional services$16.9M35%

Where the work was performed

  1. East Baton Rouge Parish, LA$21.2M44%
  2. Webb County, TX$9.7M20%
  3. El Paso County, TX$7.8M16%
  4. Starr County, TX$7.7M16%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$1.1M2.3%
  6. San Diego County, CA$370.7K0.8%
  7. Berkshire County, MA$329.6K0.7%
  8. Sacramento County, CA$68.7K0.1%
  9. Juneau County, WI$26.4K0.1%
  10. Pima County, AZ$4,7780.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.9%
    US 39% · $439.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.9%
    US 8.7% · $439.5K
  • 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. CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES MONITORING FOR BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION SEGMENTS IN LAREDO SECTOR, LRT-1 AND LRT-2.$9.7M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Webb County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Mar 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 70B01C26F00000215
  2. CONSTRUCTION MONITORING SERVICES SW BORDER$8.1M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· East Baton Rouge Parish, LA· Professional services· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· 70B01C26F00000237
  3. TASK ORDER FOR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MONITORING AT BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION SEGMENT IN EL PASO SECTOR (EPT-5)$7.8M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· El Paso County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 70B01C26F00000530
  4. YUM-2 WELLTON CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SERVICES$5.5M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· East Baton Rouge Parish, LA· Facilities & utilities· Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· 70B01C26F00000228
  5. TASK ORDER FOR RESOURCE MONITORING AT BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION SEGMENT IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY (RGV) SECTOR RGV-3.$4.4M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Starr County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jul 17, 2026 – Jul 17, 2026· 70B01C26F00000531
  6. CONSTRUCTION MONITORING$4.4M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· East Baton Rouge Parish, LA· Professional services· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 70B01C26F00000483
  7. TASK ORDER FOR RESOURCE MONITORING SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WATERBORNE BARRIER AT RIO GRANDE VALLEY (RGV) WALL SEGMENT RGV-2.$3.3M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Starr County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 70B01C26F00000477
  8. CONSTRUCTION MONITORING$2.5M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· East Baton Rouge Parish, LA· Professional services· Sep 28, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026· 70B01C25F00001299

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 · $54.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $118.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $61.9K 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

3 companies · $235.6K reported

  1. STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.$118.8K
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. DAWSON SOLUTIONS, INC.$61.9K
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward · Remediation and other waste management services
  3. ARCADIS U.S., INC.$54.9K
    HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. VERNADERO GROUP INC$90.7M+342% in FY2026
    PHOENIX, AZ · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNavy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. ADC LTD NM$140M+88% in FY2026
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. FEEA CHILDCARE SERVICES, INC.$29.2M−3.2% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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.