Federal contractor · ENCINITAS, CA

IFE GROUP

IFE GROUP received $14.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 24 awards (+458% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $50.1M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($14.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$14.6M
New awards
24
Sole-source
0.3%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.2MFY2017
  2. 5.2MFY2018
  3. 1.8MFY2019
  4. 2.6MFY2020
  5. 2.9MFY2021
  6. 4.4MFY2022
  7. 5.5MFY2023
  8. 6.3MFY2024
  9. 2.6MFY2025
  10. 14.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 10 awards
  2. 5 awards
  3. 1 awards
  4. 2 awards
  5. 1 awards
  6. 4 awards
  7. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$14.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bay County, FL$17.5K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.3%
    US 39% · $47.4K
  • Sole-source awards0.3%
    US 30% · $47.4K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· 15BGCS26F00000011
  2. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 31, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 15BGCS26F70000002
  3. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· 15B12226P00000072
  4. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 15BFTD26F00000158
  5. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 29, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025· 15BBNF26F00000016
  6. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 15B10626F00000219
  7. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 18, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025· 15B10625F00000188
  8. U.S. Coast Guard· York County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2025· 70Z04925FTRAY0001

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 29 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BABCO INTERNATIONAL INC$8.7M+107% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Industrial machinery manufacturingAir Force · Industrial machinery manufacturingArmy · Industrial machinery manufacturing+3 more
  2. 11400 LLC$8.3M+43% in FY2026
    LANCASTER, PA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Industrial machinery manufacturingAir Force · Industrial machinery manufacturingArmy · Industrial machinery manufacturing+6 more
  3. PUEBLO HOTEL SUPPLY CO$11.2M−50% in FY2026
    PUEBLO, CO · 7.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Industrial machinery manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other miscellaneous manufacturing+4 more

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.