Federal contractor · IDAHO FALLS, ID

J FOSTER & ASSOCIATES LLC

J FOSTER & ASSOCIATES LLC received $2.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+190% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $15.4M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8M
New awards
8
Sole-source
68%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-owned8(a) program
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 915.1KFY2018
  2. 398.9KFY2019
  3. 1.4MFY2020
  4. 1.1MFY2021
  5. 2.4MFY2022
  6. 3.1MFY2023
  7. 2.4MFY2024
  8. 974.8KFY2025
  9. 2.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$1.6M57%
    4 awards
  2. National Park Service$688K24%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Energy$526K19%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$2.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bonneville County, ID$1.2M44%
  2. Bingham County, ID$901.7K32%
  3. Ada County, ID$688K24%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition68%
    US 39% · $1.9M
  • Sole-source awards68%
    US 30% · $1.9M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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. Forest Service$712.1K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  2. National Park Service$688K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. Department of Energy$526K
    Department of Energy · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TASK ORDER 1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF COST ESTIMATING (OCE) FOR CONTRACTS AT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LOS ALAMOS (EMLA)$1.3M
    Department of Energy· Bonneville County, ID· Professional services· Jun 1, 2021 – Dec 22, 2025· 89303321FEM400217
  2. ASSIST WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDLAND FIRE TRAINING FOR OPERATIONS, LEADERSHIP AND INCIDENT RESPONSE WITHIN THE WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE.$901.7K
    Forest Service· Bingham County, ID· Professional services· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 12318726C0007
  3. TASK ORDER 2 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF COST ESTIMATING (OCE) FOR CONTRACTS AT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LOS ALAMOS (EMLA)$814.2K
    Department of Energy· Bonneville County, ID· Professional services· Nov 17, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· 89303324FEM400396
  4. WO FIRE AND AVIATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND EDUCATION ADMINISTERS A VARIETY OF TRAINING THAT COVERS A RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING AVIATION, FIRE OPERATIONS, FIRE BEHAVIOR PREDICTION. TRAINING COURSES ARE DELIVERED BY A MIX OF FEDERAL A$802.8K
    Forest Service· Bonneville County, ID· Professional services· Oct 29, 2025 – Oct 29, 2025· 12318726C0001
  5. EO 14389 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER (NIFC) - GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) SUPPORT SERVICES$688K
    National Park Service· Ada County, ID· Professional services· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 140P2126F0119
  6. TASK ORDER 3 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF COST ESTIMATING (OCE) FOR CONTRACTS AT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LOS ALAMOS (EMLA)$552.6K
    Department of Energy· Bonneville County, ID· Professional services· May 27, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· 89303326FEM400484
  7. BB SPRING WORKSHOP R3 2023 SITE VISIT 2$169.8K
    Forest Service· Bonneville County, ID· Education & social services· Mar 3, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026· 12318723F0209
  8. AVIATION MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN SERVICES TASK ORDER$138.1K
    Forest Service· Ada County, ID· Professional services· Mar 6, 2024 – Mar 3, 2026· 1202SA24K9710

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

J FOSTER & ASSOCIATES LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 386.3KFY2023

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2023.

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 · $2.3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $783.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $607K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $445K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $5.7M reported

  1. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$3.4M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 10 subawards
  2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$2.3M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 2 subawards · Remediation and other waste management 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ROLLUDA ARCHITECTS, LLC$2.5M+110% in FY2026
    SEATTLE, WA · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. MWM JV2 LLC$2.4M−87% in FY2026
    RESTON, VA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. LIOLLIO ARCHITECTURE PC$3.1M−71% in FY2026
    CHARLESTON, SC · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Park Service · Architectural, engineering, 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.