Federal contractor · CHURCHTON, MD

KNOT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.

KNOT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, L.L.C. received $598K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−90% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $22.1M. Its largest customer was Federal Bureau of Investigation ($303.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$598K
New awards
7
Sole-source
33%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
KNOT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS L.L.C
Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned8(a) program
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.6KFY2017
  2. 172.6KFY2018
  3. 1.3MFY2019
  4. 1.3MFY2020
  5. 5.1MFY2021
  6. 2.4MFY2022
  7. 2.8MFY2023
  8. 2.2MFY2024
  9. 6.3MFY2025
  10. 598KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation$303.2K51%
    2 awards
  2. Defense Information Systems Agency$161.4K27%
    1 awards
  3. Social Security Administration$133.3K22%
    2 awards
  4. Defense Health Agency$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$328K55%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$270K45%

Where the work was performed

  1. Anne Arundel County, MD$303.2K51%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$161.4K27%
  3. Frederick County, MD$67.6K11%
  4. Baltimore city, MD$65.7K11%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $194.6K
  • Sole-source awards33%
    US 30% · $194.6K
  • 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. Defense Information Systems Agency$161.4K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 1. SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR ALL FDDU AND FTU RFID TRACKING EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE. 2. SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE ENHANCEMENTS REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO OPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.$10.4M
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 9, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026· 15F06722P0000979
  2. ENHANCING INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND BIOSECURITY SURVEILLANCE USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)$734.9K
    Defense Health Agency· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Aug 27, 2025 – May 18, 2026· HT942525CE005
  3. IPRO CAMERA$270K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 15F06726P0000761
  4. VISITRAC 2.0 (SP:PCC-06)$161.4K
    Defense Information Systems Agency· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Dec 29, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025· HC106426P0012
  5. CALL ORDER FOR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) SUPPORT SERVICES - RFID MOBILE READERS, WARRANTIES AND DEVELOPER SUPPORT$67.6K
    Social Security Administration· Frederick County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 28321326FA0010192
  6. CALL ORDER UNDER BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) FOR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) SUPPORT SERVICES - PURCHASE OF 30,000 LAPTOP RFID TAGS FOR THE NEW LAPTOPS THAT ARE REFRESHING OLD LAPTOPS.$65.7K
    Social Security Administration· Baltimore city, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 28321326FA0010194
  7. HPE TECH CARE ESSENTIAL SERVICE$39.1K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· IT & telecom· Aug 29, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30125C20619

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

  • Sub-contracts: $45.3K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. CRITERION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.$45.3K100%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $314.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $147.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $606.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $731.4K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $372.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $45.3K 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

2 companies · $2.2M reported

  1. CRITERION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.$1.3M
    MCLEAN, VA · 16 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$946.1K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 10 subawards · Other telecommunications

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. FULL VISIBILITY LLC$7M+0.6% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Bureau of Investigation · Computer systems design and related services
  2. H2L SOLUTIONS, INC.$6.7M−24% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Bureau of Investigation · Computer systems design and related services
  3. DYNAMIC SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$8.5M+21% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Bureau of Investigation · Computer systems design and related 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.