Federal contractor · THOUSAND OAKS, CA

LEAD BUILDERS INC

LEAD BUILDERS INC received $2.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−93% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $260M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($2.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
12%
UEI
NHRJBRC4SX35
Parent company
LEAD BUILDERS, INC.
Small businessMinority-owned8(a) program

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 17.3MFY2017
  2. 48.7MFY2018
  3. 20.1MFY2019
  4. 9.6MFY2020
  5. 16.6MFY2021
  6. 23.7MFY2022
  7. 24MFY2023
  8. 55.4MFY2024
  9. 41.7MFY2025
  10. 2.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 7 awards
  2. 1 awards
  3. 3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$2.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kern County, CA$400.1K14%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $322K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.8% · $322K
  • 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. Department of the Army· Ventura County, CA· Construction & real property· Aug 28, 2024 – Apr 24, 2026· W50S7524C0003
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Kern County, CA· Construction & real property· Aug 21, 2023 – May 26, 2026· 80AFRC23F0060
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Kern County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 29, 2022 – Jun 27, 2026· 80AFRC22F0093
  4. Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2024 – Mar 4, 2026· N6247324F5240
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Santa Clara County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026· 80ARC023F0059
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Santa Clara County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 22, 2022 – Mar 2, 2026· 80ARC022F0087
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Santa Clara County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 18, 2024 – Feb 23, 2026· 80ARC024F0067
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Santa Clara County, CA· Construction & real property· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· 80ARC026F7010

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

  • Sub-contracts: $3.8M (13 subawards)

13 sub-recipients

  1. JORDAN DRYWALL INC$1.7M45%
    SANTA ANA, CA · 1 subaward
  2. OMEGA LATHING & PLASTERIN$604.2K16%
    TEHACHAPI, CA · 1 subaward
  3. DENNIS REEVES, INC.$413K11%
    LA VERNE, CA · 1 subaward
  4. ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINUM WINDOW SYSTEMS, INC.$257.1K6.9%
    JURUPA VALLEY, CA · 1 subaward
  5. SERVICES - ECO LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT$255.4K6.8%
    FRESNO, CA · 1 subaward
  6. AMERICAN INC$109K2.9%
    VISALIA, CA · 1 subaward
  7. ESCONDIDO, CA · 1 subaward
  8. TRUTEAM OF CALIFORNIA, INC.$67K1.8%
    CERES, CA · 1 subaward
  9. MCCLANAHAN INC.$66K1.8%
    LAKE FOREST, CA · 1 subaward
  10. SOUTHERN VALLEY STEEL, INC$62.6K1.7%
    BAKERSFIELD, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $5.6M (10 subawards)

2 primes

  1. FAIRFAX, VA · 8 subawards
  2. MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 136% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $214.9K received
  • FY2025: $34.3M paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2026: $3.8M paid out · $5.6M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

60 companies · $38.1M reported

  1. VISTA, CA · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction
  2. CACY ELECTRIC$5.5M
    EL CAJON, CA · 2 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  3. LANCASTER, CA · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $9.1M reported

  1. FAIRFAX, VA · 16 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. MCLEAN, VA · 4 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ANCHORAGE, AK · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Nonresidential building constructionArmy · Nonresidential building construction
  2. G2I JBI LLC$63.8M−77% in FY2026
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 2 entities · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Nonresidential building constructionArmy · Nonresidential building construction
  3. SKE SUPPORT SERVICES GMBH$84M−63% in FY2026
    GOLDBACH, DEU · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Nonresidential building constructionAir Force · Nonresidential building construction

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.