Federal contractor · MOSCOW, ID

LIGHTCAST, LLC

LIGHTCAST, LLC received $87.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−59% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.2M. Its largest customer was Office of the Secretary ($62.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$87.6K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
Z3MLLJF3DDS1
Parent company
BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the EMPOWER AI, INC. company family: 17 registered entities, $230.8M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. EMPOWER AI, INC.RESTON, VA · Family page
    $117.6M
  2. LESLIE CONTROLS, INC.TAMPA, FL
    $61.3M
  3. BMC SOFTWARE, INC.HOUSTON, TX
    $25.3M
  4. CIRCOR NAVAL SOLUTIONS LLCWARREN, MA
    $9.5M
  5. CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA LLCMONROE, NC
    $3.3M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · jev-1.13.0 · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 25KFY2017
  2. 25KFY2018
  3. 70KFY2019
  4. 30KFY2020
  5. 59KFY2021
  6. 59KFY2022
  7. 121.5KFY2023
  8. 498.6KFY2024
  9. 212.5KFY2025
  10. 87.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Secretary$62.6K71%
    1 awards
  2. International Trade Commission$25K29%
    1 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$87.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$62.6K71%
  2. Latah County, ID$25K29%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $87.6K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $87.6K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO ACQUIRE LIGHTCAST SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS FOR ONE 12-MONTH BASE PERIOD AND ONE 12-MONTH OPTION BEGINNING AUGUST 8, 2024. COR: [name removed]. [email removed]$248.1K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· Latah County, ID· IT & telecom· Aug 7, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· 1605TB24P00011
  2. SOFTWARE DATABASE LICENSES$124.5K
    Office of the Secretary· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Feb 11, 2025 – Apr 6, 2026· 1331L525P13500013
  3. 3 SEAT DEVELOPER LICENSE TO LIGHTCAST LABOR DATA AND BULK DATA DOWNLOAD SERVICE FOR U.S.$124K
    International Trade Commission· Latah County, ID· IT & telecom· May 31, 2024 – May 12, 2026· 34300024P0015

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 · $109.2K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $250K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $167.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $58.2K 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

117 companies · $457.8M reported

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$97.9M
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  2. INTELLIBRIDGE, LLC$71.2M
    MC LEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. CPMC, LLC$30.2M
    VIENNA, VA · 3 subawards · Computer systems design and related services

Primes that pay it

29 companies · $318.8M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$200.4M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 348 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$71M
    GROTON, CT · 82 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. PERATON INC.$11.8M
    HERNDON, VA · 18 subawards · Wired telecommunications carriers

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

  1. INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC$259.5M−28% in FY2026
    BLAIRSVILLE, GA · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related servicesAir Force · Computer systems design and related services
  2. SABEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$293.1M−7.9% in FY2026
    GAINESVILLE, VA · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related servicesArmy · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ITILITY, L.L.C$190.5M−21% in FY2026
    CHANTILLY, VA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of EMPOWER AI, INC. (17 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • American Medical ResponseAI match · 95%
Lobbying · 2025
$0
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$0

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$0
    4 reports
  2. 2024$0
    4 reports
  3. 2025$0
    4 reports
  4. 2026$0
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Health issues14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Policy Development Group$0
    14 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: AI name judgments (entity-match@1, jev-1.13.0), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.