Federal contractor · WAIMANALO, HI

MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC

MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC received $12.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−25% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $99M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($12.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.5M
New awards
9
Sole-source
15%
Single offer
0.1%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 4.9MFY2018
  3. 23.7MFY2019
  4. 5.7MFY2020
  5. 15.4MFY2021
  6. 8.2MFY2022
  7. 1.8MFY2023
  8. 7.9MFY2024
  9. 16.6MFY2025
  10. 12.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$12.1M97%
    8 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$328.4K2.6%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$8.7M70%
  2. Research & development$2.2M18%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$1.5M12%
  4. IT & telecom$18.4K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kauai County, HI$8.4M67%
  2. Honolulu County, HI$3.7M30%
  3. Arlington County, VA$328.4K2.6%
  4. Newport County, RI$18.4K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition15%
    US 39% · $1.9M
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $1.9M
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.8% · $18.4K
  • 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 the Navy$1.9M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN AND INSTALL TWO UTILITY CONDUITS USING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING (HDD) ON U.S. COAST GUARD PROPERTY LOCATED AT SPRUCE CAPE, KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT.$11.4M
    Department of the Navy· Kodiak Island Borough, AK· Professional services· Oct 18, 2024 – Dec 22, 2025· N3943025F4000
  2. PACIFIC DEEP ELECTROMAGNETIC RESEARCH MEASUREMENT ARRAY (PACDERMA) SYSTEM INSTALLATION - PHASE I, PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY (PMRF) BARKING SANDS, KAUAI, HAWAII$8.4M
    Department of the Navy· Kauai County, HI· Professional services· Jan 16, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· N3943026F4005
  3. ENGINEERING SERVICES$2.6M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Jun 29, 2023 – May 13, 2026· N0003923C9002
  4. SUBMARINE-DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING (SUB-DTS) SHIPSETS INCLUDING BUOYANT CABLE ANTENNA DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING FIBER IN METAL TUBE CABLE (BCA-DTS FIMT)$1.5M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 17, 2025 – May 22, 2026· N6660426P0028
  5. BASE$1.4M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Sep 3, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· N0002425CS056
  6. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$1M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Dec 17, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· N6833526C0185
  7. DARPA COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENING (DARPA)$328.4K
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· HR001126CE040
  8. SBIR PHASE I$239.8K
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Jun 23, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· N0002425CS190

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.

MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$4.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 199.4KFY2021
  2. 1MFY2022
  3. 1.6MFY2023
  4. 27.7KFY2024
  5. 1.3MFY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING, INC. CONTROL:2459-2759 NEW AWARD ''REMOTELY INSTALLED ANCHORAGES FOR FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND AND OTHER OFFSHORE…$2.1M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 19, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· DEAR0001574
  2. COST EFFECTIVE PRIMARY HEAT EXCHNAGER FOR GEN3 CSP SYSTEMS A. PROJECT OBJECTIVES THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH TEMPERATURE…$449.8K
    81.087 · Renewable Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2023 – Sep 18, 2026· DEEE0010477

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $392.7K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $1M (1 subaward)

2 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$1M72%
    HONOLULU, HI · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS$392.7K28%
    HONOLULU, HI · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.4M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

4 companies · $16.2M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$14.9M
    HONOLULU, HI · 17 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$206.4K
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS & TECHNOLOGIES INC$36.2M−6.9% in FY2026
    NORFOLK, VA · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. HODGES TRANSPORTATION, INC.$34.3M−29% in FY2026
    SILVER SPRINGS, NV · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT CORP.$21.2M+421% in FY2026
    GREENBELT, MD · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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 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.