Federal contractor · CHICO, CA
MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC.
MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC. received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+174% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $18.2M. Its largest customer was Office of Procurement Operations ($999.2K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.4M
- New awards
- 5
- Sole-source
- 4.4%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.6MFY2017
- 1.4MFY2018
- 1.6MFY2019
- 4.2MFY2020
- 1.2MFY2021
- 3.2MFY2022
- 1.5MFY2023
- 421.5KFY2024
- 525KFY2025
- 1.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Office of Procurement Operations$999.2K70%1 awards
- 3 awards
- Federal Aviation Administration$62.9K4.4%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$1.4M96%
- Other equipment & supplies$62.9K4.4%
Where the work was performed
- Butte County, CA$1.4M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition4.4%US 39% · $62.9K
- Sole-source awards4.4%US 30% · $62.9K
- 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.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of Transportation · 1 awards
Largest awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Butte County, CA· Research & development· May 22, 2023 – Jul 1, 2026· 80NSSC23CA117
- Office of Procurement Operations· Butte County, CA· Research & development· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 70RWMD26C00000005
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Butte County, CA· Research & development· Sep 5, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026· 80NSSC25C0462
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Butte County, CA· Research & development· Sep 19, 2025 – Apr 15, 2026· 80NSSC25C0246
- Federal Aviation Administration· Butte County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· 692M1526P00025
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.
MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
- Since FY2021
- $200K
Assistance by fiscal year
- 0FY2021
- 0FY2022
- 0FY2023
- 200KFY2024
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2024.
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
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $69.1K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $14.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $201.1K 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
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
1 company · $284.7K reported
- LAUREL, MD · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- GOLD STANDARD RADIATION DETECTION, INC.$1.5M−9.6% in FY2026ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Scientific research and development services
- BUBBLE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES INC$1.7M−28% in FY2026CHALK RIVER, CAN · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Scientific research and development services
- SECURELOGIX CORPORATION$1.7M−100% in FY2026SAN ANTONIO, TX · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of Procurement Operations · Scientific research and development 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 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.