Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

MERKEL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

MERKEL & ASSOCIATES, INC. received $605.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $11M. Its largest customer was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($249.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$605.4K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
36%
UEI
YMUZGMEL9MR6
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 273KFY2017
  2. 436.2KFY2018
  3. 692.2KFY2019
  4. 1.5MFY2020
  5. 2.4MFY2021
  6. 1.5MFY2022
  7. 1.5MFY2023
  8. 1.5MFY2024
  9. 478.4KFY2025
  10. 605.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$249.7K41%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$217.6K36%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$138.1K23%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$387.8K64%
  2. Professional services$217.6K36%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$387.8K64%
  2. San Luis Obispo County, CA$217.6K36%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition36%
    US 39% · $217.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions36%
    US 8.7% · $217.6K
  • 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. CA-SAN DIEGO NWR COMPLEX-CAULERPA PROLIF$249.7K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· San Diego County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· 140FS126P0003
  2. ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT FOR MORRO BAY AND PORT SAN LUIS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DREDGING AND BREAKWATER REPAIRS. SERVICES INCLUDE SURVEYS, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING.$217.6K
    Department of the Army· San Luis Obispo County, CA· Professional services· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· W912PL26FA022
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THREE EFFORTS:1) CONDUCT BAYWIDE MAPPING OF EELGRASS WITHIN SAN DIEGO BAY 2) CONDUCT MAPPING OF PERMANENT EELGRASS TRANSECTS IN SAN DIEGO BAY,3) SURVEY THE NAVY EELGRASS MITIGATIONS SITES$138.1K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· N6247326F0302

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: $345.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO.$345.1K100%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $177.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $156.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $346.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $345.1K 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 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

3 companies · $1M reported

  1. MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO$634.8K
    SEATTLE, WA · 5 subawards · Other heavy and civil engineering construction
  2. BB&E, INC.$344.7K
    NORTHVILLE, MI · 4 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$46.1K
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward

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

  1. HAWAII INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC.$3.3M−87% in FY2026
    KAWASAKI, JPN · 2 entities · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. OYO CORPORATION, PACIFIC$2.9M−49% in FY2026
    OKINAWA, JPN · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. NO KA LAHUI JV LLC$2.5M+260% in FY2026
    HONOLULU, HI · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNavy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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.