Federal contractor · MCLEAN, VA

MERLIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.

MERLIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. received $16.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 38 awards (−33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $428.1M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($7.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.9M
New awards
38
Sole-source
19%
Single offer
14%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 33.2MFY2017
  2. 84.2MFY2018
  3. 101.2MFY2019
  4. 62.9MFY2020
  5. 18.3MFY2021
  6. 35.4MFY2022
  7. 26.1MFY2023
  8. 24.9MFY2024
  9. 25MFY2025
  10. 16.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$7.3M43%
    2 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$2.6M15%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Health Agency$2.2M13%
    2 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$1.4M8.0%
    10 awards
  5. Department of the Army$1.1M6.6%
    3 awards
  6. Offices, Boards and Divisions$808.1K4.8%
    1 awards
  7. Department of Education$547.5K3.2%
    3 awards
  8. Federal Communications Commission$281.4K1.7%
    1 awards
  9. Commodity Futures Trading Commission$217.3K1.3%
    1 awards
  10. Bureau of Land Management$203.8K1.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$16.7M99%
  2. Professional services$110.6K0.7%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$16.8K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$7.3M43%
  2. Fairfax County, VA$5.4M32%
  3. Bexar County, TX$2.1M12%
  4. Anne Arundel County, MD$828.9K4.9%
  5. Baltimore County, MD$433.7K2.6%
  6. Berkeley County, SC$348.4K2.1%
  7. Ada County, ID$203.8K1.2%
  8. Norfolk city, VA$89.6K0.5%
  9. Palm Beach County, FL$65.8K0.4%
  10. King George County, VA$45.6K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $5.5M
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $3.2M
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $2.3M
  • 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$433.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Commodity Futures Trading Commission$217.3K
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BENEFITS DELIVERY NETWORK NOVASCALE MAINFRAME MAINTENANCE$36M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2021 – Mar 12, 2026· 36C10B21F0345
  2. OKTA FOR GOVERNMENT HIGH CUSTOMER IDENTITY SERVICES SUPPORT AND TRAINING. NAICS CODE 541519 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY VALUE ADDED RESELLER (ITVAR), COMPETED AS SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE$7.2M
    Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 15, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 47QACA26F0272
  3. CYBERARK SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION$5.7M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 30, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· SP470125F0172
  4. DOJ IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT (ICAM) PROGRAM PER EO.$2.4M
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 22, 2023 – Aug 7, 2026· 15JPSS23F00000252
  5. VMWARE SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES$2.1M
    Defense Health Agency· Bexar County, TX· IT & telecom· Apr 24, 2026 – May 6, 2026· HT001526FE032
  6. ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO CYBERARK SECURITY SOFTWARE, PURCHASED THROUGH RESELLER.$828.9K
    Department of the Army· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· W15P7T26F0135
  7. VEEAM DATA PROTECTION SOFTWARE$571K
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 18, 2025 – Mar 6, 2026· HDTRA125FE070
  8. MONSTER - ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION AND SUPPORT - CURRENT GENERATION ATS$555.7K
    Federal Communications Commission· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 1, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026· 273FCC22F0157

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: $16M (28 subawards)

6 primes

  1. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$7M44%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 5 subawards
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$6.1M38%
    MCLEAN, VA · 13 subawards
  3. CGI FEDERAL INC.$1.3M8.4%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 5 subawards
  4. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$1.3M8.3%
    HERNDON, VA · 3 subawards
  5. PERATON INC.$154.6K1.0%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$48.6K0.3%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $24.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $47.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $33.4M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $42.5M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $81.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $16M 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

16 companies · $245.9M reported

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$113.4M
    MCLEAN, VA · 82 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$54.9M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 26 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. CGI FEDERAL INC.$26.4M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 23 subawards · Computer systems design 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 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 35 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS, LLC$23M+0.5% in FY2026
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 6 entities · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  2. SKILLSOFT (US) LLC$65.1M−20% in FY2026
    NASHUA, NH · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Software publishersDefense Logistics Agency · Software publishers
  3. SEWP SOLUTIONS LLC$41M+4.4% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • Merlin International, Inc.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$750K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$260K
    6 reports
  2. 2024$230K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$60K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Homeland security18 reports
  2. Science and technology12 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations6 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES18 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE18 reports
  3. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)12 reports
  4. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)3 reports
  5. Executive Office of the President (EOP)2 reports
  6. General Services Administration (GSA)1 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. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$390K
    13 reports
  2. HILL EAST GROUP, LLC$360K
    12 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.