Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA
MSAB INCORPORATED
MSAB INCORPORATED received $2.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (+95% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.9M. Its largest customer was U.S. Customs and Border Protection ($2.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $2.9M
- New awards
- 16
- Sole-source
- 76%
- Single offer
- 0.2%
- UEI
- U6TPP8E1D2L3
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.1MFY2017
- 1.5MFY2018
- 1.4MFY2019
- 1MFY2020
- 1.7MFY2021
- 1.7MFY2022
- 1.7MFY2023
- 1.5MFY2024
- 1.5MFY2025
- 2.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 8 awards
- Department of the Air Force$462.2K16%1 awards
- Department of State$172K5.9%2 awards
- U.S. Special Operations Command$37K1.3%1 awards
- Office of the Inspector General$23.5K0.8%2 awards
- Drug Enforcement Administration$4,3050.1%1 awards
- Defense Logistics Agency$3600.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$2.4M82%
- Other equipment & supplies$497.6K17%
- Education & social services$37K1.3%
Where the work was performed
- Arlington County, VA$2.2M76%
- Prince William County, VA$462.2K16%
- Abroad$172K5.9%
- Virginia Beach city, VA$37K1.3%
- San Diego County, CA$33.2K1.1%
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT$4,3050.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition77%US 39% · $2.2M
- Sole-source awards76%US 30% · $2.2M
- Single-offer competitions0.2%US 8.8% · $4,665
- 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 Homeland Security · 5 awards
- Department of State$172KDepartment of State · 1 awards
Largest awards
- MOBILE FORENSICS$934.5KU.S. Customs and Border Protection· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 70B02C26F00000995
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 70B03C26F00000722
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 5, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· 70B03C25F00000835
- Department of the Air Force· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 9, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· FA701426C0004
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Arlington County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 16, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· 70B06C26F00000410
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Arlington County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 70B03C26F00000872
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: $199.1K (3 subawards)
3 primes
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$90K45%LEXINGTON, KY · 1 subaward
- CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$65.5K33%CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
- CACI NSS, LLC$43.6K22%RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $495K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $210.6K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $742.7K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $975K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $199.1K 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
4 companies · $2.6M reported
- FORT WORTH, TX · 12 subawards · Other support services
- CHANTILLY, VA · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$497.2KCHANTILLY, VA · 10 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- OPEN TEXT INC.$7.1M−54% in FY2026MENLO PARK, CA · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Software publishers
- ALIRO TECHNOLOGIES INC$500K−100% in FY2026BRIGHTON, MA · 7.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Software publishers
- RADISYS CORPORATION$505K−100% in FY2026HILLSBORO, OR · 7.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Software publishers
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.
Matched organizations
- MSAB Inc.AI match · 99%
- Lobbying · 2023
- $60K
- 4 reports
Lobbying by year
- 2023$60K4 reports
Top issues
- Homeland security4 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
- U.S. SENATE4 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Meridian Hill Strategies formerly known as "Ernest C. Baynard IV"$60K4 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 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.