Federal contractor · MERRITT ISLAND, FL

NELSON ENGINEERING CO.

NELSON ENGINEERING CO. received $595K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−91% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $52.6M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($594.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$595K
New awards
12
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
87%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2017
  2. 2.3MFY2018
  3. 4.6MFY2019
  4. 3.9MFY2020
  5. 6.1MFY2021
  6. 4.6MFY2022
  7. 11.3MFY2023
  8. 10.9MFY2024
  9. 6.8MFY2025
  10. 595KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$594.5K99.9%
    10 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.1%
    1 awards
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology-$1.880.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$594.5K99.9%
  2. Research & development$5000.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Brevard County, FL$453.3K76%
  2. Madison County, AL$141.7K24%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition87%
    US 39% · $520.4K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions87%
    US 8.8% · $520.4K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION (ESDC) OF INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AT THE BOOSTER FABRICATION FACILITY (BFF), KSC, FL$1.1M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026· 80KSC024FA094
  2. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (SERAE) TASK ORDER TO DO A PUMP HOUSE ALTERNATIVES STUDY AT THE ROTATION, PROCESSING, AND SURGE FACILITY (RPSF) AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA$507K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Apr 16, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026· 80KSC025FA015
  3. ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY UPGRADE, KSC INSTITUTIONAL POWER SYSTEMS, PHASE 4, PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER 98966.4.$302.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· 80KSC021F0108
  4. COMPRESSOR 9 DESIGN-BUILD REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT$288.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Jan 28, 2025 – Jul 8, 2026· 80LARC25F7020
  5. ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOOSTER FABRICATION FACILITY (BFF) SWITCHGEAR REPLACEMENT - SUBSTATIONS 1114, 1115, AND 1116$278.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Sep 17, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 80KSC021F0176
  6. ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION (ESDC) OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY UPGRADES, KSC INSTITUTIONAL POWER SYSTEMS, PHASE 6, REVISION A. PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER (PCN) 98996.6$270.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Feb 2, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026· 80KSC026FA004
  7. ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION (ESDC) OF REPLACE SS-1113 A/B AT THE BOOSTER FABRICATION FACILITY CHILLER NOTE: SIGNED MOD IS 80KSC023FA152 - CORRECTION PENDING$228.6K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Aug 18, 2023 – Dec 19, 2025· 80KSC023FA155
  8. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (SERAE) TASK ORDER TO REVISED NASA UNIFIED FACILITIES GUIDE SPECIFICATION (UFGS) SECTIONS VARIOUS DISCIPLINES AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA$212.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Construction & real property· Jul 24, 2025 – Jan 6, 2026· 80KSC025FA066

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: $290.5K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC.$168K58%
    TULLAHOMA, TN · 1 subaward
  2. NOVA SPACE SOLUTIONS, LLC$122.5K42%
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $573.4K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $290.5K 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

10 companies · $6.7M reported

  1. CHUGACH SOLUTIONS ENTERPRISE, LLC$2.7M
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 4 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  2. TETRA TECH, INC.$1.4M
    PASADENA, CA · 9 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. WOLF CREEK FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$1.1M
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 3 subawards · Facilities support 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MDB, INC.$13.3M+15% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. NEW YEAR TECH, INC$8.5M−62% in FY2026
    ASHBURN, VA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. CCS ASSOCIATES, INC.$14.6M+8.5% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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.

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.