Federal contractor · VIENNA, VA

NEXT TIER CONCEPTS INC

NEXT TIER CONCEPTS INC received $12.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−60% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $315.7M. Its largest customer was Defense Information Systems Agency ($10M). It also received $499.2K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$12.5M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
NEXT TIER CONCEPTS INC
Other than small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 21.5MFY2017
  2. 38.1MFY2018
  3. 71.3MFY2019
  4. 56.2MFY2020
  5. 22.3MFY2021
  6. 22.8MFY2022
  7. 24.4MFY2023
  8. 15.7MFY2024
  9. 31MFY2025
  10. 12.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Information Systems Agency$10M80%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Army$2.5M20%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$10M80%
  2. Research & development$2.5M20%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$10M80%
  2. Fairfax County, VA$2.5M20%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. ENTERPRISE MILITARY HOUSING II$113.9M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2019 – Mar 17, 2026· HC102819F6320
  2. ENTERPRISE MILITARY HOUSING$52.3M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 18, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· HC102825F6320
  3. CONTRACT FOR R&D OF SAR OBJECT DETECTION$7.4M
    Department of the Army· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Feb 16, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· W911QX24C0007
  4. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· HQ085926FE076

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.

NEXT TIER CONCEPTS INC received $499.2K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 12.910 · Research and Technology Development ($499.2K).

Assistance · FY2026
$499.2K
New awards
1
Actions
1

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 499.2KFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$499.2K100%

Top programs

  1. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$499.2K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$499.2K100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM$499.2K
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· HR0011263E083

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2026.

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

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $48.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $341.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $188K 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 · $1.8M reported

  1. SMARTRONIX, LLC$924.5K
    HOLLYWOOD, MD · 4 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$556.4K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. CGI FEDERAL INC.$282.3K
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related 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 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CUBIC DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE INC$52.3M−30% in FY2026
    ASHBURN, VA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related services
  2. BUSINESS COMPUTERS MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GROUP (BCMC) LLC$52.6M+6.2% in FY2026
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related services
  3. OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS INC.$60.6M+56% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related 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.