Federal contractor · MCLEAN, VA

NIRA INC

NIRA INC received $4.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $56.8M. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($2.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.6M
New awards
10
Sole-source
52%
Single offer
16%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.3MFY2017
  2. 2.4MFY2018
  3. 2.8MFY2019
  4. 3.7MFY2020
  5. 2.7MFY2021
  6. 17.8MFY2022
  7. 7.7MFY2023
  8. 6.4MFY2024
  9. 6.4MFY2025
  10. 4.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$2.1M46%
    4 awards
  2. Consumer Product Safety Commission$1.5M33%
    2 awards
  3. Federal Maritime Commission$445.8K9.6%
    1 awards
  4. Food and Drug Administration$297.5K6.4%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$225K4.9%
    1 awards
  6. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$3.3M72%
  2. IT & telecom$1.1M23%
  3. Research & development$225K4.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$2.8M60%
  2. Fairfax County, VA$1.2M27%
  3. Montgomery County, MD$307.5K6.7%
  4. Prince George's County, MD$297.5K6.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition68%
    US 39% · $3.2M
  • Sole-source awards52%
    US 30% · $2.4M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $743.4K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$2.1M
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ENROUTE PLANNING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES$8.7M
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 2, 2022 – Jul 10, 2026· 697DCK22C00280
  2. ENROUTE ENGINEERING AND COST ESTIMATING SUPPORT SERVICES$5M
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 27, 2022 – Jul 10, 2026· 697DCK22C00289
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SBIR PH II$4M
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 11, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· N6833523C0483
  4. 693KA8-25-D-00005, TO 01, TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL FUNDING PROGRAMMATIC AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT SUPPORT$3.7M
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 15, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· 693KA825F00154
  5. FY2025-2026 O&M FOR CPSRMS, DCM, REGULATORY ROBOT SYSTEMS$2.8M
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2025 – May 5, 2026· 61320625P0027
  6. ACQUIRE O&M SERVICES ON CPSRMS SYSTEMS$1.2M
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 61320626F0065
  7. PROCESS WORKFLOW AUTOMATION AND DATA LAKE SERVICES$995.2K
    Federal Maritime Commission· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 65310225F00024
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PR IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR NEXCOM AND ACLSS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES UNDER TASK ORDER #0001. FUNDING FOR THESE CLIN'S IS THROUGH$729.3K
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 16, 2026 – Mar 16, 2026· 693KA826F00136

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: $3.5M (11 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NOBLIS, INC.$3.1M89%
    RESTON, VA · 10 subawards
  2. 1DTS, LLC$393.8K11%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $943.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $530.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $249.3K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $11.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.5M 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 · $17.7M reported

  1. NOBLIS, INC.$16.4M
    RESTON, VA · 23 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. TETRA TECH, INC.$510.1K
    PASADENA, CA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. 1DTS, LLC$393.8K
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward · 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 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FORT HILL GROUP L.L.C.$4.6M+114% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AURORA INNOVATIONS, LLC$4.7M−34% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. JETZERO, INC.$7.5M+146% in FY2026
    LONG BEACH, CA · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.