Federal contractor · AUSTIN, TX

NOMINAL, INC.

NOMINAL, INC. received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+24% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $8.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($1.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
3
Sole-source
100.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.3MFY2023
  2. 3MFY2024
  3. 1.8MFY2025
  4. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$1.3M59%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$898K40%
    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. Research & development$1.3M60%
  2. Education & social services$898K40%

Where the work was performed

  1. Travis County, TX$1.3M59%
  2. Kern County, CA$898K40%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100.0%
    US 39% · $2.2M
  • Sole-source awards100.0%
    US 30% · $2.2M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$1.3M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$898K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SOFTWARE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES TO DELIVER THE DIGITAL BACKBONE THROUGH HIGH-SCALE DATA INGESTION, SYNCHRONIZED ANALYSIS, COMPARATIVE MODELING, AND COLLABORATIVE WORKFLOWS.$1.3M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Feb 24, 2026 – Feb 24, 2026· HR001126FE022
  2. NOMINAL TO03 NAVY$898K
    Department of the Air Force· Kern County, CA· Education & social services· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· FA930426F5023
  3. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 4, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FE543

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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PROTAGONIST TECHNOLOGY LLC$6.4M+949% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services
  2. APPLIED OPTIMIZATION, INC.$4.7M−100% in FY2026
    FAIRBORN, OH · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. ATMO, INC.$6.7M−78% in FY2026
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 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.