Federal contractor · COLUMBIA, SC
PALMETTO GBA, LLC
PALMETTO GBA, LLC received $295.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−22% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.9B. Its largest customer was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($279.3M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $295.5M
- New awards
- 16
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 49%
- UEI
- CFLDECZBMDV6
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 181.6MFY2017
- 251.4MFY2018
- 248.4MFY2019
- 270.8MFY2020
- 351MFY2021
- 265.2MFY2022
- 371.9MFY2023
- 263.8MFY2024
- 380.7MFY2025
- 295.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 14 awards
- Railroad Retirement Board$16.2M5.5%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Education & social services$239.5M81%
- Professional services$36.8M12%
- IT & telecom$19.2M6.5%
Where the work was performed
- Richland County, SC$295.5M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition49%US 39% · $143.5M
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions49%US 8.7% · $143.5M
- 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
- JM AB MAC AWARD$988.2MCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Richland County, SC· Education & social services· Dec 1, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· HHSM5002015M0028Z
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Richland County, SC· Education & social services· Sep 23, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 75FCMC22C0037
- JJ A/B MAC$230.3MCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Richland County, SC· Education & social services· Aug 29, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026· 75FCMC24C0023
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Richland County, SC· Education & social services· Oct 6, 2016 – Aug 5, 2026· HHSM500200800026C
- Railroad Retirement Board· Richland County, SC· Education & social services· Oct 25, 2016 – May 8, 2026· RRB12C011
- Railroad Retirement Board· Richland County, SC· Education & social services· Jun 14, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026· 60RRBH24C0001
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Richland County, SC· Professional services· Jun 15, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 75FCMC21F0002
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Richland County, SC· Professional services· Aug 8, 2022 – Aug 6, 2026· 75FCMC22F0001
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 · $241.6K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $16.9M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $21M 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
5 companies · $38.2M reported
- DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$20.5MARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- CGS ADMINISTRATORS, LLC$16.9MNASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward · Insurance carriers
- NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC.$495.9KMECHANICSBURG, PA · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical 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 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC$822.8M+42% in FY2026FARGO, ND · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Insurance carriersCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
- NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC.$715.8M−22% in FY2026MECHANICSBURG, PA · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Insurance carriersCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
- WELLPOINT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, INC.$729.2M+8% in FY2026INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 3 entities · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Insurance carriersCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · 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.