Federal contractor · SANTA BARBARA, CA

PAYTON MERGER SUB II LLC

PAYTON MERGER SUB II LLC received $7.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 56 awards (−21% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $27.7M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($6.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.6M
New awards
56
Sole-source
1.2%
Single offer
95%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 80.9KFY2017
  2. 14.4KFY2018
  3. 15.2KFY2019
  4. 250KFY2020
  5. 208KFY2021
  6. 253.6KFY2022
  7. 1.5MFY2023
  8. 8.2MFY2024
  9. 9.6MFY2025
  10. 7.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$6.9M91%
    36 awards
  2. Indian Health Service$507.9K6.7%
    13 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$138.9K1.8%
    6 awards
  4. Defense Health Agency$3,2980.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$7.3M96%
  2. Professional services$124K1.6%
  3. Health & medical$110.2K1.5%
  4. Equipment maintenance$82.3K1.1%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$9,9990.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Monmouth County, NJ$4.2M55%
  2. Santa Barbara County, CA$835.2K11%
  3. Chester County, PA$479.2K6.3%
  4. Hillsborough County, FL$360.1K4.7%
  5. Monroe County, WI$232.8K3.1%
  6. Maricopa County, AZ$134K1.8%
  7. Hamilton County, OH$121K1.6%
  8. Pinellas County, FL$98K1.3%
  9. Becker County, MN$87.2K1.2%
  10. Seminole County, OK$82.9K1.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition96%
    US 39% · $7.3M
  • Sole-source awards1.2%
    US 30% · $94.1K
  • Single-offer competitions95%
    US 8.7% · $7.2M
  • Urgency justifications1.8%
    US 5.1% · $134K

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. Department of Veterans Affairs$94.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AUDIOCARE SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE$8.3M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Monmouth County, NJ· IT & telecom· Dec 31, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· 36C10B25F0055
  2. VHA VISN 10 - AUDIOCARE MODULES$831.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hamilton County, OH· IT & telecom· Apr 29, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· 36C25024F0750
  3. CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AUDIOPREFILL, TM-PREFILL, AUDIOCOMMUNICATOR STANDARD, TM-COMMUNICATOR, AUDIOCOMMUNICATOR-DM MODULES AND ANNUAL SUPPORT LICENSING AND TEXT MESSAGING FOR MULTIPLE FACILITIES WITHIN VSIN 12.$820.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Monroe County, WI· IT & telecom· May 1, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· 36C25224N0364
  4. VISN 8 PHARMACY AUDIOCARE PRESCRIPTION TEXT MESSAGING AND REFILL/RENEWAL$797.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hillsborough County, FL· IT & telecom· Sep 2, 2025 – Aug 28, 2026· 36C10B25F0202
  5. BRAND NAME PAYTON MERGER SUB II, LLC., DOING BUSINESS AS (DBA) AUDIOCARE FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES, MAINTENANCE, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.$771.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Chester County, PA· IT & telecom· Jan 29, 2024 – Jan 7, 2026· 36C10B24F0055
  6. AUDIOCARE - ADDONS$709.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Rutherford County, TN· Equipment maintenance· Aug 1, 2024 – Jul 23, 2026· 36C24924F0167
  7. PHOENIX AREA-WIDE AUTOMATED REFILL PHARMACY PROGRAM$617.1K
    Indian Health Service· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Sep 17, 2025 – Sep 4, 2026· 75H71225F80100
  8. PRESCRIPTION NOTIFICATION SOFTWARE$451.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Chester County, PA· IT & telecom· Nov 5, 2024 – Nov 6, 2025· 36C24225F0024

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

  1. COMPUTRITION, INC.$27.6M+6.7% in FY2026
    CANOGA PARK, CA · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Software publishers
  2. HEALTH LEVEL INC.$9.6M+35% in FY2026
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Software publishersVeterans Affairs · Software publishers
  3. VERATHON INC$64.1M+25% in FY2026
    BOTHELL, WA · 13 entities · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Software publishersIndian Health Service · Software publishersVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.