Federal contractor · BOULDER, CO
PICKNIK INC.
PICKNIK INC. received $548.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−65% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $9.8M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($548.7K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $548.7K
- New awards
- 9
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 82%
- UEI
- UEBSS7VA4BK1
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 123.6KFY2020
- 755KFY2021
- 406.5KFY2022
- 3.4MFY2023
- 3MFY2024
- 1.6MFY2025
- 548.7KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 9 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$548.7K100%
Where the work was performed
- Boulder County, CO$548.7K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition82%US 39% · $448.7K
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions82%US 8.8% · $448.7K
- 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
- E0104042 - FY23 - SBIR PHASE II - AN AFFORDANCE DRIVEN, HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP PERCEPTION FRAMEWORK$939.9KNational Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Aug 1, 2023 – May 20, 2026· 80NSSC23CA140
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Aug 1, 2024 – Mar 5, 2026· 80NSSC24CA115
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Aug 6, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026· 80NSSC25C0102
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 80NSSC26C0382
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 80NSSC26C0306
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Jun 13, 2025 – Mar 23, 2026· 80NSSC25CA057
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 19, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· 80NSSC25C0304
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 19, 2025 – Feb 27, 2026· 80NSSC25C0305
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: $33.6K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.$33.6K100%CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $55.1K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $33.6K 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
1 company · $88.7K reported
- CAMBRIDGE, MA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- OPTO-ATOMICS CORP$4.8M−30% in FY2026SAN PEDRO, CA · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
- PLASMONICS INC$4M−19% in FY2026ORLANDO, FL · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
- THERMAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC$5.8M−8.3% in FY2026COLUMBIA, MO · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.