Federal contractor · ALEXANDRIA, VA

POTOMACWAVE, INC.

POTOMACWAVE, INC. received $16.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 41 awards (−16% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $380.9M. Its largest customer was Department of Energy ($6.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.5M
New awards
41
Sole-source
3.2%
Single offer
15%
UEI
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Other than small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 48.1MFY2017
  2. 50.9MFY2018
  3. 50.2MFY2019
  4. 49.7MFY2020
  5. 46.6MFY2021
  6. 37.3MFY2022
  7. 27.6MFY2023
  8. 34.2MFY2024
  9. 19.8MFY2025
  10. 16.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Energy$6.6M40%
    1 awards
  2. Federal Emergency Management Agency$6.5M40%
    11 awards
  3. Defense Health Agency$601.6K3.6%
    1 awards
  4. Department of State$490.7K3.0%
    1 awards
  5. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$395.8K2.4%
    1 awards
  6. Departmental Offices$323.9K2.0%
    3 awards
  7. Department of Veterans Affairs$323.8K2.0%
    1 awards
  8. Treasury Common Services Center$250K1.5%
    1 awards
  9. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$237.6K1.4%
    2 awards
  10. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$172K1.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$14.8M90%
  2. IT & telecom$1.1M6.6%
  3. Research & development$602.1K3.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$10.9M66%
  2. Alexandria city, VA$4.6M28%
  3. Frederick County, MD$601.6K3.6%
  4. Arlington County, VA$490.7K3.0%
  5. Montgomery County, MD$73K0.4%
  6. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition18%
    US 39% · $3M
  • Sole-source awards3.2%
    US 30% · $536.6K
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.8% · $2.5M
  • 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

  1. RED ROVER TWO (TECHNICAL, ANALYTICAL, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES)$29M
    Department of Energy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 21, 2020 – Aug 19, 2026· 89303020FET400017
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BPA CALL IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAM PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO NFIP$10.4M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 18, 2020 – Jun 15, 2026· 70FA6020F00000019
  3. STREAMLINING RECOVERY PROGRAMS$9.5M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 70FB8026F00000061
  4. FID PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SUPPORT (PMO RISK RATING$8M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2023 – Nov 21, 2025· 70FA6023F00000048
  5. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, TOOLS, MATERIALS, SUPERVISION, AND OTHER ITEMS AND NON-PERSONAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO REDESIGN THE 2 COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AND RELATED BUSINESS PROCESSES$5.5M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Sep 28, 2022 – Mar 9, 2026· 70FA6022F00000053
  6. ACQUISITION PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES$5M
    Defense Health Agency· Frederick County, MD· Research & development· Aug 5, 2024 – Mar 11, 2026· HT942524F0219
  7. THIS ORDER PROCURES DEDICATED CONTRACT SUPPORT FOR THE WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION TO MANAGE AND DELIVER THE PRIMARY LINES OF EFFORT UNDER ITS OPERATIONAL PURVIEW.$3.2M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 70FB8026F00000104
  8. OFFICE OF POLICY AND ANALYSIS STRATEGY, POLICY, ASSESSMENT, AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT$3.1M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Sep 19, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026· 70FB8024F00000095

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.

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 · $984.8K reported

  1. CELEEN LLC$984.8K
    MASHANTUCKET, CT · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 33 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NISTAC PLUS JV$30.9M−7.6% in FY2026
    GERMANTOWN, MD · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Emergency Management Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. POTAWATOMI TRAINING LLC$39.8M−7.9% in FY2026
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Emergency Management Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. RESILIENCE ACTION PARTNERS$20.4M
    BEAVER, PA · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Emergency Management Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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.