Federal contractor · MANDEVILLE, LA

PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING INC

PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING INC received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+84% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $3.5M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($1.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedNative-owned

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 580.4KFY2018
  2. 588.7KFY2019
  3. 238.7KFY2020
  4. -23.3KFY2021
  5. 181.4KFY2022
  6. 423.9KFY2023
  7. -271.3KFY2024
  8. 638.1KFY2025
  9. 1.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$1.2M100%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.8% · $1.2M
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs· Davidson County, TN· Construction & real property· Mar 30, 2026 – May 14, 2026· 36C24926C0035
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs· Caddo Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 8, 2026· 36C25625C0067
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs· Potter County, TX· Construction & real property· Feb 17, 2022 – Aug 31, 2026· 36C25722C0043

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GUIDON MES JV, LLC$1.6M−55% in FY2026
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. GUIDON-CMTA SDVOSB JV, LLC$1.6M+296% in FY2026
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. ALEXANDRIA, VA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Architectural, engineering, 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 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.