Federal contractor · DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX

PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LLC

PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LLC received $2.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (+23% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $21.2M. Its largest customer was Missile Defense Agency ($2.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.4M
New awards
6
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
87%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 2.7MFY2018
  3. 644.4KFY2019
  4. 5.3MFY2020
  5. 1.9MFY2021
  6. 1.7MFY2022
  7. 975KFY2023
  8. 1.5MFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 2.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Missile Defense Agency$2.2M95%
    2 awards
  2. Public Buildings Service$111.5K4.7%
    1 awards
  3. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$13K0.6%
    2 awards
  4. Federal Highway Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.2M95%
  2. Construction & real property$111.5K4.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hays County, TX$2.2M95%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$111.5K4.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition87%
    US 39% · $2.1M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions87%
    US 8.7% · $2.1M
  • 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. SBIR SECOND PHASE II: ELEVATED-TEMPERATURE PLATE IMPACT TESTING AND HUGONIOT MODEL EXPANSION FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS$2M
    Missile Defense Agency· Hays County, TX· Research & development· Feb 4, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· HQ086026CE002
  2. PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, LLC PHASE II SBIR AWARD UNDER TOPIC 24-FT2: MITIGATION OF CYBERSECURITY FAILURES$313K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Hays County, TX· Research & development· Sep 29, 2025 – Jul 23, 2026· 6913G625C100015
  3. PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, LLC - SBIR FY23 PHASE II FRA TOPIC NO. 23-FR2, TITLE: NOVEL DESIGN FOR PASSENGER RAILCAR RETENTION SYSTEMS$299.9K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Hays County, TX· Research & development· Jun 21, 2024 – Jan 5, 2026· 6913G624C100008
  4. NEW FIRM-FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT SECURITY AND SAFETY OF BRIDGES FROM HUMAN-MADE HAZARDS$244.2K
    Federal Highway Administration· Hays County, TX· Research & development· Jul 7, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026· 693JJ322C000013
  5. NEXT-GENERATION LAUNCH PLATFORMS FOR LARGE-MASS HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TESTING$186.5K
    Missile Defense Agency· Hays County, TX· Research & development· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· HQ086026CE017
  6. A/E SERVICES TO EVALUATE, UPDATE, & MODERNIZE GSA'S SECURITY & BLAST INTERPRETATION GUIDANCE. CONTRACT PRICE $111,475.20. POP 10/01/2026 - 007/31/2027. ALL TERMS & CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME.$111.5K
    Public Buildings Service· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 47PH5426F0282

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 199.8KFY2023

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2023.

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: $179K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.$179K100%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $234.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $465.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $562.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $179K 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

9 companies · $4.2M reported

  1. BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.$2.7M
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 30 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$550.3K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$284.1K
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PENTA RESEARCH INC$3.4M−100% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. ADVANCED SILICON CARBIDE MATERIALS LLC$3.9M−71% in FY2026
    LIHUE, HI · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. X-WAVE INNOVATIONS, INC.$7.4M−100% in FY2026
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesImmediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation · Scientific research and development services+2 more

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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.