Federal contractor · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

QED SYSTEMS, INC.

QED SYSTEMS, INC. received $83.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 92 awards (+2.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($83.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$83.9M
New awards
92
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
67%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 118.1MFY2017
  2. 134.5MFY2018
  3. 116.9MFY2019
  4. 117.7MFY2020
  5. 124.5MFY2021
  6. 91.9MFY2022
  7. 84.4MFY2023
  8. 101.1MFY2024
  9. 82.2MFY2025
  10. 83.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$83.9M100%
    90 awards
  2. Department of the Army$1,0000.0%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Contract Management Agency-$30K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$58.9M70%
  2. Professional services$24.9M30%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$104.1K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia Beach city, VA$60.8M72%
  2. San Diego County, CA$8.5M10%
  3. Norfolk city, VA$5.6M6.7%
  4. Portsmouth city, VA$4.8M5.8%
  5. Duval County, FL$1.9M2.2%
  6. Abroad$1.8M2.1%
  7. Camden County, GA$939.3K1.1%
  8. Philadelphia County, PA$772.7K0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition67%
    US 39% · $56.6M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions67%
    US 8.8% · $56.6M
  • 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. SPECIFICATION DEVELOPMENT AVAILABILITY EXECUTION SUPPORT FOR CNO/CMAV AVAILABILITIES FOR LHA, LHD, CG DDG, LCS, LSD, LPS SHIP CLASSES$128.4M
    Department of the Navy· Virginia Beach city, VA· Equipment maintenance· Feb 29, 2024 – May 27, 2026· N0002424C4201
  2. LCS EXECUTION PLANNING$71.8M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 14, 2018 – Mar 5, 2026· N0002418C4312
  3. SEPS SERVICES BASE PERIOD LABOR$7.8M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Jan 26, 2023 – Jan 21, 2026· N0018923F0099
  4. CVN 74 RCOH SANITARY REPAIRS$7.2M
    Department of the Navy· Virginia Beach city, VA· Professional services· Sep 23, 2021 – Mar 30, 2026· N6449821F3108
  5. BASE PERIOD: LABOR$6.7M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Professional services· Feb 22, 2023 – Feb 17, 2026· N0018923F0192
  6. SEPS SERVICES BASE PERIOD LABOR$4.4M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Jan 26, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· N0018923F0101
  7. THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS CVN 74 HARDWARE FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BRIDGE DISPLAY SYSTEM SABDS SHIP CONTROL SYSTEM GOVERNMENT SCS-GOV AND NAVIGATION CRITICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM NCDS WILL BE UPGRADED PER THE SHIP CHANGE DOCUMENTS$4.3M
    Department of the Navy· Virginia Beach city, VA· Professional services· Aug 2, 2022 – Jun 3, 2026· N6449822F3109
  8. ENGINEERING OPERATIONAL SEQUENCING SYSTEM (EOSS) SUPPORT SERVICES FOR U.S. NAVY AND U.S. COAST GUARD SHIPS.$4.2M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Virginia Beach city, VA· Professional services· Jun 29, 2021 – Feb 18, 2026· EHP5

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.

QED SYSTEMS, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 222KFY2025

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 · FY2025.

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

  • Sub-contracts: $3.3M (38 subawards)

24 sub-recipients

  1. GREGORY POOLE EQUIPMENT COMPANY$2.4M74%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  2. INTEGRITY STAFFING SERVICES, INC$1M31%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward
  3. INTERNATIONAL FLOORING & PROTECTIVE COATINGS INC$209.7K6.4%
    NORFOLK, VA · 1 subaward
  4. ELECTRIC MOTOR AND CONTRACTING COMPANY$154.9K4.8%
    CHESAPEAKE, VA · 3 subawards
  5. WALASHEK INDUSTRIAL & MARINE, INC.$138.5K4.2%
    NORFOLK, VA · 3 subawards
  6. JERED LLC$119.2K3.7%
    BRUNSWICK, GA · 1 subaward
  7. BISCO INDUSTRIES, INC.$103.7K3.2%
    ANAHEIM, CA · 1 subaward
  8. RD MARITIME CONSULTING LLC$98.1K3.0%
    POWAY, CA · 2 subawards
  9. PARTTARGET INC.$73.8K2.3%
    LAKE WORTH, FL · 3 subawards
  10. PIEDMONT BUSHINGS & INSULATORS, LLC$66K2.0%
    WOODRUFF, SC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $78.3K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. EPSILON SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC$66.7K85%
    PORTSMOUTH, VA · 1 subaward
  2. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$11.6K15%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.9% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $103.2M paid out · $8M received
  • FY2022: $12.5M paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2023: $10.2M paid out · $19.7M received
  • FY2024: $159.1M paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2025: $19.6M paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2026: $3.3M paid out · $78.3K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

171 companies · $322.8M reported

  1. CTR GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC.$56.5M
    NEWPORT NEWS, VA · 185 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. DEFENSE MARITIME SOLUTIONS, INC.$51.2M
    CHESAPEAKE, VA · 46 subawards · Ship and boat building
  3. VALKYRIE ENTERPRISES, LLC$45.9M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 6 subawards · Ship and boat building

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $38.5M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$31.8M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1,242 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. VALKYRIE ENTERPRISES, LLC$1.2M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 6 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING INC$1.1M
    NORTH CHARLESTON, SC · 12 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DELPHINUS ENGINEERING, INC.$292.1M−24% in FY2026
    NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat buildingNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NAVANTIA, S.A., S.M.E.$225M+1.5% in FY2026
    MADRID, ESP · 2 entities · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat building
  3. MARITIME APPLIED PHYSICS CORPORATION$246.1M−41% in FY2026
    CURTIS BAY, MD · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat building

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.