Federal contractor · ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD

QED SYSTEMS, LLC

QED SYSTEMS, LLC received $59.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $462.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($59.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$59.3M
New awards
14
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
13%
UEI
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Parent company
QED SYSTEMS LLC
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 16MFY2017
  2. 12.1MFY2018
  3. 33.9MFY2019
  4. 36.2MFY2020
  5. 36.7MFY2021
  6. 43.1MFY2022
  7. 69.1MFY2023
  8. 58MFY2024
  9. 97.9MFY2025
  10. 59.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$59.3M100.0%
    13 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$49.8M84%
  2. Research & development$9.5M16%

Where the work was performed

  1. Harford County, MD$58.8M99%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$574.7K1.0%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition13%
    US 39% · $7.5M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $7.5M
  • 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. TASK ORDER W56KGY24F0029 IS ISSUED FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (SETA) SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PM IS&A.$57.4M
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Feb 9, 2024 – May 28, 2026· W56KGY24F0029
  2. OD SUPPORT BASE PERIOD, TRANSITION-IN, LABOR AND ODCS.$45.2M
    Department of the Army· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 31, 2019 – Mar 3, 2026· W91CRB20F0029
  3. BUSINESS, OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL, LOGISTICS, AND CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS SUPPORT PROJECT MANAGER EXPEDITIONARY ENERGY&SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS (PM E2S2)"$44.1M
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Nov 8, 2018 – Jun 4, 2026· W909MY19F0002
  4. RS3 TASK ORDER$43.8M
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Jun 20, 2023 – May 13, 2026· W909MY23F0071
  5. SYSTEMS, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM MANAGER EXPEDITIONARY ENERGY AND SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS (E2S2).$38.4M
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Sep 28, 2023 – Jun 1, 2026· W909MY23F0088
  6. LABOR BASE PERIOD$38.1M
    Department of the Army· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 26, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· W91CRB23F03B9
  7. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ACQUIRE PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES (PSS)/CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAM MANAGER POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PM PNT) AND ITS PRODUCT OFFICES.$30M
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Jul 16, 2021 – Apr 8, 2026· W56KGY21F0069
  8. RS3 CONTRACT UNDER W15P7T17D0125 ENTITLED "ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR C5ISR POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING DIVISION"$19.3M
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Research & development· Dec 14, 2022 – Jun 3, 2026· W56KGU23F0002

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.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $496K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.6M 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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

6 companies · $10.2M reported

  1. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$3.6M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLC$2.6M
    EVANS, GA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1.9M
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. JOINT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$253M−45% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. FIBERTEK, INC.$198.3M+9.4% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. MAG DS CORP$351.9M−33% in FY2026
    TINTON FALLS, NJ · 4 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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 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.