Federal contractor · BIRMINGHAM, AL

RARESTEP, INC.

RARESTEP, INC. received $96.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−3.6% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $337.7K. Its largest customer was Department of Energy ($93.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$96.6K
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.1KFY2019
  2. 1.7KFY2020
  3. 2.2KFY2021
  4. 21.7KFY2022
  5. 44.2KFY2023
  6. 68.1KFY2024
  7. 100.2KFY2025
  8. 96.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Energy$93.7K97%
    4 awards
  2. Federal Communications Commission$2,8733.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$96.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Larimer County, CO$40.5K42%
  2. Maricopa County, AZ$30.2K31%
  3. Sacramento County, CA$23K24%
  4. Jefferson County, AL$2,8733.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $96.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $96.6K
  • 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. FLEET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE$163.5K
    Department of Energy· Larimer County, CO· IT & telecom· May 11, 2023 – Apr 21, 2026· 89503023FWA400744
  2. FLEETIO FLEET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE-DSW$30.2K
    Department of Energy· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 89503026FWA401220
  3. FLEET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (SNR)$24.8K
    Department of Energy· Sacramento County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2024 – Nov 26, 2025· 89503024FWA400955
  4. FLEETIO FLEET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - SNR$23K
    Department of Energy· Sacramento County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 89503026FWA401218
  5. FLEETIO SOFTWARE LICENSE$2,873
    Federal Communications Commission· Jefferson County, AL· IT & telecom· Jul 28, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 273FCC26F0086

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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ZEN INNOVATIONS AG$308.7K−44% in FY2026
    KEHRSATZ, CHE · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  2. CRITERION RESEARCH, LLC$81.5K
    HOUSTON, TX · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  3. RYSTAD ENERGY, INC.$1M+116% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEnergy · Data processing, hosting, and related 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 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.