Federal contractor · CARLSBAD, CA

RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLC

RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLC received $169.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (−72% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.3B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($168.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$169.7M
New awards
31
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
3.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $169.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLCCARLSBAD, CA · Family page
    $169.7M
  2. RQ CONSTRUCTION, INCCARLSBAD, CA
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 120.3MFY2017
  2. 340.8MFY2018
  3. 198.5MFY2019
  4. 320.4MFY2020
  5. 356.7MFY2021
  6. 381.1MFY2022
  7. 454.9MFY2023
  8. 354.8MFY2024
  9. 601.2MFY2025
  10. 169.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$168.2M99%
    27 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$1.4M0.8%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$39.3K0.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$169.6M100.0%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$39.3K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Camden County, GA$99.2M58%
  2. Abroad$26M15%
  3. Norfolk city, VA$21.7M13%
  4. Kern County, CA$8.2M4.8%
  5. San Diego County, CA$6.6M3.9%
  6. Onslow County, NC$3.3M1.9%
  7. Duval County, FL$1.5M0.9%
  8. Pasquotank County, NC$1.4M0.8%
  9. Virginia Beach city, VA$935.7K0.6%
  10. Accomack County, VA$310.3K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition3.0%
    US 39% · $5M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions3.0%
    US 8.8% · $5M
  • Urgency justifications2.8%
    US 5.1% · $4.7M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. P1904 - MICHELSON LABORATORY COMPLEX$280.7M
    Department of the Navy· Kern County, CA· Construction & real property· Jun 25, 2021 – May 5, 2026· N6247321F4921
  2. PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES (ECI), P684 TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY (TRF) EXPANSION$197.5M
    Department of the Navy· Camden County, GA· Construction & real property· Nov 9, 2023 – Jun 2, 2026· N6945024C0004
  3. TRIDENT TRAINING FACILITY (TTF)RECAPITALIZATION: MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE, KINGS BAY GA$124.2M
    Department of the Navy· Camden County, GA· Construction & real property· Sep 8, 2023 – Jun 1, 2026· N6945023F0858
  4. NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD TRIPLEX AND BUILDING 163 REPAIRS$122.4M
    Department of the Navy· Portsmouth city, VA· Construction & real property· May 9, 2025 – Feb 11, 2026· N6247025F4030
  5. HURRICANE ELSA REPAIRS TO TRF BUILDINGS B4026, B4027 AND B4028, NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE KINGS BAY, GA$116.2M
    Department of the Navy· Camden County, GA· Construction & real property· Sep 22, 2022 – Jun 1, 2026· N6945022F0786
  6. P821 SOF WARCOM OPS NBC DB CONSTRUCTION$95.2M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Construction & real property· Aug 5, 2024 – Mar 10, 2026· N6247324F4974
  7. DESIGN-BID-BUILD BUILDING CEP-201 RENOVATION, NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA$82.4M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2024 – May 18, 2026· N4008524F6684
  8. P1027 AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENT, NORFOLK VA$78.9M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Construction & real property· Aug 31, 2023 – May 21, 2026· N4008523F6447

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: $154.2M (173 subawards)

145 sub-recipients

  1. STEVE C BONESO CONSTRUCTION INC$18M12%
    SANTA MARGARITA, CA · 1 subaward
  2. MILLER ELECTRIC CO$13.9M9.0%
    JACKSONVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  3. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION$11.6M7.5%
    JACKSONVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  4. BARNHILL CONTRACTING COMPANY$9.9M6.4%
    ROCKY MOUNT, NC · 1 subaward
  5. BERGELECTRIC CORP$8M5.2%
    CARLSBAD, CA · 1 subaward
  6. WEST TECH CONTRACTING, INC.$4.9M3.2%
    ESCONDIDO, CA · 1 subaward
  7. SOUTHERN SPEAR IRONWORKS LLC$4.7M3.0%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 3 subawards
  8. JACKSON & BLANC$4.1M2.7%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  9. PRO STRUCTURAL INC$4M2.6%
    LAKE ELSINORE, CA · 1 subaward
  10. TST TACTICAL DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, INC.$4M2.6%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.8M (4 subawards)

1 prime

  1. VECTRUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.8M100%
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 4 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 91% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $322.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $137.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $163.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $169.8M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2025: $178.8M paid out · $691.5K received
  • FY2026: $154.2M paid out · $1.8M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

651 companies · $1.1B reported

  1. BERGELECTRIC CORP$69.6M
    CARLSBAD, CA · 8 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  2. EMCOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC$40M
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 4 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  3. BURCH CONSTRUCTION CO INC$37M
    RAMONA, CA · 13 subawards · Nonresidential building construction

Primes that pay it

1 company · $4M reported

  1. V2X SYSTEMS LLC$4M
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 11 subawards · Facilities support 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BLACK CONSTRUCTION-TUTOR PERINI JV$1.4B+191% in FY2026
    HARMON, GU · 5 entities · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Nonresidential building constructionArmy · Nonresidential building construction
  2. HARPER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.$1B−97% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Nonresidential building constructionArmy · Nonresidential building construction
  3. WALSH FEDERAL LLC$934.3M+11% in FY2026
    CHICAGO, IL · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Nonresidential building constructionArmy · Nonresidential building construction

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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.