Federal contractor · WARRENDALE, PA

SAE INTERNATIONAL

SAE INTERNATIONAL received $645.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−78% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $17.8M. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($298.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$645.5K
New awards
16
Sole-source
69%
Single offer
31%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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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, $645.5K in FY2026 together.

  1. SAE INTERNATIONALWARRENDALE, PA · Family page
    $645.5K
  2. EFFECTIVE TRAINING, INC.LIVONIA, MI
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 962.9KFY2017
  2. 901.5KFY2018
  3. 2MFY2019
  4. 1.8MFY2020
  5. 3.3MFY2021
  6. 2.1MFY2022
  7. 1.3MFY2023
  8. 1.9MFY2024
  9. 3MFY2025
  10. 645.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$298.9K46%
    3 awards
  2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$257.9K40%
    2 awards
  3. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$203.6K32%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$98K15%
    3 awards
  5. Department of Energy$13.1K2.0%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Logistics Agency$2,7500.4%
    1 awards
  7. Federal Highway Administration-$228.8K0.0%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$301.7K46%
  2. IT & telecom$246K38%
  3. Professional services$99.9K15%
  4. Construction & real property$2,7500.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$436.5K68%
  2. Allegheny County, PA$157.9K24%
  3. Kern County, CA$53.2K8.2%
  4. Maricopa County, AZ$2,7500.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $645.5K
  • Sole-source awards69%
    US 30% · $446.7K
  • Single-offer competitions31%
    US 8.8% · $198.8K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$303.7K
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards
  2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$257.9K
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$98K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$2,750
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. Federal Highway Administration-$228.8K
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ITS CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLE STANDARDS SUPPORT$3.3M
    Federal Highway Administration· Allegheny County, PA· Professional services· Sep 20, 2021 – Apr 30, 2026· 693JJ321F000386
  2. TASK ORDER UNDER SAE CONTRACT 693JJ321D000006 FOR ITS CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLE STANDARDS SUPPORT AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS COORDINATION AND HARMONIZATION$2.3M
    Federal Highway Administration· Allegheny County, PA· Professional services· Aug 19, 2024 – May 12, 2026· 693JJ324F00283N
  3. SAE MEMBERSHIP SERVICES$1.4M
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 27, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· 693KA921C00017
  4. NEW TASK ORDER UNDER SAE CONTRACT 693JJ321D000006 FOR ONBOARD UNIT (OBU) STANDARDIZATION$1.1M
    Federal Highway Administration· Allegheny County, PA· Professional services· Jul 3, 2024 – Jun 17, 2026· 693JJ324F00207N
  5. NEW: THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUISITION IS TO PROCURE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR SAE ONLINE DATABASE PACKAGE WITH A BASE AND THE OPTION TO RENEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES ANNUALLY FOR FOUR (4) ADDITIONAL YEARS. BASE/OPTION YEARS ARE AS INDICATED: BASE: 7$960.6K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 27, 2022 – Jul 22, 2026· 693JK422P500007
  6. REASON FOR AMENDMENT: IS TO OBLIGATE FUNDING TO THE BASE YEAR OF THE NEW CONTRACT WITH SAE INTERNATIONAL TO PROVIDE WORLD MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER (WMI) ASSIGNMENTS TO NHTSA.$867.1K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 9, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 693JJ923C000011
  7. ISO TC 204 SECRETARIAT AND EXPERT PARTICIPATION$698.9K
    Federal Highway Administration· Allegheny County, PA· Professional services· Jul 18, 2022 – May 12, 2026· 693JJ322F00187N
  8. AIR WORTHINESS FOR AIR SAFETY CRITICAL WORKFORCE, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PLANS AND MATERIALS.$564K
    Federal Aviation Administration· Oklahoma County, OK· Education & social services· Sep 22, 2021 – Jan 13, 2026· 6973GH21C00080

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 · $55.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $135.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $206.6K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $397.4K reported

  1. SERVE WYOMING$258.3K
    CASPER, WY · 2 subawards
  2. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC$83.6K
    EAST LIBERTY, OH · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET$55.6K
    LANSING, MI · 1 subaward

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

  1. INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS, INC.$1.5M−214% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Highway Administration · Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS$2.6M+203% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Highway Administration · Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations
  3. RTCA INC$2.1M−59% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.