Federal contractor · BUFFALO, NY

SAIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.

SAIA COMMUNICATIONS INC. received $18.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+5% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $379.1K. Its largest customer was Drug Enforcement Administration ($18.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$18.2K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
GAP9N7WNLUT3
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 19.6KFY2017
  2. 20.6KFY2018
  3. 29.9KFY2019
  4. 12.5KFY2020
  5. 203.8KFY2021
  6. 25KFY2022
  7. 15.7KFY2023
  8. 16.5KFY2024
  9. 17.3KFY2025
  10. 18.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Drug Enforcement Administration$18.2K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$18.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Erie County, NY$18.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $18.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $18.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. Drug Enforcement Administration$18.2K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TITLE: SAIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., - JOSEPH LOPEZ REQUESTOR: JOSEPH G LOPEZ$18.2K
    Drug Enforcement Administration· Erie County, NY· Construction & real property· Dec 4, 2025 – Apr 16, 2026· 15DDNY26P00000003

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FAKOURI ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INC$416.1K−60% in FY2026
    RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  2. WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$33.1M+48% in FY2026
    MILFORD, MA · 3 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  3. LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$451.6M−23% in FY2026
    CARLSBAD, CA · 51 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

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.