Federal contractor · ANCHORAGE, AK

SALTWATER INC.

SALTWATER INC. received $6.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−9.6% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $50.4M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($6.2M). It also received $679.1K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$6.2M
New awards
17
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
SNRNKKYRXUG3
Small businessWoman-owned

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1MFY2017
  2. 937.4KFY2018
  3. 2MFY2019
  4. 6.8MFY2020
  5. 8.2MFY2021
  6. 7.4MFY2022
  7. 5.2MFY2023
  8. 5.7MFY2024
  9. 6.9MFY2025
  10. 6.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 17 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$6.1M99%
  2. Facilities & utilities$76.2K1.2%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$6,531
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$6,531
  • 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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Professional services· Sep 9, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· 1305M325F0179
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Anchorage Municipality, AK· Facilities & utilities· Jul 28, 2017 – Jun 9, 2026· DOCEA133F17SE0949
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Professional services· Sep 23, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026· 1305M325F0232
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· San Bernardino County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 23, 2021 – Nov 17, 2025· 1305M321FNFFO0198
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· King County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 13, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· 1305M323FNFFO0271
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· King County, WA· Professional services· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 1305M325F0209
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Honolulu County, HI· Professional services· Sep 14, 2023 – Mar 6, 2026· 1305M323FNFFR0280
  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026· 1305M325F0234

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

SALTWATER INC. received $679.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 11.417 · Sea Grant Support ($679.1K).

Assistance · FY2026
$679.1K
New awards
1
Actions
1
Since FY2022
$976.7K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 297.6KFY2022
  2. 0FY2024
  3. 679.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$679.1K100%

Top programs

  1. 11.417 · Sea Grant Support$679.1K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. 11.417 · Sea Grant Support· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· NA26OARX417C0140

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2022–FY2026.

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.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 · $303.5K reported

  1. SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards · Other heavy and civil engineering construction
  2. SECONFERENCE$93.5K
    JUNEAU, AK · 1 subaward
  3. WASHINGTON, DC · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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. PORTLAND, OR · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. ARLINGTON, VA · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. AZURA CONSULTING LLC$24.6M−118% in FY2026
    GARLAND, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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 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.