Federal contractor · LITTLETON, CO

SHERPA 6 INC

SHERPA 6 INC received $29.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−42% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $164.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($23.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$29.5M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.1%
Single offer
62%
UEI
SAB5XACK9258
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.2MFY2018
  2. 9.2MFY2019
  3. 11.8MFY2020
  4. 10.3MFY2021
  5. 8.2MFY2022
  6. 17.8MFY2023
  7. 25.5MFY2024
  8. 51.1MFY2025
  9. 29.5MFY2026
  10. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$23.8M81%
    7 awards
  2. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4M14%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Information Systems Agency$1.6M5.5%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$35K0.1%
    1 awards
  5. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$17.7M60%
  2. Research & development$7.7M26%
  3. IT & telecom$4.1M14%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, CO$23.8M81%
  2. Loudoun County, VA$4M14%
  3. Arlington County, VA$1.6M5.5%
  4. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition62%
    US 39% · $18.4M
  • Sole-source awards0.1%
    US 30% · $35K
  • Single-offer competitions62%
    US 8.7% · $18.4M
  • 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. Department of the Air Force$35K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BASE YEAR$49.6M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Feb 28, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· W911QY24C9001
  2. TASKS 3.1 - 3.5 GSTWIX$48.5M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Feb 21, 2023 – Apr 21, 2026· W911QY23C0045
  3. OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS CENTER OASIS+ TASK ORDER$4M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026· 70B04C26F00001152
  4. THIS IS FOR THE SOLDIER HUMAN INTERFACE AND ENHANCED LETHALITY DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.$3.3M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Sep 8, 2025 – May 13, 2026· W911QY25CA055
  5. THIS AWARD IS TO DO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO STREAMLINE AERIAL RESUPPLY AND AIRDROP OPERATIONS.$2M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Sep 9, 2025 – Apr 16, 2026· W911QY25CA061
  6. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH, DIRECT TO PHASE II TOPIC A254-P030, XTECHOVERWATCH OPEN TOPIC$2M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Jan 12, 2026 – May 6, 2026· W5170126CA025
  7. ROTARY-WING INFLIGHT COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGES (RWICP)$1.6M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Dec 11, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· HC102826F0023
  8. DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLUTION THAT LEVERAGES THE POWER OF GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO CREATE HIGHLY REALISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK DATA THAT CAN REVOLUTIONIZE TRAINING, PLANNING, AND OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING.$250K
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· W5170126CA160

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

  • Sub-contracts: $411.8K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$411.8K100%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $907.9K paid out · $16.1M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $6.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $875.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $49.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $411.8K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

2 companies · $907.9K reported

  1. PAR GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION$507.9K
    ROME, NY · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. CRESTRIDGE GROUP LLC, THE$400K
    GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $24.3M reported

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$19.4M
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$2.7M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1.3M
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AUGUSTINE CONSULTING INC$103.9M+16% in FY2026
    MONTEREY, CA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Computer systems design and related services
  2. MORSECORP, INC$103.2M−10% in FY2026
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Computer systems design and related services
  3. CIVIL-MILITARY INNOVATION INSTITUTE INC$66.6M−50% in FY2026
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

  • Sherpa 6AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$55K
5 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$120K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$0
    2 reports
  2. 2024$0
    4 reports
  3. 2025$55K
    5 reports
  4. 2026$65K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense14 reports
  2. Homeland security7 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations3 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE13 reports
  3. U.S. Customs & Border Protection7 reports
  4. Defense - Dept of (DOD)3 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP$70K
    3 reports
  2. Grassroots Political Consulting LLC$50K
    11 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.