Federal contractor · SOMERVILLE, MA

SMARTBEAR SOFTWARE INC

SMARTBEAR SOFTWARE INC received $103.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $923.2K. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($72.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$103.2K
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
SMARTBEAR SOFTWARE INC.
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.

Part of the MERGE HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS INC company family: 3 registered entities, $308.9K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. MERGE HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS INCHARTLAND, WI · Family page
    $184.2K
  2. RENAISSANCE LEARNING, INC.WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI
    $21.4K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 96.2KFY2017
  2. 385.8KFY2018
  3. 54.4KFY2019
  4. 67.9KFY2020
  5. -5.3KFY2021
  6. 60.4KFY2022
  7. 37.5KFY2023
  8. 42.3KFY2024
  9. 80.7KFY2025
  10. 103.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$72.2K70%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$23.1K22%
    2 awards
  3. Offices, Boards and Divisions$7,9207.7%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$103.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$103.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $103.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $103.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$72.2K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$23.1K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. Offices, Boards and Divisions$7,920
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RENEWAL OF SMARTBEAR COLLABORATOR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE$72.2K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· Mar 24, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 80NSSC26P0378
  2. RECUR SMARTBEAR COLLABORATOR$23.1K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· N6893626P5218
  3. SMARTBEAR SW SUBSCRIPTION (1 YEAR)$13.5K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· Aug 20, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026· N6893625P5222
  4. W4126011.01 SW READY API 11/20-11/19/26 VENDOR - SMARTBEAR$7,920
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· Dec 19, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 15JPPS26P00000008

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

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $73.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $108K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $95.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $320K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

9 companies · $22.1M reported

  1. CALIFORNIA$20M
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 1 subaward
  2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARKANSAS$1.5M
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 4 subawards
  3. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$276.5K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 4 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 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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$508.6K+42% in FY2026
    OVERLAND PARK, KS · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related servicesVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  2. DATA DISTRIBUTING, LLC$378.4K−9.3% in FY2026
    LADERA RANCH, CA · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related servicesVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  3. ENCORE ANALYTICS, LLC$219.7K−19% in FY2026
    DESTIN, FL · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Software publishersNavy · Software publishers

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.