Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA
SPEC-BUILT SYSTEMS, INC.
SPEC-BUILT SYSTEMS, INC. received $831.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 15 awards (−67% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($418K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $831.3K
- New awards
- 15
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 39%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 784.5KFY2017
- 906.5KFY2018
- 1.2MFY2019
- 1.9MFY2020
- 468.7KFY2021
- 1MFY2022
- 3.2MFY2023
- 3MFY2024
- 2.5MFY2025
- 831.3KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Navy$418K50%4 awards
- U.S. Coast Guard$401.6K48%2 awards
- Defense Logistics Agency$11.7K1.4%9 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$429.7K52%
- Other equipment & supplies$401.6K48%
Where the work was performed
- San Diego County, CA$575.5K69%
- Norfolk city, VA$255.8K31%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition39%US 39% · $322.5K
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions39%US 8.8% · $322.5K
- 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
- U.S. Coast Guard· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 12, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· 70Z08526P30004B00
- Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· N5005426F5026
- U.S. Coast Guard· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 7, 2026 – Jan 7, 2026· 70Z08526P30005B00
- Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· N5005426F5021
- Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· N0040626PS062
- Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 18, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· N5005426F5032
- Defense Logistics Agency· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 22, 2025 – Oct 22, 2025· SPE7M426P0523
- 8512171118!WARDROBE$1,650Defense Logistics Agency· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE7M026P3270
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 · $1.1M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $804.3K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $518.6K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $4M 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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
5 companies · $7.8M reported
- NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA · 9 subawards · Ship and boat building
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 2 subawards · Ship and boat building
- QED SYSTEMS, INC.$862KVIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 5 subawards · Ship and boat building
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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- MARINE & RESTAURANT FABRICATORS, INC.$5.3M−20% in FY2026SAN DIEGO, CA · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural and structural metals manufacturingNavy · Ship and boat building
- ELECTROMET CORPORATION$4.3M−88% in FY2026HAGERSTOWN, MD · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
- CENCORE LLC$5.5M−100% in FY2026SPRINGVILLE, UT · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
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.