Federal contractor · DES MOINES, IA

SUBSTANCE LLC

SUBSTANCE LLC received $683.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+171% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $7.6M. Its largest customer was Public Buildings Service ($683.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$683.9K
New awards
7
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
3.6%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 357KFY2017
  2. 425.5KFY2018
  3. 320.9KFY2019
  4. 4.4MFY2020
  5. -2.4MFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 762.1KFY2023
  8. 1.3MFY2024
  9. 252.2KFY2025
  10. 683.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Public Buildings Service$683.9K100%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$683.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Polk County, IA$612.6K90%
  2. Johnson County, IA$71.3K10%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition3.6%
    US 39% · $24.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions3.6%
    US 8.8% · $24.5K
  • 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

  1. 210 WALNUT ST DES MOINES, IA WO17 IS ISSUED TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICE FOR THE VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION RENOVATION.$659.3K
    Public Buildings Service· Polk County, IA· Construction & real property· May 4, 2026 – May 4, 2026· 47PB5326F0002
  2. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. WORK ORDER 11 IS ISSUED FOR THE DENNEY FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THE ROBERT V. DENNEY FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE. 100 CENTENNIAL MALL N, LINCOLN, NE 68508.$324.2K
    Public Buildings Service· Polk County, IA· Construction & real property· Jul 31, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· 47PG0224F0054
  3. DESIGN SERVICES FOR FACADE REPAIR AT THE NEAL SMITH FEDERAL BUILDING 210 WALNUT STREET, DES MOINES IA 50309$242.4K
    Public Buildings Service· Polk County, IA· Construction & real property· May 21, 2024 – Apr 2, 2026· 47PG0224F0037
  4. GSA, WO08 DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CHILLER 1 REPLACEMENT AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 320 6TH STREET, SIOUX CITY IA$152.2K
    Public Buildings Service· Polk County, IA· Construction & real property· Jan 8, 2024 – Oct 30, 2025· 47PG0224F0009
  5. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. WORK ORDER 16 IS ISSUED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SPACE RECAPTURE PROJECT AT THE ROBERT V. DENNEY FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE, 100 CENTENNIAL MALL N, LINCOLN, NE.$115.1K
    Public Buildings Service· Polk County, IA· Construction & real property· Sep 18, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026· 47PG0225F0071
  6. THE INTENT OF THIS PRE-DESIGN IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM FOR THE NEAL SMITH FEDERAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 210 WALNUT STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA 50309.$87.1K
    Public Buildings Service· Polk County, IA· Construction & real property· Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 47PD5326F0277
  7. THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) IS REQUESTING CA SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT LOCATED IOWA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING (IA0119 ICFB) 400 S. CLINTON ST IOWA CITY, IA 52240$71.3K
    Public Buildings Service· Johnson County, IA· Construction & real property· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 47PD5326F0259

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: $511.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $193.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $156.2K paid out · $0 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

6 companies · $861.3K reported

  1. IMEG CONSULTANTS CORP.$484.4K
    ROCK ISLAND, IL · 8 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. GASTINGER AND WALKER ARCHITECTS, INC$283.4K
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. LJB ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION$47.4K
    MIAMISBURG, OH · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

No prime reported paying it.

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

  1. THE ABO CO-OP, LLC$2.1M−100% in FY2026
    LAKEWOOD, CO · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePublic Buildings Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. PECK, PECK AND ASSOCIATES, INC.$2.1M−24% in FY2026
    WOODBRIDGE, VA · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePublic Buildings Service · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. BAYSINGER-BRIC JV$2.2M+126% in FY2026
    MARION, IL · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePublic Buildings Service · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 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.