Federal contractor · FREDERICKSBURG, VA

SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY FORUM, LTD.

SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY FORUM, LTD. received $17.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 24 awards (−36% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $308.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($17.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$17.1M
New awards
24
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
2.0%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.8MFY2017
  2. 42.7MFY2018
  3. 43.3MFY2019
  4. 37MFY2020
  5. 28.1MFY2021
  6. 26MFY2022
  7. 31.2MFY2023
  8. 27.5MFY2024
  9. 26.9MFY2025
  10. 17.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$17.1M100.0%
    21 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$14.7M86%
  2. Equipment maintenance$1.6M9.5%
  3. Facilities & utilities$504.2K2.9%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$188.3K1.1%
  5. Education & social services$112K0.7%
  6. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Charleston County, SC$12.6M73%
  2. Honolulu County, HI$2.6M15%
  3. San Diego County, CA$1.7M10%
  4. Stafford County, VA$206.8K1.2%
  5. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition2.0%
    US 39% · $337.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions2.0%
    US 8.8% · $337.1K
  • 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. IGF::OT::IGF$38.7M
    Department of the Navy· Stafford County, VA· Professional services· Jul 25, 2018 – Dec 4, 2025· N6523618F3104
  2. IGF::OT::IGF$31.5M
    Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Professional services· Jul 24, 2018 – Dec 1, 2025· N6523618F3064
  3. SURFACE SHIP INTEGRATION DIVISION INSTALLATION TECHNICAL AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICES$21.9M
    Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Professional services· Jan 24, 2024 – May 28, 2026· N6523624F3012
  4. SURFACE SHIP INTEGRATION DIVISION AND FLEET INSTALLATION & RESPONSE DIVISION INSTALLATION TECHNICAL AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICES$17.9M
    Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Professional services· Jan 24, 2024 – Mar 17, 2026· N6523624F3011
  5. PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS UPGRADE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO SPAWARSYSCEN ATLANTIC$16.5M
    Department of the Navy· Stafford County, VA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 26, 2019 – Jun 11, 2026· N6523619F3043
  6. LABOR SERVICES (BASE PERIOD)$8.3M
    Department of the Navy· Honolulu County, HI· Equipment maintenance· Feb 14, 2023 – Dec 29, 2025· N6600123F0265
  7. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT$7.6M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Dec 10, 2021 – Feb 26, 2026· N6600122F0207
  8. COMMUNICATIONS EMITTER SENSING AND ATTACKING SYSTEM (CESAS) FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (FOS) KITS$7.4M
    Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 12, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· N6523623F3000

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: $767.4K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. LINQUEST CORPORATION$767.4K100%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.3M paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2022: $11.1M paid out · $18.1M received
  • FY2023: $30.6M paid out · $13.5M received
  • FY2024: $1.8M paid out · $6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $767.4K 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

11 companies · $44.7M reported

  1. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$18.6M
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward · Communications equipment manufacturing
  2. HQE SYSTEMS, INC.$11M
    TEMECULA, CA · 10 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. CHUGACH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LLC$9.1M
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

18 companies · $44.4M reported

  1. TECOLOTE RESEARCH, INC.$10.3M
    GOLETA, CA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$7.2M
    MCLEAN, VA · 10 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$7.2M
    ATLANTA, GA · 4 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TECH WIZARDS, INC$61.2M−20% in FY2026
    NEWBURG, MD · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. SYNECTIC SOLUTIONS, INC.$59.5M−19% in FY2026
    OXNARD, CA · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. MARINE SYSTEMS CORPORATION$59.7M−12% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.