Federal contractor · GOLDEN, CO

TDA RESEARCH, INC.

TDA RESEARCH, INC. received $9.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 42 awards (−49% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $142.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($3.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$9.3M
New awards
42
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
48%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.1MFY2017
  2. 13.1MFY2018
  3. 10.1MFY2019
  4. 9.4MFY2020
  5. 13.2MFY2021
  6. 19MFY2022
  7. 26.4MFY2023
  8. 14.1MFY2024
  9. 18.1MFY2025
  10. 9.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$3.6M38%
    17 awards
  2. Defense Health Agency$3M32%
    6 awards
  3. Department of the Army$2M21%
    3 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$449.4K4.8%
    6 awards
  5. Missile Defense Agency$180.5K1.9%
    3 awards
  6. Department of the Air Force$140K1.5%
    3 awards
  7. Defense Microelectronics Activity$00.0%
    1 awards
  8. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$00.0%
    2 awards
  9. National Institutes of Health$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$9.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, CO$9.2M99%
  2. Arlington County, VA$100K1.1%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition48%
    US 39% · $4.5M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions48%
    US 8.8% · $4.5M
  • 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. A COMPACT, ENERGY-EFFICIENT, PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR WITH EXTENDED SHELF LIFE$3.2M
    Defense Health Agency· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Aug 10, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· HT942523C0033
  2. SBIR PHASE III 80NSSC25C0487 LOW-TEMPERATURE SECONDARY BATTERIES FOR THE LUNAR SURFACE$2.8M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· 80NSSC25C0487
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2.5M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Feb 1, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· N6833523C0093
  4. A19-022 - PHASE 2$2M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· W5170126CA119
  5. CHEMICAL STERILANT SOLUTION FOR USE IN AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS THAT STERILIZES SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER MATERIEL THROUGH IMMERSION.$1.9M
    Defense Health Agency· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Apr 15, 2026· HT942525CE050
  6. "TDA RESEARCH, INC." SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II AWARD UNDER TOPIC: A234-012$1.8M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Aug 24, 2023 – Feb 24, 2026· W5170123C0222
  7. SBIR 23.1 PHASE II, "THERMAL FLUX DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM"$1.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· May 30, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026· FA942223C0018
  8. BASE$1.7M
    Department of the Navy· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· May 8, 2024 – Mar 23, 2026· N0002424CS019

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

TDA RESEARCH, INC. received -$48.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 15 actions (0 new awards), −210% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (-$642).

Assistance · FY2026
-$48.2M
New awards
0
Actions
15
Since FY2021
$35.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 5.6MFY2021
  2. 12MFY2022
  3. 10.3MFY2023
  4. 11.6MFY2024
  5. 43.8MFY2025
  6. -48.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants-$48.2M0.0%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-$6420.0%
  2. 10.212 · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program-$5,2150.0%
  3. 93.113 · Environmental Health-$5,5050.0%
  4. 81.086 · Conservation Research and Development-$1.1M0.0%
  5. 81.255 · Clean Energy Demonstrations-$47.1M0.0%

Largest awards

  1. 3D PRINTED ENGINEERED STRUCTURES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE DIRECT AIR CAPTURE SYSTEM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP NOVEL 3D…$3M
    81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Jul 25, 2023 – Aug 28, 2026· DEFE0032260
  2. DE-FE0032151-NEW AWARD A NEW THERMAL SWING ADSORPTION PROCESS FOR POST-COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE FROM NATURAL GAS PLANTS.$2.5M
    81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 23, 2022 – Aug 31, 2026· DEFE0032151
  3. DIRECT COMBUSTION OF FINE COAL FROM COAL WASTE$2.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· May 7, 2021 – May 6, 2026· DESC0018502
  4. CARBON CAPTURE LARGE-SCALE PILOT PROJECTS – CARBON CAPTURE PILOT AT DRY FORK POWER STATION THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, SUPPORTS THE…$1.9M
    81.255 · Clean Energy Demonstrations· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 26, 2024 – Feb 9, 2026· DECD0000054
  5. LOW COST, HIGH EFFICIENCY KRYPTON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY$1.4M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 19, 2022 – Dec 4, 2025· DESC0022720
  6. NANOPOROUS ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES FOR WATER ELECTROLYZERS$1.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 30, 2023 – Sep 3, 2026· DESC0023846

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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

  • Sub-contracts: $2.1M (9 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. PROSPECT LIFE SCIENCES, INC.$408.9K20%
    WESTMINSTER, CO · 1 subaward
  2. PUMPKIN, INC.$383K19%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 1 subaward
  3. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$372K18%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  4. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$250K12%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  5. ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC$230K11%
    LANCASTER, PA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$150K7.3%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward
  7. FABCO INDUSTRIES, INC$120K5.8%
    HAUPPAUGE, NY · 1 subaward
  8. PROSPECT RESEARCH AND DESIGN LLC$83.2K4.0%
    WESTMINSTER, CO · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$60K2.9%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 22% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.3M paid out · $1M received
  • FY2022: $2.3M paid out · $492.1K received
  • FY2023: $1.1M paid out · $412.8K received
  • FY2024: $5.3M paid out · $340.3K received
  • FY2025: $4.4M paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2026: $2.1M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

54 companies · $16.3M reported

  1. GR2 ENGINEERING INC$2.2M
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  2. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$1.3M
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 5 subawards
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$965.9K
    BOULDER, CO · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

9 companies · $5M reported

  1. MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.$1.5M
    NEWARK, CA · 1 subaward
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$1.3M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 4 subawards
  3. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$500.2K
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 5 subawards

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MAXENTRIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC$24.6M−94% in FY2026
    FORT LEE, NJ · 2 entities · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION$61.1M−50% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services+4 more
  3. LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED$62.9M−55% in FY2026
    ROANOKE, VA · 4 entities · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Health Agency · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+3 more

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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 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.