Federal contractor · GOLETA, CA

TECOLOTE RESEARCH, INC.

TECOLOTE RESEARCH, INC. received $202.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 62 awards (−24% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.7B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($116.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$202.3M
New awards
62
Sole-source
8.7%
Single offer
36%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 74.5MFY2017
  2. 103.2MFY2018
  3. 116.7MFY2019
  4. 140.2MFY2020
  5. 155.2MFY2021
  6. 170.4MFY2022
  7. 228.3MFY2023
  8. 225.7MFY2024
  9. 267.6MFY2025
  10. 202.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$116.2M57%
    18 awards
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$48.8M24%
    8 awards
  3. Washington Headquarters Services$15.6M7.7%
    6 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$14.6M7.2%
    4 awards
  5. Office of Procurement Operations$2.4M1.2%
    6 awards
  6. Department of the Army$1.4M0.7%
    2 awards
  7. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.2M0.6%
    2 awards
  8. Department of Energy$1.2M0.6%
    1 awards
  9. U.S. Coast Guard$782K0.4%
    6 awards
  10. Federal Emergency Management Agency$522.1K0.3%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$132.4M65%
  2. Research & development$63.8M32%
  3. IT & telecom$6M3.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$117.3M58%
  2. Santa Barbara County, CA$34.9M17%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$23.1M11%
  4. San Diego County, CA$8M4.0%
  5. Bernalillo County, NM$7.7M3.8%
  6. Fairfax County, VA$6.5M3.2%
  7. Arlington County, VA$2.4M1.2%
  8. Alexandria city, VA$1.3M0.6%
  9. El Paso County, CO$542.2K0.3%
  10. Portsmouth city, VA$525K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition45%
    US 39% · $90.3M
  • Sole-source awards8.7%
    US 30% · $17.5M
  • Single-offer competitions36%
    US 8.7% · $72.8M
  • 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. Department of the Army$1.4M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. Washington Headquarters Services$1.3M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$137.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ACQUISITION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOLLOW-ON.$155.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Santa Barbara County, CA· Professional services· Aug 19, 2019 – May 11, 2026· FA880719F0008
  2. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ENVIRONMENT$105.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Santa Barbara County, CA· IT & telecom· Apr 30, 2020 – Apr 27, 2026· FA880620F0001
  3. COST AND SOFTWARE DATA REPORTING (CSDR)$87.4M
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 7, 2021 – May 13, 2026· HQ003421F0246
  4. ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES.$76.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 16, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· FA881025FB002
  5. THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES EXPERT SERVICES NEEDED BY SSC AATS TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO ADEQUATELY FULFILL ITS ACQUISITION ROLE, EFFICIENTLY IN A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SPACE-CENTRIC ENVIRONMENT.$55.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Oct 9, 2024 – Apr 14, 2026· FA881125FB003
  6. MILCOMM PNT CG FINANCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AAS$45.8M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Dec 1, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 47QFPA24F0003
  7. SENTINEL SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES SUPPORT$39M
    Department of the Air Force· Santa Barbara County, CA· Research & development· Jul 6, 2023 – May 27, 2026· FA820723F0010
  8. SERVICE CONTRACT TO DEVELOP, DOCUMENT, PRESENT, DELIVER, AND MAINTAIN COMPLETE, TIMELY, AND WELL SUPPORTED COST ESTIMATING PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT OF AIR FORCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CENTER PROGRAMS.$36.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Davis County, UT· Research & development· Jun 28, 2018 – Feb 25, 2026· FA820718F0016

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: $2.2M (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. OMNI CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, INC.$2.1M94%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
  2. STC INCORPORATED$135.5K6.2%
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $289.7K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLC$289.7K100%
    EVANS, GA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 1.1% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $81.2M paid out · $15.7M received
  • FY2022: $62.3M paid out · $36.6M received
  • FY2023: $50.2M paid out · $8.6M received
  • FY2024: $33.9M paid out · $8.8M received
  • FY2025: $181.6M paid out · $56.6M received
  • FY2026: $2.2M paid out · $289.7K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

50 companies · $411.5M reported

  1. OMNI CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, INC.$88.6M
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 16 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. SAVI, LLC$49.7M
    MANHATTAN BEACH, CA · 16 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. TECHNOMICS INC$42.6M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services

Primes that pay it

24 companies · $126.6M reported

  1. PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.$49.6M
    CENTREVILLE, VA · 4 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLC$35.9M
    EVANS, GA · 10 subawards · Business schools and computer and management training
  3. ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$7.4M
    FAIRFIELD, NJ · 16 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 33 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$432.8M−36% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 3 entities · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. OASIS SYSTEMS, LLC$579.7M−28% in FY2026
    BURLINGTON, MA · 4 entities · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$593.8M−33% in FY2026
    DAYTON, OH · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.