Federal contractor · LEVITTOWN, NY

TERA CONSULTING INC.

TERA CONSULTING INC. received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 939 awards (−51% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.3M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($1.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
939
Sole-source
57%
Single offer
15%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 34.5KFY2017
  2. 314.8KFY2018
  3. 495.2KFY2019
  4. 1.2MFY2020
  5. 768.8KFY2021
  6. 1.1MFY2022
  7. 1.2MFY2023
  8. 3.7MFY2024
  9. 4.5MFY2025
  10. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$1.2M57%
    918 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$317.3K15%
    7 awards
  3. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$229.8K11%
    1 awards
  4. Maritime Administration$208.7K9.6%
    1 awards
  5. Department of State$54.8K2.5%
    3 awards
  6. Department of the Navy$39.2K1.8%
    2 awards
  7. Forest Service$32K1.5%
    1 awards
  8. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$31.8K1.5%
    1 awards
  9. Department of Veterans Affairs$24.6K1.1%
    1 awards
  10. Bureau of Land Management$5,3230.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.9M87%
  2. IT & telecom$263.9K12%
  3. Professional services$12.5K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Nassau County, NY$1.4M63%
  2. Columbiana County, OH$229.8K11%
  3. Abroad$216.8K9.9%
  4. District of Columbia, DC$208.7K9.6%
  5. Clarke County, GA$32K1.5%
  6. Eddy County, NM$31.8K1.5%
  7. Los Angeles County, CA$25.4K1.2%
  8. Wayne County, NC$17.6K0.8%
  9. Fairfax County, VA$16.9K0.8%
  10. Pulaski County, AR$12.5K0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition72%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards57%
    US 30% · $1.2M
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.8% · $319.1K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$1.2M
    General Services Administration · 893 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$12.5K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT FOR ATC$745.3K
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Jefferson County, WV· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2025 – Feb 11, 2026· 70B01C25C00000133
  2. MICROSOFT A5 LICENSING AND OFFICE PRO PLUS BASE YEAR WITH TWO OPTION YEARS NEEDED AS PER OST OCIO THIS PR IS TO REPLACE PR MMAPR510524000031 DUE TO PERSISTENT INTERFACE ERROR$606.8K
    Maritime Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 18, 2024 – Jul 6, 2026· 693JF724F00088N
  3. CONTRACTED PROCUREMENT FOR REPLACEMENT SHOWER PANELS AND HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SHOWER SEATS FOR ALL HOUSING UNITS.$229.8K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Columbiana County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· 15B21626F00000051
  4. PURCHASE NINE DEHUMIDIFIERS$216.8K
    Department of the Air Force· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· FA520926F0071
  5. WINZIP SECURE BURN SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE$99.4K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 17, 2021 – Jun 18, 2026· 1605TB21F00087
  6. MICROSOFT SQL SERVER ENTERPRISE CORE EDITION LICENSE AND SOFTWARE ASSURANCE$55.8K
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2025 – May 26, 2026· FA281625F0099
  7. VTC EQUIPMENT REVITALIZATION$39K
    Department of the Navy· Nassau County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· N6874226F1419
  8. PURCHASE OF AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS$38K
    Department of State· Nassau County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 12, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025· 19HA7026F0033

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: $64K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INC.$64K100%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $294.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $162K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $52.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $64K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $2.4M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.3M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 12 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INC.$64K
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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

  1. BZ DEFENSE LLC$3.9M+27% in FY2026
    ROUND ROCK, TX · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other miscellaneous manufacturingNavy · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. HURON APPLIED SCIENCES, LLC$2.2M+695% in FY2026
    CHAMPAIGN, IL · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. 3 STAR PAPERS LTD$2.2M+29% in FY2026
    NEWARK, NJ · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Other miscellaneous 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 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.