Federal contractor · LEESBURG, VA

THE DASTON CORPORATION

THE DASTON CORPORATION received $24.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 27 awards (+34% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $98M. Its largest customer was Food and Drug Administration ($8.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$24.6M
New awards
27
Sole-source
17%
Single offer
23%
UEI
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Parent company
THE DASTON CORPORATION
Small businessWoman-ownedHUBZone firm
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.5MFY2017
  2. 6.1MFY2018
  3. 7.1MFY2019
  4. 4.6MFY2020
  5. 5MFY2021
  6. 9.2MFY2022
  7. 9.4MFY2023
  8. 9.2MFY2024
  9. 18.4MFY2025
  10. 24.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Food and Drug Administration$8.4M34%
    2 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$5.9M24%
    1 awards
  3. Office of Administrative Services$5M20%
    1 awards
  4. Department of State$3.6M15%
    15 awards
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$803.6K3.3%
    1 awards
  6. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$568K2.3%
    1 awards
  7. Social Security Administration$275.2K1.1%
    1 awards
  8. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$112K0.5%
    2 awards
  9. Federal Communications Commission$82.000.0%
    1 awards
  10. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$24.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$14.2M58%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$5.2M21%
  3. Loudoun County, VA$2.9M12%
  4. Fairfax County, VA$2.2M9.1%
  5. Abroad$56.6K0.2%
  6. Arlington County, VA$34.9K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition41%
    US 39% · $10M
  • Sole-source awards17%
    US 30% · $4.3M
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $5.7M
  • 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 State$3.6M
    Department of State · 5 awards
  2. Food and Drug Administration$614.1K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  3. Federal Communications Commission$82.00
    Federal Communications Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TO FOR EMAIL AND COLLABORATION LICENSES SERVICES AND SUPPORT$8.7M
    Office of Administrative Services· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Dec 20, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· 47HAA025F0006
  2. FDA AI LANDING ZONE$7.7M
    Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 30, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 75F40126F80045
  3. THIS IS A TASK ORDER IN SUPPORT OF THE NOAA/OCIO SERVICE DELIVERY DIVISION FOR UMS EMAIL, VOIP, AND CONTENT COLLABORATION FROM NOAA/DASTON BPA 1305M425A0001.$5.9M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 11, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· 1305M426F0010
  4. DAVIS-BACON PAYROLL PLATFORM - CHIPS$4.8M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· May 27, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 1333ND25FNB130065
  5. NEW GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM BPA CALL FOR GOOGLE WORKSPACE ENTERPRISE PLUS LICENSES$3.7M
    Department of State· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· 19AQMM25F7351
  6. GCP FY27$1.3M
    Department of State· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· 19AQMM26F7288
  7. GOOGLE VERTEX AI PLATFORM$940.8K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· 75F40125F80260
  8. REPLACE GOOGLE RECAPTCHA CONTRACT 28321322FDX030261 WITH A BASE + 4 OPTION YEAR CONTRACT.$841.2K
    Social Security Administration· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 2, 2023 – Jun 18, 2026· 28321323FDX030142

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: $3.8M (5 subawards)

4 primes

  1. TEKSYNAP CORPORATION$3.2M86%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$312K8.3%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 2 subawards
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$106.1K2.8%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  4. CSRA LLC$97.6K2.6%
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $254K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $317.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $285.1K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.8M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

7 companies · $15.4M reported

  1. EMPOWER AI, INC.$8M
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. TEKSYNAP CORPORATION$3.2M
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  3. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$2.7M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 6 subawards · Computer systems design 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 24 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DEFENSE SOFTWARE CORPORATION$7.7M−16% in FY2026
    CENTREVILLE, VA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Computer systems design and related services
  2. DIGITALSPEC, LLC$8.4M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Computer systems design and related services
  3. JSSA INC$11.3M−45% in FY2026
    ANDOVER, MA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Computer systems design 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.