Federal contractor · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

TST TACTICAL DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, INC.

TST TACTICAL DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, INC. received $16.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 30 awards (−44% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $158.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($8.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.3M
New awards
30
Sole-source
4.8%
Single offer
2.5%
UEI
N2H6YLMHS5J9
Parent company
TIDEWATER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LLC
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.2MFY2017
  2. 236KFY2018
  3. 302KFY2019
  4. 23.2KFY2020
  5. 7.7MFY2021
  6. 9.3MFY2022
  7. 28.1MFY2023
  8. 66MFY2024
  9. 29.2MFY2025
  10. 16.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$8.3M51%
    21 awards
  2. Department of the Army$5.6M34%
    3 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1.7M11%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$656.5K4.0%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$16.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia Beach city, VA$6.3M39%
  2. Chesterfield County, VA$4.3M26%
  3. Norfolk city, VA$2.5M15%
  4. Chowan County, NC$1.7M11%
  5. Hampton city, VA$656.5K4.0%
  6. Portsmouth city, VA$538.3K3.3%
  7. York County, VA$294.5K1.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.3%
    US 39% · $1.2M
  • Sole-source awards4.8%
    US 30% · $773.6K
  • Single-offer competitions2.5%
    US 8.7% · $407.1K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$727.5K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCTION HAMPTON VA$21.4M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hampton city, VA· Construction & real property· Jun 28, 2024 – Jul 1, 2026· 36C77624C0097
  2. CONSTRUCTION OF REHABILITATIVE MEDICAL UNIT$21.1M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hampton city, VA· Construction & real property· Jul 17, 2024 – Mar 17, 2026· 36C77624C0120
  3. REPLACE WINDOWS VARIOUS BUILDINGS$12.8M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hampton city, VA· Construction & real property· Aug 21, 2023 – Jan 12, 2026· 36C24623C0069
  4. MODERNIZE INTERIOR FINISHES$4.7M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hampton city, VA· Construction & real property· Jan 10, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 36C24624C0002
  5. CONVERSION OF OVERHEAD POWERLINES TO UNDERGROUND POWERLINES AT THE DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTER IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.$4.2M
    Department of the Army· Chesterfield County, VA· Construction & real property· Apr 2, 2026 – May 12, 2026· W9123626CA008
  6. REPLACE PARTIAL ROOF, GUTTERS, SOFFIT BOARDS AND INTERIOR COMMON AREA FINISHES, BLDG 508, DAM NECK ANNEX$1.9M
    Department of the Navy· Virginia Beach city, VA· Construction & real property· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· N4008526F0581
  7. N4008522D0082 - REPLACE ROOFING B531$1.9M
    Department of the Navy· Virginia Beach city, VA· Construction & real property· Apr 7, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· N4008526F0717
  8. REPAIR OF BUILDING 4 TRUSS AND ROOF AT DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTER RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.$1.9M
    Department of the Army· Chesterfield County, VA· Construction & real property· Aug 12, 2025 – Jun 13, 2026· W9123625C2001

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: $4M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLC$4M100%
    CARLSBAD, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $4M 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $6.4M reported

  1. RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLC$4M
    CARLSBAD, CA · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction
  2. BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC$2.4M
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction

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

  1. D SQUARE CONSTRUCTION LLC$106.4M+113% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Nonresidential building constructionNavy · Nonresidential building construction
  2. TROOP CONTRACTING INC$59.4M+90% in FY2026
    WILLOWBROOK, IL · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Nonresidential building constructionNavy · Nonresidential building constructionVeterans Affairs · Highway, street, and bridge construction+1 more
  3. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION$115.1M+85% in FY2026
    TACOMA, WA · 2 entities · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Nonresidential building constructionNavy · Nonresidential building construction

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 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.