Federal contractor · PHOENIX, AZ

VERNADERO GROUP INC

VERNADERO GROUP INC received $65.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 43 awards (+342% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $170.5M. Its largest customer was U.S. Customs and Border Protection ($63.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$65.2M
New awards
43
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.7MFY2017
  2. 16.4MFY2018
  3. 15.7MFY2019
  4. 11.4MFY2020
  5. 9MFY2021
  6. 6.9MFY2022
  7. 9.6MFY2023
  8. 10.7MFY2024
  9. 14.8MFY2025
  10. 65.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$63.2M97%
    12 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$1.2M1.9%
    3 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$676.9K1.0%
    13 awards
  4. Department of Energy$207.6K0.3%
    1 awards
  5. National Park Service$00.0%
    2 awards
  6. Forest Service$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Department of the Army-$99.8K0.0%
    11 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$36.3M56%
  2. Professional services$28.9M44%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maricopa County, AZ$27.9M43%
  2. Pima County, AZ$19.1M29%
  3. Brewster County, TX$11.5M18%
  4. Imperial County, CA$4.9M7.5%
  5. Arlington County, VA$1.2M1.9%
  6. San Diego County, CA$236K0.4%
  7. Cerro Gordo County, IA$224K0.3%
  8. Kings County, CA$110.6K0.2%
  9. Sacramento County, CA$106.4K0.2%
  10. Grayson County, TX$74.2K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $1,500
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $1,500
  • 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. CONSTRUCTION MONITORING SERVICES FOR TCA-2 BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION.$19.1M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Pima County, AZ· Facilities & utilities· Feb 12, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 70B01C26F00000059
  2. CONSTRUCTION MONITORS ON THE SW BORDER$7.5M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Maricopa County, AZ· Professional services· Jan 20, 2026 – Jul 26, 2026· 70B01C26F00000116
  3. CONSTRUCTION MONITORING$7.4M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Maricopa County, AZ· Professional services· Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026· 70B01C26F00000717
  4. TASK ORDER AWARD FOR CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN BIG BEND TEXAS SEGMENT BBT-5.$7M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Brewster County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 70B01C26F00000690
  5. CONSTRUCTION MONITORS ON SW BORDER.$5.8M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Maricopa County, AZ· Professional services· Jan 20, 2026 – Jul 12, 2026· 70B01C26F00000115
  6. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD GEOSPATIAL PROGRAM SUPPORT$5.7M
    Departmental Offices· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 26, 2022 – Sep 2, 2026· 140D0422F1033
  7. TASK ORDER AWARD FOR NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MONITORING FOR BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN ELC-2.$4.9M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Imperial County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 70B01C26F00000689
  8. RESOURCE MONITORING SUPPORT OF CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL IN BIG BEND TEXAS (BBT-2)$4.5M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Brewster County, TX· Facilities & utilities· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· 70B01C26F00000322

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: $177.4K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. DAWSON SOLUTIONS, LLC$128.3K72%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
  2. DAWSON MCG, LLC$49K28%
    HONOLULU, HI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $9.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $177.4K 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

4 companies · $9.5M reported

  1. MANTECH SRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9.2M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$131.1K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. DAWSON SOLUTIONS, INC.$128.3K
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards · Remediation and other waste management 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP$70.4M+147% in FY2026
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNavy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. ADC LTD NM$140M+88% in FY2026
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. ECO & ASSOCIATES, INC.$30.4M+667% in FY2026
    SANTA ANA, CA · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesArmy · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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.