Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

VERTEBRATE SYSTEMS LLC

VERTEBRATE SYSTEMS LLC received $378.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+78% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.5M. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($240.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$378.8K
New awards
5
Sole-source
3.9%
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. 423.6KFY2017
  2. 529.8KFY2018
  3. 381.4KFY2019
  4. 185.6KFY2020
  5. 233.6KFY2021
  6. 137.3KFY2022
  7. 436.8KFY2023
  8. 563.2KFY2024
  9. 213.2KFY2025
  10. 378.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$240.8K64%
    3 awards
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$138.1K36%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$363.9K96%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$14.9K3.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Solano County, CA$225.8K60%
  2. San Diego County, CA$138.1K36%
  3. Anchorage Municipality, AK$14.9K3.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition40%
    US 39% · $153K
  • Sole-source awards3.9%
    US 30% · $14.9K
  • Single-offer competitions36%
    US 8.8% · $138.1K
  • 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. U.S. Geological Survey$14.9K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. GPS/ACC TELEMETRY UNITS FOR BIRDS$170.6K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Solano County, CA· IT & telecom· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· 140G0326P0061
  2. AK DIV OF MIG BIRDS SAT SERVICES$122.7K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· 140F1G26P0028
  3. BIRD TELEMETRY UNITS$55.2K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Solano County, CA· IT & telecom· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· 140G0326P0067
  4. VA-DIV OF MIG BIRD-TELEMETRY TRANSMITTER$15.4K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 140F1G26P0045
  5. 60 C65 SUPER GEOTRACKER$14.9K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Anchorage Municipality, AK· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 140G0326P0166

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

  1. ZONGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.$458.8K
    TUCSON, AZ · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. UNGER DESIGNS LLC$403K+60% in FY2026
    HILLSBORO, OR · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. BBP SALES, LLC$612.1K−100% in FY2026
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.