Federal contractor · FREDERICK, MD

VORTEX LLC

VORTEX LLC received $391.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−42% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $8.3M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($391.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$391.8K
New awards
7
Sole-source
9.6%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 15.2KFY2018
  2. 638.8KFY2019
  3. 803.7KFY2020
  4. 2.2MFY2021
  5. 1.1MFY2022
  6. 1.8MFY2023
  7. 642.6KFY2024
  8. 680.4KFY2025
  9. 391.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$391.8K100%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$257K66%
  2. Professional services$134.8K34%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alachua County, FL$133.6K34%
  2. Pulaski County, AR$101.4K26%
  3. Kennebec County, ME$93.7K24%
  4. Lee County, FL$58.1K15%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$37.5K9.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition9.6%
    US 39% · $37.5K
  • Sole-source awards9.6%
    US 30% · $37.5K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications9.6%
    US 5.1% · $37.5K

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 Veterans Affairs$37.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AIRFLOW TESTING$392.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Kennebec County, ME· Equipment maintenance· Sep 19, 2023 – Aug 20, 2026· 36C24123P1148
  2. HVAC TEST AND BALANCE$199.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Bernalillo County, NM· Professional services· Mar 2, 2021 – Sep 18, 2026· 36C25821C0032
  3. VEHICLE BARRIER PM - ORDERING PERIOD 4$189.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Orange County, FL· Equipment maintenance· Aug 1, 2024 – Dec 2, 2025· 36C24824N0985
  4. PATIENT LIFT MAINTENANCE$133.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Alachua County, FL· Equipment maintenance· Dec 18, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026· 36C24826P0274
  5. AIR FLOW AND PRESSURE TESTING - EO 14398$101.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Pulaski County, AR· Professional services· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 36C25626P0740
  6. AIR BALANCE$58.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Lee County, FL· Professional services· Jan 30, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 36C25926P0218
  7. CEILING LIFTS INSPECTION$37.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Equipment maintenance· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 36C24526P0611

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

  1. HARRY H JONES PLUMBING & HEATING CO INC$814.7K+341% in FY2026
    GERMANTOWN, TN · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractorsVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  2. MCASHAN INC$1.6M+162% in FY2026
    SPRING, TX · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractorsVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Nonresidential building construction
  3. WILLIAM HENDERSON, LLC$1.9M−41% in FY2026
    LOCKHART, FL · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Building equipment contractorsVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.