Federal contractor · CHARLOTTE, NC

ZAPATA GROUP, INC

ZAPATA GROUP, INC received $163.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−99% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $46.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($114.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$163.7K
New awards
8
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
31%
UEI
NRFJMVNYQ6C3
Small businessMinority-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $163.7K in FY2026 together.

  1. ZAPATA GROUP, INCCHARLOTTE, NC · Family page
    $163.7K
  2. ZAPATA INCORPORATEDCHARLOTTE, NC
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.6MFY2018
  2. 5MFY2019
  3. 6MFY2020
  4. 644KFY2021
  5. 3.7MFY2022
  6. 4.2MFY2023
  7. 12.4MFY2024
  8. 11.6MFY2025
  9. 163.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$114.6K70%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$49.1K30%
    3 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$163.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Mecklenburg County, NC$114.6K70%
  2. Charleston County, SC$49.1K30%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition31%
    US 39% · $51.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions31%
    US 8.7% · $51.6K
  • 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. RENOVATE B346 LODGING FACILITY TO ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITY, DEMO B246/24601$987.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Charleston County, SC· Construction & real property· Jan 16, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· FA441825F0032
  2. DESIGN-BUILD REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, RENOVATE THE EXISTING VOLUNTEER ARMY (VOLAR) BARRACKS, BUILDING 514, 515, 516,&517, FT STEWART, GA, SAVANNAH DISTRICT$945.2K
    Department of the Army· Mecklenburg County, NC· Construction & real property· Apr 29, 2020 – Dec 22, 2025· W912HN20F2022
  3. 23E-B300 MODERNIZATION, NSA PANAMA CITY, FL$810.4K
    Department of the Navy· Bay County, FL· Construction & real property· Aug 31, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025· N6945023F0878
  4. THE A/E SHALL FURNISH QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO TO PROVIDE COMPLETE AND DETAILED DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, COST ESTIMATES, AND OTHER PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR CONSTRUCT MUNITIONS FACILITIES, B918.$746.9K
    Department of the Air Force· Charleston County, SC· Construction & real property· Sep 24, 2025 – May 1, 2026· FA441825F0129
  5. ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL ASPECTS TO ACCOMMODATE NEW (B515) FLOORPLAN AND REQUIREMENTS. BUILDING SERVICES, INCLUDING, PLUMBING, HVAC, ELECTRIC, FIRE PROTECTION, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS WILL BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW FLOORPLAN AND REQUIREMENTS.$427.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Charleston County, SC· Construction & real property· Aug 18, 2025 – Mar 9, 2026· FA441825F0089
  6. REPAIR OF LITTLE SMOAK DAM$171.5K
    Department of the Army· Mecklenburg County, NC· Construction & real property· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· W912HN26FA017
  7. AUTOMATED RECORD FIRE RANGE (ARF+) VALUE ENGINEERING (VE) STUDY AND COMMISSIONING (CXD/G) SERVICES FOR SOF BARRACKS, FORT BRAGG, NC$92.8K
    Department of the Army· Mecklenburg County, NC· Construction & real property· May 10, 2022 – Nov 26, 2025· W912HN22F2016
  8. MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR W912HN26D2003 - ZAPATA GROUP, INC.$2,500
    Department of the Army· Mecklenburg County, NC· Construction & real property· Jan 13, 2026 – Jan 13, 2026· W912HN26FA016

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: $298.4K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. DAWSON MCG, LLC$280.2K94%
    HONOLULU, HI · 2 subawards
  2. BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.$18.2K6.1%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $423.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $481K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $7.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $989.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $298.4K 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

8 companies · $12.1M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$7M
    GROTON, CT · 11 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. DAWSON ENTERPRISES, INC.$2.4M
    HONOLULU, HI · 2 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  3. BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.$1.2M
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 4 subawards · Architectural, engineering, 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SOLUTIONS THROUGH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC$19.6M−28% in FY2026
    FAIRBORN, OH · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. LIBERTY JV$19.3M−105% in FY2026
    YUMA, AZ · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. NICKLAUS AMEC JV$19.1M−87% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, 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 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.