New Federal Contractors — February 19, 2026

Four contracts totaling $1.36B to LDRM, ManTech, Guidehouse, and Acuity-Janus for visa, protective tech, consulting, and security services through 2027.

Veterans Evaluation Services secures $327M across two Region 2 contracts, with $213M outlayed signaling strong cash flow in NAICS 621111.

GEO Group ($773M to 2030) and T-Mobile ($58M obligated, $177M ceiling to 2034) win extended DoJ/DoD awards in detention and emergency telecom.

Four awards totaling $300M+ to Caltech for astrophysics, Venus mission, OCO-3, and environmental monitoring through 2028, with 70%+ outlayed.

Low outlays vs obligations in 14/18 contracts (avg ~25% disbursed), signaling delayed funding realization amid long tenors to 2030+.

Firm fixed price in 8 contracts risks cost overruns over extended periods (avg 5+ years).

Non-competitive awards (5 contracts, incl MITRE FFRDC, Peraton sole-source) vulnerable to rebids post-period ends.

$3B+ in unexercised options across 15 contracts, led by MITRE ($17B ceiling), Columbus Tech ($1.1B), Acuity-Janus ($224M).

Small/disadvantaged biz set-asides (4 contracts, $670M) in State, NASA, DHS position firms for repeat wins.

High outlay realization in recent awards: VES ($202M/204M), MLU ($50M/56M), Deloitte ($43M/53M) indicate undervalued backlog conversion.

36% of total value ($1.36B) in visa, security, engineering, consulting to 2027, via Momentum acquisitions.

22% of value ($1.1B total incl Caltech/Columbus) in astrophysics, planetary missions, hardware through 2030.

DoJ detention to 2030 ($773M), DoD telecom to 2034 ($177M ceiling), DHS logistics to 2026 ($63M).

{"entity"=>"MITRE Corporation", "reason"=>"$1.7B obligation / $19B ceiling FAA FFRDC; only 14% outlayed with 2022 end date.", "trigger"=>"extension beyond 2022 or option funding"}

{"entity"=>"GEO Group", "reason"=>"$773M detention to 2030; 12% outlayed amid immigration policy flux.", "trigger"=>"outlay acceleration >20% YoY"}

{"entity"=>"Columbus Technologies", "reason"=>"Woman-owned small biz with $77M obligated / $1.1B ceiling NASA R&D to 2030; 58% outlayed.", "trigger"=>"option exercises scaling to $200M+ annually"}

{"entity"=>"California Institute of Technology", "reason"=>"$300M+ across 4 NASA missions; signals JPL pipeline but nonprofit limits equity play.", "trigger"=>"subawards or JPL budget growth"}