{
 "source": "USASpending.gov recipient profiles (SAM registration business types), queried by HSG 2026-08-17. Key-free public API.",
 "method": "Each of the 55 named private firms was searched by name. Name-only matching against a national database produced false positives at a rate that made firm-level publication irresponsible, so a match was accepted only where the registered location falls in the market area the City buys from (MD, PA, VA, WV, DC, DE) or the firm is an unambiguous national supplier. Four matches were rejected outright as different entities; ten were set aside as unverified.",
 "firms_searched": 55,
 "confirmed": 18,
 "confirmed_value": 15144200,
 "no_federal_record": {
  "firms": 23,
  "value": 38687966
 },
 "unverified": {
  "firms": 10,
  "value": 2583239
 },
 "rejected": [
  {
   "firm": "Mead & Hunt",
   "reason": "matched a joint venture (Mead & Hunt - Atkins JV), not the firm"
  },
  {
   "firm": "A&S Construction",
   "reason": "matched A&S Construction Services LLC of Austell, Georgia"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Gavin Communications LLC",
   "reason": "matched Gavin Communications of Loganville, Georgia"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Tan Consulting, LLC",
   "reason": "matched Tan Consulting of Oxnard, California"
  }
 ],
 "by_size": {
  "small": {
   "firms": 14,
   "value": 13020010
  },
  "other than small": {
   "firms": 4,
   "value": 2124190
  }
 },
 "socio_found": [
  "WOSB",
  "minority-owned",
  "woman-owned"
 ],
 "largest_four": [
  {
   "firm": "Waynesboro Construction Company, Inc",
   "value": 19816478,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "size": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Triangle Contracting LLC",
   "value": 7196019,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "size": "small"
  },
  {
   "firm": "LB Water Services",
   "value": 7000000,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "size": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Mid-Atlantic Utilities, Inc",
   "value": 3999495,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "size": null
  }
 ],
 "named_private_value": 57797728,
 "limits": [
  "USASpending covers only firms with federal award history. Absence means no federal footprint, NOT evidence about size or ownership.",
  "Federal socioeconomic flags are self-certified in SAM and are not verified the way Maryland certification is, which requires documentation.",
  "Matching is by name plus geography. Ten out-of-region matches were set aside rather than counted, so coverage is deliberately conservative.",
  "Size status is as currently registered, not as of the award date."
 ],
 "firms": [
  {
   "firm": "Waynesboro Construction Company, Inc",
   "value": 19816478,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Triangle Contracting LLC",
   "value": 7196019,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "TRIANGLE CONTRACTING, LLC",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "LB Water Services",
   "value": 7000000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Mid-Atlantic Utilities, Inc",
   "value": 3999495,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "ATC Corp",
   "value": 1415841,
   "awards": 5,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Hummer Turfgrass Systems, Inc",
   "value": 1390238,
   "awards": 3,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "HUMMER TURFGRASS SYSTEMS INC",
   "location": "MANHEIM, PA",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Hasen Global LLC",
   "value": 1169762,
   "awards": 3,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "HASEN GLOBAL, LLC.",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP",
   "value": 1128014,
   "awards": 4,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP",
   "value": 1055116,
   "awards": 3,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "RUMMEL, KLEPPER & KAHL, LLP",
   "location": "BALTIMORE, MD",
   "size": "other than small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "DSM Properties, LLC",
   "value": 899848,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "DSM PROPERTIES, LLC",
   "location": "BALTIMORE, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [
    "woman-owned",
    "WOSB"
   ],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "AMT Engineering",
   "value": 861887,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "GHD",
   "value": 852092,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "JF Petroleum Group",
   "value": 743643,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Mead & Hunt",
   "value": 655935,
   "awards": 3,
   "verdict": "rejected",
   "matched": "MEAD & HUNT - ATKINS JOINT VENTURE",
   "location": "MILWAUKEE, WI",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "matched a joint venture (Mead & Hunt - Atkins JV), not the firm"
  },
  {
   "firm": "MUSCO Sports Lighting, LLC",
   "value": 644411,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING, L.L.C",
   "location": "OSKALOOSA, IA",
   "size": "other than small",
   "socio": [
    "minority-owned"
   ],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "A&S Construction",
   "value": 598926,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "rejected",
   "matched": "A&S CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC",
   "location": "AUSTELL, GA",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "matched A&S Construction Services LLC of Austell, Georgia"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Wallace Montgomery & Associates, LLC",
   "value": 494531,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Empire Landscape, LLC",
   "value": 494350,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "EMPIRE LANDSCAPE INC",
   "location": "POCATELLO, ID",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in POCATELLO, ID, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "MJ Double K Farm, LLC",
   "value": 462058,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "MJ DOUBLE K FARMS, LLC",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "All City Management Services",
   "value": 432112,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.",
   "location": "SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Atlas-SSI, Inc",
   "value": 417020,
   "awards": 3,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "ATLAS-SSI INC",
   "location": "MONTICELLO, MS",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in MONTICELLO, MS, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Concrete Protection and Restoration Inc",
   "value": 382487,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "CONCRETE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION, INC.",
   "location": "WINDSOR MILL, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Denali Water Solutions, LLC",
   "value": 362000,
   "awards": 3,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Synagro Central, LLC",
   "value": 350000,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Continental Pools",
   "value": 289579,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "CONTINENTAL POOLS, INC",
   "location": "GARDNER, KS",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in GARDNER, KS, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "McClure Company",
   "value": 287260,
   "awards": 4,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "MCCLURE TELEPHONE COMPANY",
   "location": "MC CLURE, OH",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in MC CLURE, OH, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "HMF Paving Contractors, Inc",
   "value": 285742,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "HMF PAVING CONTRACTORS, INC.",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Bates Architects LLC",
   "value": 272000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "BATES ARCHITECTS LLC",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Daft, McCune and Walker, Inc",
   "value": 270549,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Delta Airport Consultants",
   "value": 265000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "DELTA AIRPORT CONSULTANTS INC",
   "location": "MIDLOTHIAN, VA",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Morton Salt, Company",
   "value": 220000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "MORTON SALT, INC.",
   "location": "OVERLAND PARK, KS",
   "size": "other than small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Metropolitan Protective Services, Inc",
   "value": 220000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "METROPOLITAN PROTECTIVE SERVICES LLC",
   "location": "BROWNSBURG, IN",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in BROWNSBURG, IN, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Stantec Consulting Services, Inc",
   "value": 204663,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.",
   "location": "DENVER, CO",
   "size": "other than small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Clark Computer Services",
   "value": 200000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "CLARK COMPUTER SERVICES",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Alpha Space Control",
   "value": 200000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "ALPHA SPACE CONTROL CO., INC.",
   "location": "CHAMBERSBURG, PA",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Capital Electric Supply",
   "value": 190288,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Mesotech International",
   "value": 160000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "MESOTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.",
   "location": "RANCHO CORDOVA, CA",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in RANCHO CORDOVA, CA, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Studio William Cochran, Inc",
   "value": 142369,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Wormald Commercial Construction",
   "value": 141639,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Ubeo Managed Print Service",
   "value": 131856,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "SeniorScapes, Inc",
   "value": 130000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Alpha Laval Inc",
   "value": 129620,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Roe Marketing Group dba Berry and Homer",
   "value": 123368,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Houck Construction, LLC",
   "value": 120000,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "HOUCK CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS",
   "location": "SALEM, OR",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in SALEM, OR, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Popowski Brothers, Inc",
   "value": 120000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "POPOWSKI BROTHERS, INC.",
   "location": "COCKEYSVILLE, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Absolute Service Industries, LLC",
   "value": 117744,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Noelker and Hull Architects",
   "value": 116000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Outdoor Aluminum",
   "value": 111918,
   "awards": 2,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "OUTDOOR ALUMINUM, INC.",
   "location": "GENEVA, AL",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in GENEVA, AL, outside the market area"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Key City Compost",
   "value": 100000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "KEY CITY COMPOST",
   "location": "FREDERICK, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "HWA Corp",
   "value": 89540,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Hahn Fence and Construction",
   "value": 81012,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "no federal record",
   "matched": null,
   "location": null,
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Easterday-Wilson Well Drilling LLC",
   "value": 76856,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "confirmed",
   "matched": "EASTERDAY-WILSON WELL DRILLING LLC",
   "location": "MOUNT AIRY, MD",
   "size": "small",
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": null
  },
  {
   "firm": "Gavin Communications LLC",
   "value": 63900,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "rejected",
   "matched": "GAVIN COMMUNICATIONS",
   "location": "LOGANVILLE, GA",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "matched Gavin Communications of Loganville, Georgia"
  },
  {
   "firm": "Tan Consulting, LLC",
   "value": 63562,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "rejected",
   "matched": "TAN CONSULTING",
   "location": "OXNARD, CA",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "matched Tan Consulting of Oxnard, California"
  },
  {
   "firm": "WhatsaMather Consulting, Inc",
   "value": 51000,
   "awards": 1,
   "verdict": "unverified",
   "matched": "WHATSAMATHER CONSULTING",
   "location": "TUCSON, AZ",
   "size": null,
   "socio": [],
   "reject_reason": "registered in TUCSON, AZ, outside the market area"
  }
 ]
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