United States · Federal contract register · Supplier record

CRITICAL MENTION, INC.

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CRITICAL MENTION, INC. — United States · Federal contract register · Supplier record: 90 contracts, all years ($3,518,160 · Aug 2007 – Aug 2026); $508K since January 2024 (7 contracts · 5 agencies); 71st rank in the line (of 294 suppliers · 0.19%); 34 agencies never served ($38.3M on the line without CRITICAL MENTION, INC.).

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90
contracts, all years
$3,518,160 · Aug 2007 – Aug 2026
$508K
since January 2024
7 contracts · 5 agencies
71st
rank in the line
of 294 suppliers · 0.19%
34
agencies never served
$38.3M on the line without CRITICAL MENTION, INC.

Own record by year

2019 onward
$336K
$63.0K
$8.0K
$143K
$79.5K
$50.7K
$15.3K
$442K
20192020202120222023202420252026

Who buys from CRITICAL MENTION, INC.

since January 2024
5agencies
$508Kpaid
87.0%top buyer
Department of Transportation87.0%
$442,500
Department of Defense7.6%
$38,580
Department of Agriculture2.1%
$10,800
Department of the Interior1.8%
$9,350
Securities and Exchange Commission1.4%
$7,200

Before 2024 only: Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of the Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, National Transportation Safety Board, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Won without a rival

2024-02-15 – 2025-09-11
7uncontested awards
54%of its awards
6without a competition
1single bid

CRITICAL MENTION, INC won 7 of its 13 public contract awards in United States without a rival from 2024-02-15 to 2025-09-11, worth $65.9K: 6 without a competition and 1 after a competition that drew a single bid. 6 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest Department of the Navy with 2.

Buyers: Department of the Navy (2) · Rural Housing Service (1) · Office of the Inspector General (1) · Defense Health Agency (1) · Securities and Exchange Commission (1) · Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division (1)

Every uncontested award of CRITICAL MENTION, INC · United States: all uncontested awards

The line

since January 2024
$229Mline value
1,409contracts
47agencies
294suppliers
51.3%held by top ten

Newspapers and periodicals (7630)

$114M
$69.5M
$45.2M
202420252026Jan–Sep
71stof 294 suppliers
$442,500CRITICAL MENTION, INC. in the line
0.19%share of the line
30.2%of $1,464,214 spent by Department of Transportation

Agencies that buy the line and never bought from CRITICAL MENTION, INC.

34agencies
277contracts
$38,336,496since January 2024
Department of State105 contracts
$18,492,291
Department of Commerce11 contracts
$7,868,824
General Services Administration6 contracts
$1,863,988
Executive Office of the President44 contracts
$1,696,152
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau12 contracts
$1,527,514
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation8 contracts
$1,125,291
Federal Communications Commission7 contracts
$998,653
Department of Labor3 contracts
$522,354
District of Columbia Courts6 contracts
$453,053
Social Security Administration4 contracts
$413,125
Export-Import Bank of the United States2 contracts
$398,007
National Aeronautics and Space Administration3 contracts
$359,502
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board6 contracts
$357,470
Commodity Futures Trading Commission8 contracts
$301,366
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission7 contracts
$285,704
United States Chemical Safety Board2 contracts
$276,376
Federal Labor Relations Authority3 contracts
$245,003
International Trade Commission6 contracts
$193,735
Department of Education3 contracts
$178,305
Federal Trade Commission1 contract
$169,285
National Archives and Records Administration1 contract
$130,273
Railroad Retirement Board5 contracts
$80,850
Agency for International Development3 contracts
$75,964
National Gallery of Art5 contracts
$75,326
National Labor Relations Board1 contract
$48,516
Smithsonian Institution2 contracts
$43,596
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission2 contracts
$38,535
U.S. Agency for Global Media1 contract
$23,953
Institute of Museum and Library Services1 contract
$19,999
National Endowment for the Humanities3 contracts
$18,542
Merit Systems Protection Board3 contracts
$16,964
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation1 contract
$14,490
National Science Foundation1 contract
$12,388
Federal Maritime Commission1 contract
$11,100

How the line is bought

by value, since 2024
48%no competition
11%one applicant
0of these to CRITICAL MENTION, INC.
Awarded directly, no competition639 contracts
$108,770,429 · 47.6%
Competed, several suppliers applied595 contracts
$94,623,504 · 41.4%
Competed, one supplier applied175 contracts
$25,337,502 · 11.1%

Contracts reaching their end dates

Oct 2026 – October 2027
450contracts
$107,677,807end by October 2027
110end in December 2026 · $36.6M
72in agencies never served · $12.4M
$236K
$1.1M
$36.6M
$1.8M
$3.0M
$11.0M
$6.9M
$2.8M
$15.1M
$1.4M
$11.0M
$16.8M
Oct 265 contractsNov 2610 contractsDec 26110 contractsJan 2726 contractsFeb 2720 contractsMar 2732 contractsApr 2738 contractsMay 2737 contractsJun 2736 contractsJul 2715 contractsAug 2744 contractsSep 2777 contracts

Fastest-growing supplier in the line

same line
+764%growth

Supplier UEI FCNUXYEM9AE9

2024 to Sep 2026
$17,923,321
2022–2023
$2,075,048

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Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, usaspending.gov, accessed 30 September 2026.The data is available to copy, adapt, redistribute, or otherwise use for non-commercial or for commercial purposes (USAspending.gov, Licensing); no Dun & Bradstreet data is shown.