Contracting office · U.S. Census Bureau

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC PROGRAMS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ECONOMIC PROGRAMS obligated $67.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 31 contract actions (+111% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was IGNITEACTION LLC ($22.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$67.3M
Actions
31
New awards: 23
Sole-source
25%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.9MFY2023
  2. 3.8MFY2024
  3. 31.9MFY2025
  4. 67.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. IGNITEACTION LLC$22.1M33%
  2. LIGHTFRONT LLC$13.2M20%
  3. QUALTRYX, LLC$10.9M16%
  4. TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT INC.$3.1M4.7%
  5. AGILE ASPECTS LLC$2.8M4.1%
  6. CIRCANA GROUP, L.P.$2.6M3.9%
  7. WHIRLWIND TECHNOLOGIES LLC$2.6M3.8%
  8. NIELSEN CONSUMER LLC$2.2M3.3%
  9. J.R. REINGOLD & ASSOCIATES, INC.$1.9M2.9%
  10. BRITEDGE JV LLC$1.4M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$43M64%
  2. IT & telecom$24.3M36%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$67.3M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition26%
    US 39% · $17.8M
  • Sole-source awards25%
    US 30% · $16.7M
  • Single-offer competitions1.5%
    US 8.8% · $1M
  • Urgency justifications0.7%
    US 5.1% · $442.9K
  • Year-end rush3.6%
    US 5.6% · $2.4M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing33%
    US 4.2% · $22.1M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. OCISS CALL ORDER 13 DICE$14.7M
    IGNITEACTION LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· May 28, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· 13ADEP26F0007
  2. IT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ECON. AIES SPACE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT, SPACE REENGINEERING, CLOUD SUPPORT, AND VALUE-DRIVEN PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS, ECONS CLOUD ARCHITECTURE TEAM ECAT SUPPORT, FRAMES DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT$9.9M
    QUALTRYX, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 13ADEP26F0015
  3. AGGREGATED POINT OF SALE / SCANNER TRANSACTION DATA$8.7M
    CIRCANA GROUP, L.P.· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 19, 2023 – Jun 10, 2026· 1333LB23C00000022
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO OBTAIN CONTRACTOR SERVICES TO SUPPORT MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE USCB CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF THE BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE EDL. IT PACT 26-443 DBIT 125931 / 125380$7.3M
    IGNITEACTION LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· May 8, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 13ADEP26F0006
  5. IT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ECON. ECON IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MIDDLEWARE OPERATIONS SERVICES AND SUPPORT (EIS MIDDLEWARE, DATABASE ADMINISTRATION, DEVOPS, OKTA-MFA$6.7M
    LIGHTFRONT LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 13ADEP26F0012
  6. AGGREGATED RETAIL POINT-OF-SALE/SCANNER TRANSACTION DATA.$6.6M
    NIELSEN CONSUMER LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 25, 2024 – Jul 7, 2026· 1333LB24C00000030
  7. IT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ECON. ON-PREM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT , CLOUD MIGRATION SUPPORT, CLOUD DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT, STEPS TO STEPSII INDICATOR MIGRATION$6.6M
    LIGHTFRONT LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 13ADEP26F0014
  8. MEDOU CONTRACT$5.2M
    QUALTRYX, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Sep 19, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· 13ADEP25C00000027

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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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.