Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, AL
4M RESEARCH, INC
4M RESEARCH, INC received $5.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+44% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $33.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($3.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $5.4M
- New awards
- 4
- Sole-source
- 58%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- H8GHNMBMKML5
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 807KFY2017
- 823.2KFY2018
- 2.8MFY2019
- 2.4MFY2020
- 4.8MFY2021
- 3.7MFY2022
- 4.3MFY2023
- 4.3MFY2024
- 3.8MFY2025
- 5.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Army$3.2M58%2 awards
- 1 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$5.4M100.0%
- Research & development$5000.0%
Where the work was performed
- Madison County, AL$5.4M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition58%US 39% · $3.2M
- Sole-source awards58%US 30% · $3.2M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.8% · $0
- 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.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Professional services· Jan 27, 2021 – Mar 6, 2026· W52P1J21C0018
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Madison County, AL· Professional services· May 13, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 80MSFC22F0109
- Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Professional services· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· W519TC26CA029
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FG198
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: $440K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$440K100%ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $30.8M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $12.9M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $8.8M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $2M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $440K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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
5 companies · $56.5M reported
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC$34.5MHUNTSVILLE, AL · 106 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 13 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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.
- ECS RIPTIDE VENTURES, LLC$7M+263% in FY2026ORLANDO, FL · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Computer systems design and related services
- LION FEDERAL, LLC$6.7M−57% in FY2026MCLEAN, VA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Computer systems design and related services
- RDM ENGINEERING, LLC$6.6M−100% in FY2026OAK RIDGE, NJ · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Computer systems design and related services
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.