Federal contractor · BEL AIR, MD
A. BRIGHT IDEA, LLC
A. BRIGHT IDEA, LLC received $6.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (+9.3% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $69.8M. Its largest customer was Drug Enforcement Administration ($6.9M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $6.8M
- New awards
- 16
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 6.8MFY2017
- 8.1MFY2018
- 13.3MFY2019
- 9MFY2020
- 8.9MFY2021
- 2.5MFY2022
- 3.2MFY2023
- 5MFY2024
- 6.3MFY2025
- 6.8MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Drug Enforcement Administration$6.9M100%15 awards
- Maritime Administration-$36K0.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$5.7M84%
- Education & social services$1.1M16%
Where the work was performed
- Harford County, MD$6.9M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · -$36K
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.8% · -$36K
- 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.
Largest awards
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Jul 1, 2025 – Oct 27, 2025· 15DDHQ25F00000546
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026· 15DDHQ26F00000674
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Nov 3, 2025 – Nov 3, 2025· 15DDHQ26F00000019
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Education & social services· Apr 20, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· 15DDHQ26F00000409
- Maritime Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 30, 2021 – Oct 24, 2025· 693JF721F000053
- PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCIES$597.4KDrug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Jul 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 15DDHQ25F00000651
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Nov 10, 2025 – Nov 10, 2025· 15DDHQ26F00000021
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Harford County, MD· Professional services· Sep 22, 2025 – Nov 25, 2025· 15DDHQ25F00000938
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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $162.5K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $166K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $346.6K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $92.1K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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
3 companies · $767.2K reported
- LEIDOS, INC.$620.6KRESTON, VA · 8 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
- BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- NEW CASTLE, DE · 1 subaward
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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- CISION US INC$6.2M−36% in FY2026CHICAGO, IL · 2 entities · 3.8% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Advertising, public relations, and related services
- THE ELKS NATIONAL DRUG AWARENESS COMMISSION$400K0% in FY2026CHICAGO, IL · 2.2% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Advertising, public relations, and related services
- CHICAGO, IL · 1.2% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Advertising, public relations, and related services
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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.