Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

A. PRENTICE RAY & ASSOCIATES, LLC

A. PRENTICE RAY & ASSOCIATES, LLC received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+37% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $39.9M. Its largest customer was Department of State ($778.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
A. PRENTICE RAY & ASSOCIATES LLC
Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned8(a) programHUBZone firm
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.8MFY2017
  2. 3.8MFY2018
  3. 4.9MFY2019
  4. 5.3MFY2020
  5. 7.4MFY2021
  6. 3.2MFY2022
  7. 3.3MFY2023
  8. 943.8KFY2024
  9. 989.8KFY2025
  10. 1.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of State$778.5K58%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$573.1K42%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$1.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.4M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $1.4M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. ACQUIRING ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACQUISITION SUPPORT SERVICES FROM 8(A) CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CONSULAR AFFAIR'S OFFICES (CA/GSD AND CA/HRD).$4.1M
    Department of State· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 25, 2022 – Aug 14, 2026· 19AQMM22C0049
  2. THIS IS A NEW TO AGAINST IDIQ CONTRACT #19AQMM18D0102$3.5M
    Department of State· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 5, 2018 – Feb 23, 2026· 19AQMM18F3291
  3. TO FUNDED$1.8M
    Department of State· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Apr 30, 2018 – Jun 24, 2026· 19AQMM18F1503
  4. ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATION SERVICES$1.7M
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 9, 2023 – Jun 11, 2026· N0018923CZ075

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.

  1. TIGERSWAN, LLC$2.3M
    APEX, NC · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. 413 LLC$3M−98% in FY2026
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. MERCURY ASSOCIATES INC$2.2M+30% in FY2026
    WALL, NJ · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.