Federal contractor · BURLINGAME, CA
ACUMEN LLC
ACUMEN LLC received $71.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (−14% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $862.7M. Its largest customer was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($43.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $71.3M
- New awards
- 31
- Sole-source
- 19%
- Single offer
- 33%
- UEI
- XVMTJF1497P1
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 61.8MFY2017
- 53.6MFY2018
- 67.8MFY2019
- 95.9MFY2020
- 108.7MFY2021
- 103.7MFY2022
- 108.5MFY2023
- 108.2MFY2024
- 83.2MFY2025
- 71.3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 18 awards
- Food and Drug Administration$13.7M19%3 awards
- 2 awards
- Departmental Offices$5.1M7.2%2 awards
- 3 awards
- National Institutes of Health$341.6K0.5%2 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$44.4M62%
- Research & development$21.7M31%
- IT & telecom$5.1M7.2%
Where the work was performed
- San Mateo County, CA$57.1M80%
- Baltimore County, MD$14.1M20%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition52%US 39% · $37.2M
- Sole-source awards19%US 30% · $13.7M
- Single-offer competitions33%US 8.8% · $23.5M
- 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 Health and Human Services · 1 awards
Largest awards
- DATALINK$169.6MCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Jul 1, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· 75FCMC21F0067
- Health Resources and Services Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Jun 17, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 75R60221F80068
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Baltimore County, MD· Professional services· Sep 18, 2017 – Apr 23, 2026· HHSM500T0008
- Departmental Offices· San Mateo County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2021 – Aug 26, 2026· 140D0421F0687
- Food and Drug Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Sep 30, 2021 – Aug 24, 2026· 75F40121F19004
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Jul 13, 2018 – Apr 30, 2026· 75P00118F37003
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Baltimore County, MD· Research & development· Jan 3, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 75FCMC25FJ020
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Baltimore County, MD· Professional services· Mar 23, 2017 – Feb 5, 2026· HHSM500T0005
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
ACUMEN LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
- Since FY2021
- -$191.3K
Assistance by fiscal year
- 0FY2021
- -191.3KFY2022
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2022.
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 · $92.8K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $436.2K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $573.4K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 · $2.2M reported
- ABT GLOBAL LLC$1.2MCAMBRIDGE, MA · 5 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- LEIDOS, INC.$573.4KRESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
- BROWN UNIVERSITY$402.4KPROVIDENCE, RI · 7 subawards
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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY GROUP, INC.$132.9M−83% in FY2026PHOENIX, AZ · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- C2C INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC.$121.8M+13% in FY2026JACKSONVILLE, FL · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- OHIO KEPRO, LLC$314.2M−100% in FY2026CLEVELAND, OH · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.