Federal contractor · CHANTILLY, VA
APPLICATION RESEARCH CENTER LLC
APPLICATION RESEARCH CENTER LLC received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−63% vs FY2025). Since FY2022: $24.4M. Its largest customer was Food and Drug Administration ($1.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.4M
- New awards
- 7
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- DCL6W18NJHW7
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.5MFY2022
- 9.3MFY2023
- 8.4MFY2024
- 3.8MFY2025
- 1.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Food and Drug Administration$1.2M83%4 awards
- 3 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$1.4M100%
Where the work was performed
- Fairfax County, VA$1.2M83%
- Montgomery County, MD$237.8K17%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · $0
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- 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
- Food and Drug Administration· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 24, 2026· 75F40123F19001
- Food and Drug Administration· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· 75F40126F19010
- Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jul 18, 2024 – Mar 21, 2026· 75F40124F19005
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 9, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· 75F40125F19009
- Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Nov 18, 2024 – Mar 13, 2026· 75F40125F19007
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 21, 2024 – Apr 25, 2026· 75F40124F19004
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 7571TE26F66010
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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- DNANEXUS, INC.$13.5M−0.4% in FY2026MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA · 95% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Data processing, hosting, and related services
- CVS HEALTHSPIRE PAYOR & LIFE SCIENCES LLC$13.5M−18% in FY2026HARTFORD, CT · 10 entities · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Data processing, hosting, and related services
- MPZA LLC$16.7M−26% in FY2026GAITHERSBURG, MD · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Data processing, hosting, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.