Federal contractor · GAITHERSBURG, MD

ARE-5 RESEARCH PLACE LLC

ARE-5 RESEARCH PLACE LLC received $176.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−64% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.9M. Its largest customer was Consumer Product Safety Commission ($176.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$176.6K
New awards
4
Sole-source
52%
Single offer
48%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.8KFY2017
  2. 20.4KFY2018
  3. 125.9KFY2019
  4. 136.4KFY2020
  5. 140.8KFY2021
  6. 194.3KFY2022
  7. 249KFY2023
  8. 309.8KFY2024
  9. 495.7KFY2025
  10. 176.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Consumer Product Safety Commission$176.6K100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$176.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$176.6K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $176.6K
  • Sole-source awards52%
    US 30% · $91.6K
  • Single-offer competitions48%
    US 8.7% · $85K
  • 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

  1. Consumer Product Safety Commission$91.6K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. TO ISSUE A BPA CALL AGAINST 61320622A0013 TO COVER THE INCREASED OPERATING COSTS ARISING FROM THE TENANT EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL TENANT IMPROVEMENTS AT 5 RESEARCH PLACE.$85K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 61320626F2026
  2. TO ISSUE A BPA CALL AGAINST 61320622A0013 FOR RESTORATION WORK$46.6K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Nov 20, 2025 – Nov 20, 2025· 61320626F2006
  3. TO ISSUE A BPA CALL AGAINST 61320622A0013 FOR EMERGENCY WATER REMEDIATION WORK$32.2K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Nov 20, 2025 – Nov 20, 2025· 61320626F2007
  4. TO ISSUE A BPA CALL AGAINST 61320622A0013 TO INSTALL NEW RODI DROP IN LAB 174$12.7K
    Consumer Product Safety Commission· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· 61320626F2021

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.

  1. EAST-WEST TOWERS, LLC$249K−65% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveConsumer Product Safety Commission · Building equipment contractors
  2. AIR FLOW SERVICES INC$89.7K−48% in FY2026
    POTOMAC, MD · 6.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveConsumer Product Safety Commission · Building equipment contractors

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.