Federal contractor · TOWSON, MD
BOLTON PARTNERS, INC.
BOLTON PARTNERS, INC. received $6.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (+84% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $40.2M. Its largest customer was Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ($5.8M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $6.5M
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 10%
- Single offer
- 0.8%
- UEI
- QKWJJT8KENH5
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 947.8KFY2017
- 2.9MFY2018
- 4.6MFY2019
- 5.8MFY2020
- 3.2MFY2021
- 4MFY2022
- 2.9MFY2023
- 5.8MFY2024
- 3.5MFY2025
- 6.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 4 awards
- Offices, Boards and Divisions$680K10%1 awards
- U.S. Secret Service$61K0.9%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$6.5M100%
Where the work was performed
- District of Columbia, DC$5.6M86%
- Baltimore County, MD$881.9K14%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition11%US 39% · $734.1K
- Sole-source awards10%US 30% · $680K
- Single-offer competitions0.8%US 8.7% · $54.1K
- 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 Justice · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 27, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 16PBGC24F0054
- Offices, Boards and Divisions· Baltimore County, MD· Professional services· Nov 21, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 15JC1V26P00000039
- PIMS - DATA ENTRY SUPPORT$593.9KPension Benefit Guaranty Corporation· Baltimore County, MD· Professional services· Apr 10, 2024 – May 14, 2026· 16PBGC24M0014
- ACTUARIAL SUPPORT SERVICES$375.4KPension Benefit Guaranty Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 10, 2022 – Jun 29, 2026· 16PBGC22F0017
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 10, 2024 – May 27, 2026· 16PBGC24M0016
- U.S. Secret Service· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 20, 2024 – Dec 12, 2025· 70US0925F2GSA2098
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
- Sub-contracts: $150K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- KEARNEY & COMPANY, P.C.$150K100%ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $419.9K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $150K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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
1 company · $569.9K reported
- KEARNEY & COMPANY, P.C.$569.9KALEXANDRIA, VA · 5 subawards · Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- BOLTON PARTNERS D.C., INC.$13.8M−30% in FY2026ARLINGTON, VA · 87% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- MILLIMAN, INC.$57.5M+29% in FY2026SEATTLE, WA · 7 entities · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- VG SYSTEMS LLC$7.5M−15% in FY2026QUANTICO, VA · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 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 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.