Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS received $1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $14.8M. Its largest customer was Washington Headquarters Services ($850.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1M
New awards
7
Sole-source
19%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
QVJ2MX73AEA6
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2MFY2017
  2. 2MFY2018
  3. 760.3KFY2019
  4. 2MFY2020
  5. 1.9MFY2021
  6. 431.9KFY2022
  7. 1.7MFY2023
  8. 1.4MFY2024
  9. 1.6MFY2025
  10. 1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Washington Headquarters Services$850.3K81%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$195K19%
    2 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$1M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition19%
    US 39% · $195K
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $195K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$195K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS (OTHER THAN SCIENTIFIC)$919K
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 15, 2024 – Mar 13, 2026· HQ003424C0079
  2. WORKSHOPS AND STUDIES ON THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY'S WARTIME POLITICAL WORK$843.5K
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 23, 2022 – Jan 6, 2026· HQ003422P0065
  3. MARXIST-LENINIST MAOIST INFLUENCE ON THE PLA$294.5K
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· HQ003426CE020
  4. ASSESSING THE CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE CHINESE DEFENSE AND DUAL-USE INDUSTRIAL BASE$250K
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 19, 2026 – May 19, 2026· HQ003426CE032
  5. THIS NON-SEVERABLE SERVICE REQUIREMENT IS ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EXECUTIVE FELLOWS (SDEF) PROGRAM FOR A CUSTOMIZED ORIENTATION AND TRAINING SEMINAR. EACH YEAR, SENIOR OFFICERS FROM EACH SERVICE ARE SELECTED$184K
    Departmental Offices· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Feb 20, 2024 – Nov 13, 2025· 140D0424P0055
  6. CONDUCT RESEARCH STUDY CONCERNING THE VARIOUS KINDS OF JOINT OPERATIONS RELATED TO ESCALATION BEFORE OR AFTER THE START OF AN ARMED CONFLICT EXPECTED AROUND 2040.$135.3K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 24, 2026 – May 8, 2026· N0025326P9000
  7. CONDUCT RESEARCH STUDY ON THE TOPIC OF WARFARE IN THE DEEP SEA USING UNMANNED SYSTEMS WHEN BOTH SIDES UTILIZE UNMANNED SYSTEMS.$59.7K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· N0025326P9002

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

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $200.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $164.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $264.4K 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 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

2 companies · $629.4K reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$428.6K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NATIONAL STRATEGIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE$200.8K
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LONG TERM STRATEGY GROUP, LLC$2.9M+5.1% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Scientific research and development services
  2. STRATEVARIOUS INC$5.4M−12% in FY2026
    GRAND RAPIDS, MI · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Scientific research and development services
  3. CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INC$3.8M−90% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Scientific research and development 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.