Federal contractor · LOWELL, AR

CENTRAL RESEARCH INC

CENTRAL RESEARCH INC received $73.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−9.7% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $525.2M. Its largest customer was Department of Education ($73.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$73.5M
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $73.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. CENTRAL RESEARCH INCLOWELL, AR · Family page
    $73.5M
  2. SKYLINE ULTD INCLOWELL, AR
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 56.6MFY2017
  2. 66.7MFY2018
  3. 83.9MFY2019
  4. 90.1MFY2020
  5. 51.6MFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 24.5MFY2023
  8. -4.5MFY2024
  9. 81.4MFY2025
  10. 73.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Education$73.6M100%
    4 awards
  2. Offices, Boards and Divisions-$145K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$73.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$70.3M96%
  2. Benton County, AR$3.2M4.3%

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 8.8% · $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

  1. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT.$62.4M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 31, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 91003126F0019
  2. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE TASK ORDER.$50.4M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 28, 2024 – Aug 4, 2026· 91003124F0318
  3. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT.$44.2M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 24, 2025 – Jul 30, 2026· 91003125F0041
  4. TASK ORDER FOR DEFAULT PREVENTION PILOT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026.$3.3M
    Department of Education· Benton County, AR· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 91003126F0057
  5. PARALEGAL SERVICES$197.2K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Benton County, AR· Professional services· Sep 22, 2023 – Dec 1, 2025· 15JA0523F00000371

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

  • Sub-contracts: $9.6M (6 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LEADERS, INC.$3.5M36%
    MARTINEZ, GA · 2 subawards
  2. COMMONWEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES, LLC$3.1M32%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards
  3. GOLDSCHMITT AND ASSOCIATES LLC$3M31%
    STERLING, VA · 1 subaward
  4. FORVIS MAZARS, LLP$45.1K0.5%
    SPRINGFIELD, MO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 13% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $150.4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2023: $59.9M paid out · $138.7K received
  • FY2024: $7.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $10.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $9.6M paid out · $0 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

5 companies · $87.4M reported

  1. NELNET SERVICING LLC$60.4M
    LINCOLN, NE · 25 subawards · Activities related to credit intermediation
  2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LEADERS, INC.$10.6M
    MARTINEZ, GA · 9 subawards · Activities related to credit intermediation
  3. GOLDSCHMITT AND ASSOCIATES LLC$10M
    STERLING, VA · 3 subawards · Activities related to credit intermediation

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $151.8M reported

  1. GOLDSCHMITT-CRI LLC$149.8M
    RESTON, VA · 6 subawards · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  2. GOLDSCHMITT AND ASSOCIATES LLC$1.8M
    STERLING, VA · 3 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. ACQUISITION EXPERTS, LLC$138.7K
    MECHANICSVILLE, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. F.H. CANN & ASSOCIATES, INC.$134.9M−34% in FY2026
    NORTH ANDOVER, MA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Activities related to credit intermediation
  2. MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY$602.1M−43% in FY2026
    CHESTERFIELD, MO · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Activities related to credit intermediation
  3. EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC$636.2M−19% in FY2026
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Activities related to credit intermediation

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.