Federal contractor · SAN FRANCISCO, CA

CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC

CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC received $5.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (+83% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $101M. Its largest customer was Offices, Boards and Divisions ($3.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.1M
New awards
18
Sole-source
78%
Single offer
19%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4MFY2017
  2. 9.2MFY2018
  3. 7.7MFY2019
  4. 15.5MFY2020
  5. 11.5MFY2021
  6. 4.3MFY2022
  7. 18.7MFY2023
  8. 22.1MFY2024
  9. 2.8MFY2025
  10. 5.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Offices, Boards and Divisions$3.2M62%
    4 awards
  2. Internal Revenue Service$2M39%
    11 awards
  3. Federal Trade Commission$150K2.9%
    1 awards
  4. Securities and Exchange Commission-$204K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$5.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Francisco County, CA$6.8M100%
  2. Fulton County, GA$1.4M27%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition97%
    US 39% · $5M
  • Sole-source awards78%
    US 30% · $4M
  • Single-offer competitions19%
    US 8.8% · $1M
  • 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. Offices, Boards and Divisions$2.2M
    Department of Justice · 3 awards
  2. Internal Revenue Service$2M
    Department of the Treasury · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS IRS80 - APPROVAL DATE 4/3/2025$3.7M
    Internal Revenue Service· Fulton County, GA· Professional services· Apr 22, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026· 2023H225C00043
  2. IRS87 DATE OF APPROVAL 4/3/2025 - EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES$2.5M
    Internal Revenue Service· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Apr 8, 2025 – Aug 11, 2026· 2023H225C00032
  3. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES$2.2M
    Internal Revenue Service· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Jul 30, 2021 – Sep 21, 2026· 2023H221C00020
  4. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES$1.8M
    Internal Revenue Service· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· May 20, 2021 – Aug 12, 2026· 2023H221C00010
  5. EXPERT WITNESS$1.2M
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Jan 2, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 15JC1V26P00000111
  6. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES FOR LITIGATION REGARDING PTEP (PREVIOUSLY TAXED EARNINGS AND PROFITS)$1.1M
    Internal Revenue Service· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 2023H226C00028
  7. EXPERT WITNESS - ECONOMICS$1M
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 15JATR26C00000040
  8. TRACS0002851, APPROVED 6/24/25. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR LITIGATION OF A CASE BY IRS, CHIEF COUNSEL.$761.5K
    Internal Revenue Service· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Jun 26, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026· 2023H225C00069

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

  1. THE BRATTLE GROUP INC$43.7M−62% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesOffices, Boards and Divisions · Legal servicesFederal Trade Commission · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services+1 more
  2. PCG ENTERPRISES, INC.$20.3M−44% in FY2026
    ATHERTON, CA · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. OXFORD GOVERNMENT CONSULTING, LLC$31M+83% in FY2026
    NORTH BEACH, MD · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.