Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC
CQ-ROLL CALL, INC
CQ-ROLL CALL, INC received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 50 awards (−43% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $61.8M. Its largest customer was GAO, Except Comptroller General ($433K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.4M
- New awards
- 50
- Sole-source
- 41%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- N8K7N7GJAZ73
- Parent company
- NIKKEI INC.
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $3.5M in FY2026 together.
- CQ-ROLL CALL, INCWASHINGTON, DC · Family page$1.4M
- FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)LONDON, GBR$1.5M
- $529.8K
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 6.9MFY2017
- 6.7MFY2018
- 6.9MFY2019
- 7.9MFY2020
- 7.8MFY2021
- 8.5MFY2022
- 8.3MFY2023
- 4.7MFY2024
- 2.6MFY2025
- 1.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- GAO, Except Comptroller General$433K30%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$135.7K9.4%5 awards
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$113.8K7.8%1 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$89.1K6.1%1 awards
- Executive Office of the President$63.3K4.4%3 awards
- 1 awards
- 2 awards
- Millennium Challenge Corporation$49.4K3.4%2 awards
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$41.7K2.9%1 awards
- Department of Energy$40.6K2.8%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$689.5K48%
- Other equipment & supplies$480.5K33%
- IT & telecom$190K13%
- Research & development$89.1K6.1%
Where the work was performed
- District of Columbia, DC$1.3M93%
- Baltimore city, MD$30K2.1%
- Fairfax County, VA$29.9K2.1%
- Prince George's County, MD$28.8K2.0%
- Montgomery County, MD$17.2K1.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition40%US 39% · $580.2K
- Sole-source awards41%US 30% · $587.8K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · -$7,606
- 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 the Navy$86.7KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
- Executive Office of the President · 2 awards
- Department of Energy$40.6KDepartment of Energy · 1 awards
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
- International Trade Commission · 1 awards
Largest awards
- GAO, Except Comptroller General· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 5, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025· 05GA0A24F0002
- Missile Defense Agency· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 1, 2023 – Nov 20, 2025· HQ086724C0001
- CQ.COM DATABASE SUBSCRIPTION$249.7KDepartment of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· May 17, 2023 – Jun 2, 2026· N4248523P0004
- CONGRESSIONAL WEB SERVICES$237.5KDepartment of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 28, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· 36C10X23F0038
- Office of the Inspector General· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 30, 2021 – Jul 16, 2026· 70VT1521F00016
- Department of the Air Force· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 20, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· FA701422P0040
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2021 – May 7, 2026· 1605C121P00025
- Social Security Administration· Baltimore city, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 16, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· 28321324FDX030182
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
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $39.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $54K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $49.7K 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
3 companies · $389.1K reported
- DAI GLOBAL LLC$245.9KBETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$103.7KMCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- AGILE DEFENSE, LLC$39.5KRESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related 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 123 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- POLITICO, LLC$10.2M−28% in FY2026ARLINGTON, VA · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information servicesBureau of the Fiscal Service · Other information services+7 more
- OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026DUBLIN, OH · 8.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other information servicesNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesState · Other information services+8 more
- DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.$2.5M−25% in FY2026NEW YORK, NY · 4 entities · 6.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveExecutive Office of the President · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information services+6 more
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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.