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.
Other than small business

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.

  1. CQ-ROLL CALL, INCWASHINGTON, DC · Family page
    $1.4M
  2. $1.5M
  3. $529.8K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.9MFY2017
  2. 6.7MFY2018
  3. 6.9MFY2019
  4. 7.9MFY2020
  5. 7.8MFY2021
  6. 8.5MFY2022
  7. 8.3MFY2023
  8. 4.7MFY2024
  9. 2.6MFY2025
  10. 1.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 1 awards
  2. 5 awards
  3. 1 awards
  4. 1 awards
  5. 3 awards
  6. 1 awards
  7. 2 awards
  8. 2 awards
  9. 1 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$689.5K48%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$480.5K33%
  3. IT & telecom$190K13%
  4. Research & development$89.1K6.1%

Where the work was performed

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

  1. Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Executive Office of the President · 2 awards
  3. Department of Energy · 1 awards
  4. Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. International Trade Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. GAO, Except Comptroller General· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 5, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025· 05GA0A24F0002
  2. Missile Defense Agency· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 1, 2023 – Nov 20, 2025· HQ086724C0001
  3. Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· May 17, 2023 – Jun 2, 2026· N4248523P0004
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 28, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· 36C10X23F0038
  5. Office of the Inspector General· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Apr 30, 2021 – Jul 16, 2026· 70VT1521F00016
  6. Department of the Air Force· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 20, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· FA701422P0040
  7. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2021 – May 7, 2026· 1605C121P00025
  8. 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

  1. BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. RESTON, 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.

  1. POLITICO, LLC$10.2M−28% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, 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
  2. OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026
    DUBLIN, 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
  3. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.$2.5M−25% in FY2026
    NEW 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.