Federal contractor · BETHESDA, MD

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC received -$132.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−105% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $34.8M. Its largest customer was Department of State (-$13.27).

Obligations · FY2026
-$132.7K
New awards
8
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
D2LWNASDKG23
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.3MFY2017
  2. 3.2MFY2018
  3. 5.5MFY2019
  4. 3.4MFY2020
  5. 3.7MFY2021
  6. 1.6MFY2022
  7. 3.3MFY2023
  8. 4.6MFY2024
  9. 2.5MFY2025
  10. -132.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of State-$13.270.0%
    1 awards
  2. Office of Justice Programs-$3,7310.0%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Education-$128.9K0.0%
    6 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Largest awards

  1. CRIMESOLUTIONS.GOV DATABASE REQUIREMENT$5.9M
    Office of Justice Programs· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 27, 2020 – Jan 12, 2026· 15PNJD20F00000003
  2. CT ANNUAL REPORTING CONTRACTING SERVICES*$4.5M
    Department of State· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 5, 2023 – Sep 23, 2026· 19AQMM23C0125
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO CONDUCT A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY THAT WILL EXAMINE HOW MUCH IT COSTS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND ACCREDITATIONS.$2.7M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· 91990025F0100
  4. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION EVALUATION AND REGIONAL ASSISTANCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES REQUIRES A CONTRACTOR TO REVIEW IMPACT STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDE RELATED SUPPORT$449.2K
    Department of Education· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 21, 2021 – Apr 9, 2026· 91990021F0365
  5. AWARD OF ARISE TASK ORDER 4$292.9K
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Dec 19, 2023 – Aug 17, 2026· 91990024F0310
  6. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION EVALUATION AND REGIONAL ASSISTANCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES REQUIRES A CONTRACTOR TO REVIEW IMPACT STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDE RELATED SUPPORT FOR WWC$267K
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 23, 2020 – Mar 17, 2026· 91990020F0371
  7. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO EXECUTE TASKS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE OVERALL WORK SPECIFIED IN THE REVIEWS, REPORTING, DISSEMINATION, AND DEVELOPMENT (R2D2) CONTRACT.$137.4K
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Feb 21, 2020 – Mar 23, 2026· 91990020F0313
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO CONDUCT REVIEWS OF STUDIES THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS EVIDENCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM MID-PHASE GRANT COMPETITION.$69K
    Department of Education· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 23, 2020 – Mar 31, 2026· 91990020F0335

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2021
$2.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. 499.5KFY2022
  3. 687KFY2023
  4. 1.1MFY2024
  5. 0FY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. IN THE UNITED STATES, HATE CRIMES (ALSO KNOWN AS BIAS CRIMES) ARE COMPLEX, SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE RISE, AND OFTEN VASTLY UNDERREPORTED. THEY…$687K
    16.560 · National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants· Office of Justice Programs· Project grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Jun 11, 2026· 15PNIJ23GG05492MUMU

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $210.8K paid out · $328.9K received
  • FY2022: $64.3K paid out · $353.4K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $807.2K 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

2 companies · $275.1K reported

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$210.8K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL$64.3K
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

1 company · $1.5M reported

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$1.5M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 4 subawards · 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 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CHARMTECH LABS LLC$2.8M−88% in FY2026
    BUFFALO, NY · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development services
  2. TIGERSWAN, LLC$2.3M
    APEX, NC · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. 413 LLC$3M−98% in FY2026
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.