Federal contractor · CHARLOTTE, NC

DISCOVERY EDUCATION, INC

DISCOVERY EDUCATION, INC received $926.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−40% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.7M. Its largest customer was Drug Enforcement Administration ($602K).

Obligations · FY2026
$926.8K
New awards
5
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.7MFY2017
  2. 1.7MFY2018
  3. 1.1MFY2019
  4. 1.8MFY2020
  5. 349.5KFY2021
  6. 1.1MFY2022
  7. 1.1MFY2023
  8. 1.4MFY2024
  9. 1.6MFY2025
  10. 926.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Drug Enforcement Administration$602K65%
    1 awards
  2. Peace Corps$300K32%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Defense Education Activity$24.8K2.7%
    2 awards
  4. Departmental Offices$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$602K65%
  2. Professional services$300K32%
  3. IT & telecom$24.8K2.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Mecklenburg County, NC$902K97%
  2. Alexandria city, VA$24.8K2.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $926.8K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $926.8K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Drug Enforcement Administration$602K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Department of Defense Education Activity$24.8K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. GRADES K-12 LICENSES$2.2M
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Alexandria city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 27, 2022 – Oct 17, 2025· HE125422P3000
  2. DISCOVERY EDUCATION$750K
    Peace Corps· Mecklenburg County, NC· Professional services· Sep 29, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· 1145PC25P0011
  3. TITLE: DISCOVERY EDUCATION OPTION YEAR 2 TASK 1$602K
    Drug Enforcement Administration· Mecklenburg County, NC· Education & social services· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 15DDHQ26F00000546
  4. PEACE CORPS - GLOBAL CONNECTIONS MATERIALS$250K
    Departmental Offices· Mecklenburg County, NC· Professional services· Feb 15, 2024 – Oct 17, 2025· 140D0424P0056
  5. DISCOVERY EDUCATION LICENSES ARE A WEB-BASED, VENDOR HOSTED INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL TO ASSIST K-12 TEACHERS IN PROVIDING MULTIMODAL CONTENT THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO VARIOUS MEDIA, AUTHORING TOOL, LESSON PLAN, AND MEANS TO DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION.$24.8K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· HE125426CE005

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

  • Sub-grants: $1M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND REHABILITATION, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF$1M100%
    CARSON CITY, NV · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $485K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1M 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

2 companies · $1.5M reported

  1. EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND REHABILITATION, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF$1M
    CARSON CITY, NV · 1 subaward
  2. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$485K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · 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 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DEA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (THE)$1.7M−26% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDrug Enforcement Administration · Educational support services
  2. FOLLETT SOFTWARE, LLC$3.4M−10% in FY2026
    MCHENRY, IL · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Education Activity · Software publishers
  3. EMS LINQ, LLC$416.6K−57% in FY2026
    WILMINGTON, NC · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Education Activity · Software publishers

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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.