Federal contractor · BETHESDA, MD
DLH, LLC
DLH, LLC received $80.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 32 awards (−35% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1B. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($58.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $80.5M
- New awards
- 32
- Sole-source
- 5.0%
- Single offer
- 27%
- UEI
- NQL3JEME2443
- Parent company
- DLH HOLDINGS CORP
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, $143.3M in FY2026 together.
- DLH, LLCBETHESDA, MD · Family page$80.5M
- DLH SOLUTIONS INCATLANTA, GA$34.8M
- SOCIAL & SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS, INC.SILVER SPRING, MD$27.9M
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 36.1MFY2017
- 50.5MFY2018
- 63.5MFY2019
- 95.2MFY2020
- 132.6MFY2021
- 154MFY2022
- 163.6MFY2023
- 162.3MFY2024
- 123MFY2025
- 80.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- National Institutes of Health$58.2M72%15 awards
- 2 awards
- 1 awards
- Department of the Navy$5.4M6.7%9 awards
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$164.9K0.2%1 awards
- Defense Contract Management Agency-$237K0.0%1 awards
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-$390.6K0.0%1 awards
- Departmental Offices-$1.9M0.0%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$63.5M79%
- Professional services$17.2M21%
Where the work was performed
- Montgomery County, MD$57.3M71%
- Frederick County, MD$19.6M24%
- Baltimore city, MD$2.1M2.6%
- Charleston County, SC$1.4M1.7%
- Glynn County, GA$164.9K0.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition32%US 39% · $25.4M
- Sole-source awards5.0%US 30% · $4M
- Single-offer competitions27%US 8.8% · $21.4M
- 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.
Largest awards
- Departmental Offices· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 17, 2020 – Mar 2, 2026· 140D0420F0422
- National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 15, 2021 – Apr 14, 2026· 75N92021F00001
- National Institutes of Health· Frederick County, MD· IT & telecom· Jul 19, 2022 – Apr 24, 2026· 75N98022F00001
- IGF::OT::IGF$43.5MDepartment of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Professional services· Apr 1, 2019 – Mar 2, 2026· N6523619F3040
- National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 5, 2024 – Jul 22, 2026· 75N91024F00001
- Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Professional services· Aug 2, 2024 – May 29, 2026· N6523624F3030
- National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 19, 2021 – Jul 15, 2026· 75N92021F00196
- National Institutes of Health· Frederick County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 25, 2021 – Jun 25, 2026· 75N95021F00001
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: $36.7K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$36.7K100%BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $294.9K paid out · $205.4K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $777K received
- FY2023: $401.3K paid out · $159.7K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $9M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $6.9M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $36.7K 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 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
13 companies · $3.8M reported
- WESTAT, INC.$940.2KROCKVILLE, MD · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- NSF INTERNATIONAL$656KANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
Primes that pay it
10 companies · $29.1M reported
- ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
- DURHAM, NC · 6 subawards · Data processing, hosting, and related services
- ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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 17 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- AXLE INFORMATICS, LLC$445.9M−11% in FY2026ROCKVILLE, MD · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Computer systems design and related servicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Computer systems design and related servicesNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$116.5M+4% in FY2026CALVERTON, MD · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Computer systems design and related servicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · Computer systems design and related servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services+1 more
- HIGHRISE CONSULTING INC$105.3M−23% in FY2026BETHESDA, MD · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Computer systems design and related 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.