Federal contractor · VIENNA, VA
DUTY FIRST CONSULTING LLC
DUTY FIRST CONSULTING LLC received $24.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−9.9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $168.1M. Its largest customer was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($19.7M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $24.9M
- New awards
- 10
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 46%
- UEI
- Q9LAZK8AELW8
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 13MFY2017
- 15.8MFY2018
- 12.8MFY2019
- 12.3MFY2020
- 10.8MFY2021
- 13.3MFY2022
- 17.3MFY2023
- 20.3MFY2024
- 27.6MFY2025
- 24.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 4 awards
- Food and Drug Administration$5.3M21%4 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs-$55.9K0.0%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$24.9M100%
Where the work was performed
- Fairfax County, VA$25.1M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition46%US 39% · $11.4M
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions46%US 8.7% · $11.4M
- 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
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jun 10, 2021 – Mar 4, 2026· 75FCMC21F0045
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jun 23, 2022 – Jun 12, 2026· 75FCMC22F0068
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jun 16, 2022 – Aug 12, 2026· 75FCMC22F0049
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 75FCMC26F0118
- Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 28, 2022 – Dec 19, 2025· 36C10D22F0016
- Food and Drug Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· 75F40126F19004
- Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Nov 20, 2020 – Oct 22, 2025· 36C10X21P0013
- Food and Drug Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Dec 17, 2024 – Feb 24, 2026· 75F40125F19003
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 · $496.9K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.7M 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 · $4.2M reported
- APTIVE RESOURCES LLC$2.5MALEXANDRIA, VA · 2 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$846.5KMCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
- APTIVE HTG LLC$803.4KALEXANDRIA, VA · 7 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- THINK-HIGHPOINT JV, LLC$55.3M−100% in FY2026BALTIMORE, MD · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION$45.9M+18% in FY2026NEW HAVEN, CT · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- SUPERIOR HEALTH QUALITY ALLIANCE INC$45.6M−152% in FY2026MADISON, WI · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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.