Federal contractor · CLIFTON, VA

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES LLC

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES LLC received $77.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−99% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.9M. Its largest customer was Department of Defense Education Activity ($77.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$77.1K
New awards
9
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
12%
UEI
JNGUL9H4M8R3
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 317.8KFY2017
  2. 91.9KFY2018
  3. 695.9KFY2019
  4. 848.1KFY2020
  5. 1.4MFY2021
  6. 580.4KFY2022
  7. 2.5MFY2023
  8. 705.9KFY2024
  9. 8.7MFY2025
  10. 77.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Defense Education Activity$77.1K100%
    7 awards
  2. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$77.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alexandria city, VA$42K55%
  2. Cumberland County, NC$24.7K32%
  3. Antrim County, MI$7,2039.3%
  4. Kalkaska County, MI$3,1584.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $9,170
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $9,170
  • 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

  1. FT. WAINWRIGHT PARTITION WALLS INSTALLATION$604.1K
    Department of the Army· North Slope Borough, AK· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· W9127S25FA046
  2. THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF 110 WASHERS AND DRYERS FOR THE 5TH CIVIL ENGINEER SQUADRON DORMS AT MINOT AFB, ND.$447.5K
    Department of the Air Force· Ward County, ND· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2025 – Oct 17, 2025· FA452825P0080
  3. SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES LABS FOR GRADES 6-12 AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP)$42K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Alexandria city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· HE125426FE138
  4. HAMPTON PRIMARY SCHOOL UPK CONSUMABLES$24.7K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Cumberland County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· HE125426FE428
  5. PHYSICAL EDUCATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR HUMPHREYS HIGH SCHOOL$3,888
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Antrim County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 1, 2026 – Mar 1, 2026· HE125426FE218
  6. P.E. SUPPLIES FOR HUMPHREYS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS$3,158
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Kalkaska County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· HE125426FE326
  7. STOPWATCHES IN SUPPORT OF HUMPHREYS MIDDLE SCHOOL$2,124
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Antrim County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· HE125426FE276
  8. DODEA ADOPTED THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS (NGSS)INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES WHICH INCLUDES STUDENT AND TEACHER PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL RESOURCES, LABORATORY KITS, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR STAKEHOLDERS.$1,191
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Antrim County, MI· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 30, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026· HE125426FE151

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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.$7.7M+4,391% in FY2026
    GREENVILLE, WI · 3 entities · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Education Activity · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
  2. CARNEGIE LEARNING INC$4.8M−100% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 5 entities · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Education Activity · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
  3. VISTA HIGHER LEARNING, LLC$2.8M−100% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Education Activity · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory 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.