Federal contractor · GAITHERSBURG, MD

EXPLORE DIGITS INC

EXPLORE DIGITS INC received $7.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2021: $37.5M. Its largest customer was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($6.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.7M
New awards
7
Sole-source
37%
Single offer
22%
UEI
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Parent company
EXPLORE DIGITS INC
Small businessMinority-owned8(a) programHUBZone firm
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2021
  2. 3.2MFY2022
  3. 5.9MFY2023
  4. 8.4MFY2024
  5. 10.8MFY2025
  6. 7.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$6.4M82%
    5 awards
  2. Agency for International Development$1.4M18%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Education-$7,0170.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$5.7M73%
  2. Professional services$2.1M27%

Where the work was performed

  1. Baltimore County, MD$3.9M51%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$3.8M49%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition59%
    US 39% · $4.5M
  • Sole-source awards37%
    US 30% · $2.8M
  • Single-offer competitions22%
    US 8.8% · $1.7M
  • 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. THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGACY SYSTEMS IT MODERNIZATION AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT IS TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EXISTING MEDICARE LEGACY SYSTEMS, MODERNIZE THE MEDICARE LEGACY SYSTEMS, AND OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE NEWLY MODERNIZED MEDICARE SYSTEMS. THE COBOL-$13.1M
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Baltimore County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 1, 2023 – Jun 23, 2026· 75FCMC23F0019
  2. REQ FOR XDR AS A REPLACEMENT FOR HX TO INCLUDE TESTING, DEPLOYING, AND TRANSITIONING TO O&M$4.5M
    Agency for International Development· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Feb 27, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· 72MC1024C00002
  3. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT CMS TO MIGRATE OFF OF SAS BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY LICENSES TO USE AUTOMATED SAS CONVERSION TOOL(S) AND SUPPORT CMS USERS TO LEVERAGE ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE ANALYTICAL PACKAGES TO PERFORM$3.6M
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 27, 2025 – Jun 26, 2026· 75FCMC25FJ073
  4. INDEPENDENTLY AND NOT AS AN AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL THE NECESSARY SERVICES, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND SUPPLIES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REQU$3.4M
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Apr 30, 2024 – Apr 20, 2026· 75FCMC24C0014
  5. PCG COMPARATIVE BILLING REPORT AND PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING PAYMENT PATTERNS ELECTRONIC REPORT DATA ANALYSIS (PCG CBR/PEPPER DA) CONTRACT$3M
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 22, 2022 – Mar 24, 2026· 75FCMC22C0047
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, SYSTEM SECURITY, DISASTER RECOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR PEPS AND EAPP, FSAS ELECTRONIC APPLICATION INSTITUTIONS USE FOR TITLE IV ELIGIBILITY.$2.2M
    Department of Education· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2023 – Aug 6, 2026· 91003123C0007
  7. THE INTENT OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMING AND HOSTING SUPPORT FOR THE ANALYTICAL WORK OF THE QSOG THROUGH THE QCOR WEBSITE. THIS EFFORT IS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THE QCOR WEBSITE IN AN OPERATIONAL STATE, REFRESH THE WEBSITE ON A WEEKLY BASI$1.8M
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Baltimore County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 20, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026· 75FCMC24CJ001

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $390.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $300K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $690.6K reported

  1. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$390.6K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  2. OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC.$300K
    LA CROSSE, WI · 1 subaward · 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 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. H1 INSIGHTS, INC$16M
    NEW YORK, NY · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Computer systems design and related services
  2. COGENT PEOPLE INC$16.4M+14% in FY2026
    COLUMBIA, MD · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ARMAVEL LLC$18.4M+8.5% in FY2026
    TACOMA, WA · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services · 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.