Federal contractor · MENLO PARK, CA

EXPONENT INC

EXPONENT INC received $5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 25 awards (−45% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $117.3M. Its largest customer was National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5M
New awards
25
Sole-source
23%
Single offer
13%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $4.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. EXPONENT INCMENLO PARK, CA · Family page
    $5M
  2. EXPONENT INCALEXANDRIA, VA
    -$261K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.3MFY2017
  2. 3.5MFY2018
  3. 6.6MFY2019
  4. 12.2MFY2020
  5. 22.6MFY2021
  6. 17.5MFY2022
  7. 14.7MFY2023
  8. 21.8MFY2024
  9. 9.1MFY2025
  10. 5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$1.6M32%
    5 awards
  2. Department of the Army$936.4K19%
    2 awards
  3. Offices, Boards and Divisions$932.5K19%
    14 awards
  4. Bureau of Engraving and Printing$652.5K13%
    1 awards
  5. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission$631.5K13%
    1 awards
  6. Food and Drug Administration$243.6K4.9%
    1 awards
  7. Department of State$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$4.2M83%
  2. Research & development$599K12%
  3. IT & telecom$243.6K4.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Mateo County, CA$2.9M57%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$1.9M38%
  3. Prince George's County, MD$243.6K4.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition37%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards23%
    US 30% · $1.2M
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $655.5K
  • 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. Offices, Boards and Divisions$929.4K
    Department of Justice · 8 awards

Largest awards

  1. TASK TYPE 2 - ON INDIVIDUAL FFP TI$4.3M
    Department of the Army· San Mateo County, CA· Research & development· Feb 6, 2025 – Feb 6, 2026· W50RAJ25F0006
  2. PRODUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DATA ANALYSIS$3.2M
    Bureau of Engraving and Printing· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 19, 2022 – Sep 10, 2026· 2031ZA22F00403
  3. FARE-NET$1.9M
    Food and Drug Administration· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 26, 2021 – Sep 22, 2026· 75F40121C00094
  4. EXPERT WILL REVIEW REPORTS, ANALYZE RAW DATA, CONDUCT STATISTICAL ANALYSES, AND MORE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FALSITY IN THE DATA PROVEDED BY TETRA TECH.$1.5M
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Jul 23, 2020 – Jul 23, 2026· 15JA1120P00000060
  5. PROCURE LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) TECHNICAL EXPERTISE SERVICES TO REVIEW ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS OR INCIDENTS AT OPERATIONAL LNG FACILITIES - (LNG ENGINEERING CONSULTANT)$1.2M
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – Jul 28, 2026· 89603025P0016
  6. TITLE: ASSESSMENT OF ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES **NSR-310** TYPE OF ACTION: NEW TASK ORDER FOR VESS IDIQ, COMPETITIVE, NON-SEVERABLE, POP: 12 MONTHS ATOA THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUISITION IS TO 1. EXECUTE A NEW, COMPETITIVE T$998.8K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 693JJ926F00129N
  7. PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION AMP CONTRACT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS, MODELING AND PROTOTYPING (AMP) ACTIVITIES.STUDY SCOPE AND APPROACH.$936.4K
    Department of the Army· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Feb 3, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026· W50RAJ26FA004
  8. THIS IS A NEW REQUISITION. IN RECENT YEARS, ADVANCEMENTS IN MAPPING HAVE ALLOWED FOR TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AWARE OF THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE MAJORITY OF THE ROADWAY NETWORK. CAPITALIZING ON THIS DATA, EUROPEAN REGULATORS HAVE REQUIRED INTELLIGENT SPEED$911.8K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· San Mateo County, CA· Research & development· Apr 22, 2024 – Apr 2, 2026· 693JJ924F00037N

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

EXPONENT INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2022
$893.4K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 52.9KFY2022
  2. 841KFY2023
  3. -462.1FY2025

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2022–FY2025.

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: $800K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$800K100%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $305.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $11.3K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $800K 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

5 companies · $5.5M reported

  1. TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE$3.1M
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$2M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 3 subawards
  3. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$227.6K
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 13 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TRIHAWK, LLC$14.5M+14% in FY2026
    WEBSTER, TX · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$14.8M+288% in FY2026
    GOLDEN, CO · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY$16M+15% in FY2026
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 6 entities · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development 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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of EXPONENT INC (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • ExponentAI match · 98%
Lobbying · 2025
$0
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2025
$0

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$0
    4 reports
  2. 2024$0
    4 reports
  3. 2025$0
    4 reports

Top issues

Who was contacted

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP$0
    12 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.