Federal contractor · MISSOULA, MT

HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. received $1.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (+125% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $14.5M. Its largest customer was Bureau of Reclamation ($915.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
19
Sole-source
45%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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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, $1.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.MISSOULA, MT · Family page
    $1.7M
  2. HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.PORTLAND, OR
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 373.4KFY2017
  2. 918.9KFY2018
  3. 1MFY2019
  4. 1.3MFY2020
  5. 5.2MFY2021
  6. 766.1KFY2022
  7. 834.1KFY2023
  8. 1.7MFY2024
  9. 751KFY2025
  10. 1.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Reclamation$915.8K54%
    5 awards
  2. Offices, Boards and Divisions$758.5K45%
    12 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$38.9K2.3%
    1 awards
  4. National Park Service-$22.2K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.7M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Missoula County, MT$1.1M68%
  2. Ada County, ID$317.3K19%
  3. Jewell County, KS$151.7K9.0%
  4. Stevens County, WA$38.9K2.3%
  5. Multnomah County, OR$34.3K2.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition45%
    US 39% · $758.5K
  • Sole-source awards45%
    US 30% · $758.5K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications9.6%
    US 5.1% · $162.7K

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$758.5K
    Department of Justice · 6 awards

Largest awards

  1. EXPERT WITNESS$3.9M
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Aug 12, 2021 – Apr 24, 2026· 15JENR21P00000264
  2. EXPERT WITNESS$366.5K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Jul 21, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· 15JENR23P00000238
  3. BOISE RIVER FEASIBILITY STUDY$317.3K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Ada County, ID· Professional services· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· 140R1726F0007
  4. EXPERT WITNESS - HISTORY&LAW/HISTORY - HISTORIAN -$312.7K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Nov 7, 2018 – Feb 4, 2026· DJJ15WENR010201
  5. STEAMBOAT ROCK ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITOR$308.1K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 140R1726F0025
  6. EXPERT WITNESS$253.5K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Jan 7, 2026 – Jan 7, 2026· 15JENR26P00000038
  7. EXPERT WITNESS$178.6K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Dec 5, 2024 – Mar 3, 2026· 15JENR25P00000056
  8. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES/FY26ECU170$169.9K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· 15JENR26P00000148

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 · $79.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $269.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $792K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $370.4K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 · $2.7M reported

  1. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$2.2M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 6 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. EA ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY, INC., PBC$238.1K
    HUNT VALLEY, MD · 3 subawards · Remediation and other waste management services
  3. PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.$178.6K
    CENTREVILLE, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. QUANTITATIVE HYDRO SOLUTIONS INC$2M+59% in FY2026
    INDIANA, PA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffices, Boards and Divisions · Legal services
  2. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INCORPORATED$2.7M
    FRONT ROYAL, VA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffices, Boards and Divisions · Legal services
  3. LANDMARK RESEARCH GROUP LLC$2.7M−117% in FY2026
    DANA POINT, CA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffices, Boards and Divisions · Legal 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.