Federal contractor · BOSTON, MA

IDC RESEARCH, INC

IDC RESEARCH, INC received $128.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−41% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.8M. Its largest customer was Office of the Secretary ($107.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$128.4K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
16%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 191.3KFY2017
  2. 197.3KFY2018
  3. 192KFY2019
  4. 269.1KFY2020
  5. 398.3KFY2021
  6. 286KFY2022
  7. 482.7KFY2023
  8. 462KFY2024
  9. 219.5KFY2025
  10. 128.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Secretary$107.6K84%
    2 awards
  2. Federal Trade Commission$20.8K16%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$73.1K57%
  2. Professional services$55.3K43%

Where the work was performed

  1. Norfolk County, MA$73.1K57%
  2. Suffolk County, MA$55.3K43%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition16%
    US 39% · $20.8K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $20.8K
  • 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. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SPENDING DATA AND ANALYSIS$73.1K
    Office of the Secretary· Norfolk County, MA· IT & telecom· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· 1331L526F13500089
  2. AI DATA SUBSCRIPTION$34.5K
    Office of the Secretary· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· 1331L526P13210007
  3. THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF VIRTUAL COMPUTING SOFTWARE.$20.8K
    Federal Trade Commission· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 29FTC126F0071

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. JUSTICE AV SOLUTIONS, INC.$308.9K−219% in FY2026
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSocial Security Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  2. BARROW WISE CONSULTING, LLC$271.4K
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSocial Security Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  3. SOFTWARE ALTERNATIVES INCORPORATED$265K−100% in FY2026
    MANHATTAN, IL · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSocial Security Administration · 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.