Federal contractor · ALEXANDRIA, VA

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES received $180M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 24 awards (−27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.1B. Its largest customer was Washington Headquarters Services ($176.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$180M
New awards
24
Sole-source
98%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
JM98J68UPRK1
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 171.2MFY2017
  2. 171.7MFY2018
  3. 176.8MFY2019
  4. 193.2MFY2020
  5. 204.3MFY2021
  6. 230.1MFY2022
  7. 230.1MFY2023
  8. 270.6MFY2024
  9. 246.9MFY2025
  10. 180MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Washington Headquarters Services$176.4M98%
    6 awards
  2. National Science Foundation$2.4M1.3%
    3 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$677.1K0.4%
    2 awards
  4. Executive Office of the President$273.5K0.2%
    2 awards
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$250K0.1%
    2 awards
  6. National Institute of Standards and Technology$64.4K0.0%
    2 awards
  7. Office of Procurement Operations$00.0%
    4 awards
  8. Department of Energy$00.0%
    1 awards
  9. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$00.0%
    1 awards
  10. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-$11.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$181.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$176.4M98%
  2. Alexandria city, VA$3.6M2.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition98%
    US 39% · $176.4M
  • Sole-source awards98%
    US 30% · $176.4M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. Washington Headquarters Services$176.4M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSIS, FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT SERVICES$219.7M
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 30, 2023 – May 27, 2026· HQ003424F0002
  2. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, JOINT STAFF, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER USERS SPECIFIED IN THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT.$217.4M
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Aug 23, 2024 – May 27, 2026· HQ003424F0422
  3. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, JOINT STAFF, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER USERS SPECIFIED IN THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT.$149.5M
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 20, 2025 – May 22, 2026· HQ003426FE005
  4. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND STUDIES SUPPORT SERVICES.$138M
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 22, 2024 – May 22, 2026· HQ003425F0021
  5. IDA FFRDC IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO THE OSD, THE JOINT STAFF/COMBATANT COMMANDS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, JOINT PROGRAM OFFICES, AND OTHER USERS AS SPECIFIED IN THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN OSD AND THE FFRDC.$101.1M
    Washington Headquarters Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Nov 10, 2022 – Feb 27, 2026· HQ003423F0007
  6. IDA FFRDC IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO THE OSD, THE JOINT STAFF/COMBATANT COMMANDS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, JOINT PROGRAM OFFICES, AND OTHER USERS AS SPECIFIED IN THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN OSD AND THE FFRDC.$92.7M
    Washington Headquarters Services· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Nov 20, 2019 – Mar 27, 2026· HQ003420F0003
  7. OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY INSTITUTE$57.6M
    National Science Foundation· Alexandria city, VA· Research & development· Nov 17, 2016 – Jun 9, 2026· NSFDACS15T0058
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO PROVIDE NATIONAL RISK REGISTER SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF CISA NRMC.$4.6M
    Office of Procurement Operations· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 70RCSJ26FR0000031

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: $1.3M paid out · $185.9K received
  • FY2022: $1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $2.2M paid out · $245K received
  • FY2024: $1.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $750.8K paid out · $0 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

37 companies · $6.5M reported

  1. WPI SERVICES, LLC$991.3K
    JUNO BEACH, FL · 5 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. FORTE INFORMATION RESOURCES LLC$742K
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. DME BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC$673.9K
    ESCONDIDO, CA · 5 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $430.9K reported

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$245K
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$170.9K
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  3. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$15K
    HANOVER, NH · 1 subaward

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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. POPLICUS INCORPORATED$237.3M−45% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. THE RAND CORPORATION$543.1M−26% in FY2026
    SANTA MONICA, CA · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. ANALYTIC SERVICES INC.$247.4M−19% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 2 entities · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveWashington Headquarters Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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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 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.