Federal contractor · NORWALK, CT

IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC received $45.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (+150% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $283.7M. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management ($23.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$45.2M
New awards
14
Sole-source
24%
Single offer
0.9%
UEI
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Other than small businessForeign-owned
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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.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $45.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLCNORWALK, CT · Family page
    $45.2M
  2. IPSOS CO., LTD.SEOUL, KOR
    $0
  3. IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS INCWASHINGTON, DC
    $0
  4. IPSOS TANZANIA LIMITEDDAR ES SALAAM, TZA
    $0
  5. SERVICIOS ECUATORIANOS ATICA S.A.QUITO, ECU
    $0
  6. SYNTHESIO INC.NEW YORK, NY
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22MFY2017
  2. 26.2MFY2018
  3. 23.8MFY2019
  4. 36.3MFY2020
  5. 39MFY2021
  6. 24MFY2022
  7. 29.1MFY2023
  8. 20MFY2024
  9. 18.1MFY2025
  10. 45.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$23.8M53%
    2 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$10.9M24%
    5 awards
  3. Defense Health Agency$10.1M22%
    1 awards
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$473.2K1.0%
    2 awards
  5. Department of State$00.0%
    3 awards
  6. Social Security Administration-$77.6K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$45.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Prince George's County, MD$23.7M52%
  2. Suffolk County, MA$10.8M24%
  3. Fairfax County, VA$10.1M22%
  4. DeKalb County, GA$473.2K1.0%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$159.7K0.4%
  6. Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT$36.1K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $11.2M
  • Sole-source awards24%
    US 30% · $10.8M
  • Single-offer competitions0.9%
    US 8.7% · $395.5K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$10.8M
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. TRICARE PATIENT EXPERIENCE SURVEYS$35.2M
    Defense Health Agency· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· May 31, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· HT001123F0033
  2. DOL DATA COLLECTION CENTER (DCC) OPERATIONS - CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS (CES) FY25$24.6M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Mar 19, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 1605C526C0002
  3. PRINT, MAIL AND SCAN SERVICES$11.8M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Jan 21, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 36C24E26N0044
  4. #2 RAPID SURVEYS DATA COLLECTION$4.6M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Professional services· Sep 28, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30122F15720
  5. ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA VACCINATION RECEIPT AND RELATED KNOWLEDGE$2.8M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Sep 19, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 75D30123F17603
  6. PRINT, MAIL AND SCAN SERVICES$2.7M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Jul 22, 2025 – Feb 12, 2026· 36C24E25N0200
  7. RESEARCH COHORTS$376.8K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 36C24E26N0259
  8. RESEARCH COHORTS$255.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 17, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· 36C24E25N0256

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-contracts: $248.2K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$184.5K74%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  2. THE RAND CORPORATION$63.6K26%
    SANTA MONICA, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $809.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $9.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $4.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $248.2K 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

8 companies · $25.7M reported

  1. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$19.5M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC · 18 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. DIX-GRA, INC.$4.3M
    CONYERS, GA · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$559.6K
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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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 13 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RB CONTINUUM, INC.$27.4M−94% in FY2026
    IJAMSVILLE, MD · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesVeterans Affairs · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. KENNELL & ASSOCIATES INC$23.6M+5.3% in FY2026
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesVeterans Affairs · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. TELAFORCE LLC$41.9M−64% in FY2026
    NICEVILLE, FL · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · 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.