Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA
JAMES BELL ASSOCIATES INC
JAMES BELL ASSOCIATES INC received $8.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+26% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $90.3M. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ($7M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $8.6M
- New awards
- 11
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- JPBAJRKKMW26
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 10.6MFY2017
- 8.6MFY2018
- 9.2MFY2019
- 9.2MFY2020
- 8.3MFY2021
- 8.7MFY2022
- 9.9MFY2023
- 10.2MFY2024
- 6.8MFY2025
- 8.6MFY2026
- 0FY2027
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 2 awards
- Departmental Offices$864K10.0%2 awards
- Health Resources and Services Administration$770.1K8.9%2 awards
- 5 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$8.6M100%
Where the work was performed
- Arlington County, VA$8.6M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · -$150
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · -$150
- 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
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 25, 2024 – Jun 23, 2026· 75ACF124C00017
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Aug 21, 2019 – Apr 21, 2026· 75P00119F37011
- Departmental Offices· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2020 – Jun 5, 2026· 140D0420F0597
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 14, 2017 – Apr 13, 2026· HHSP23337002T
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Feb 8, 2017 – Oct 29, 2025· HHSP23337001T
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jul 14, 2017 – Apr 13, 2026· HHSP23337003T
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 7571MN26F80126
- Departmental Offices· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 24, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· 140D0426F0227
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.
JAMES BELL ASSOCIATES INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $0
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 0
Assistance by fiscal year
- 100KFY2024
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2024.
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: $2.3M (1 subaward)
- Sub-grants: $1.1M (1 subaward)
2 primes
- WALTHAM, MA · 1 subaward
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.1M32%BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $97.9K paid out · $11.3M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $996.1K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $746.9K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $7.1M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $1M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.4M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
1 company · $97.9K reported
- RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
Primes that pay it
7 companies · $24.6M reported
- WALTHAM, MA · 6 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- WASHINGTON, DC · 6 subawards
- LAUREL, MD · 3 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- BLH TECHNOLOGIES INC$30M+10% in FY2026ROCKVILLE, MD · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- BLN FORS MARSH JV LLC$18M+15% in FY2026MC LEAN, VA · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesDepartmental Offices · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- THE URBAN INSTITUTE$18.5MWASHINGTON, DC · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesDepartmental Offices · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.