Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

MDB, INC.

MDB, INC. received $3.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (+15% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $53.7M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($3.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.9M
New awards
31
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
MDB, INC.
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.8MFY2017
  2. 6.4MFY2018
  3. 5.5MFY2019
  4. 5MFY2020
  5. 5.9MFY2021
  6. 6.2MFY2022
  7. 5.6MFY2023
  8. 6.1MFY2024
  9. 3.4MFY2025
  10. 3.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$3.5M89%
    27 awards
  2. Department of Education$298.9K7.7%
    2 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$93.7K2.4%
    1 awards
  4. Office of the Inspector General$17.9K0.5%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$3.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Durham County, NC$1.5M38%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$1.3M33%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$1.1M28%
  4. Fairfax County, VA$17.9K0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$14.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$14.1K
  • 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. SUPERFUND RESEARCH PROGRAM COMMUNICATION AND TRANSFER INITIATIVE$5.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Jul 23, 2019 – May 21, 2026· 75N96019F00088
  2. MDB - WTP$3.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Jul 30, 2020 – Sep 22, 2026· 75N96020F00102
  3. THIS CONTRACT TO PROVIDES SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLICY-RELATED MATERIALS IN ADDITION TO LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR A VARIETY OF MEETINGS INCLUDING LOCAL MEETINGS, WORKGROUP MEETINGS AND ANNUAL STATE DIRECTOR MEETINGS.$2M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 30, 2020 – Mar 27, 2026· 91990020C0095
  4. THIS ORDER PROVIDES SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLICY-RELATED MATERIALS IN ADDITION TO LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR A VARIETY OF MEETINGS INCLUDING LOCAL MEETINGS, WORKGROUP MEETINGS AND THE ANNUAL STATE DIRECTORS' MEETING.$1.6M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 30, 2023 – Jun 11, 2026· 91990023F0038
  5. MDB - WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM TASK ORDER$1.3M
    National Institutes of Health· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 18, 2023 – Aug 24, 2026· 75N96023F00001
  6. MDB - WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM TASK ORDER$1.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Aug 15, 2024 – Aug 28, 2026· 75N96024F00001
  7. UNSPECIFIED [25-007931]$1.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Sep 3, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 75N96025F00001
  8. THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE TECHNICAL, PROGRAMMATIC, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO THE NIEHS WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM (WTP) AND ITS GRANT RECIPIENTS. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE MAINTAINING WEB-BASED INFORMATION$1.2M
    National Institutes of Health· Durham County, NC· Professional services· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 75N98026F00001

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: $1.4M (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$923.8K64%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  2. EASTERN RESEARCH GROUP INC$512K36%
    CONCORD, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $200K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $35.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.4M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 · $200K reported

  1. SAFAL PARTNERS LLC$200K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $7M reported

  1. EASTERN RESEARCH GROUP INC$3.8M
    CONCORD, MA · 9 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$3.2M
    GROTON, CT · 3 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CCS ASSOCIATES, INC.$14.6M+8.5% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. DIGITALIS COMMONS, INC.$16.3M
    NEW YORK, NY · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. SYSTEX, INC$16.8M−1.2% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.