Federal contractor · MINNEAPOLIS, MN

NCS PEARSON, INC.

NCS PEARSON, INC. received $5.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+93% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $19.1M. Its largest customer was Department of State ($4.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.4M
New awards
8
Sole-source
69%
Single offer
7.6%
UEI
HKD8ENC9F271
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.

Part of the NCS PEARSON INC company family: 3 registered entities, $17.1M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. NCS PEARSON INCCEDAR RAPIDS, IA · Family page
    $11.4M
  2. NCS PEARSON, INC.AUSTIN, TX
    $245.8K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 795.4KFY2017
  2. 651.6KFY2018
  3. 615.7KFY2019
  4. 898.9KFY2020
  5. 3.1MFY2021
  6. 1.8MFY2022
  7. 2.1MFY2023
  8. 907.3KFY2024
  9. 2.8MFY2025
  10. 5.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of State$4.5M84%
    2 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$599.3K11%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Information Systems Agency$419.7K7.7%
    1 awards
  4. Office of Administrative Services$40.2K0.7%
    1 awards
  5. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency-$48.000.0%
    1 awards
  6. National Institute of Standards and Technology-$7,9500.0%
    1 awards
  7. Washington Headquarters Services-$157.7K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$4.4M80%
  2. Health & medical$599.3K11%
  3. IT & telecom$419.7K7.7%
  4. Professional services$40.2K0.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hennepin County, MN$5.1M95%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$459.9K8.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition76%
    US 39% · $4.1M
  • Sole-source awards69%
    US 30% · $3.7M
  • Single-offer competitions7.6%
    US 8.8% · $411.7K
  • Urgency justifications57%
    US 5.1% · $3.1M

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 State$3.1M
    Department of State · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREAU OF HUMAN RESOURCES, REQUIRES THE ADMINISTRATION OF VALIDATED WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS IN THE SELECTION PROCESS TO IDENTIFY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR FOREIGN SERVICE EMPLOYMENT.$6.7M
    Department of State· Hennepin County, MN· Education & social services· Dec 10, 2020 – May 19, 2026· 19AQMM21C0016
  2. FOREIGN SERVICE TEST ADMINISTRATION BRIDGE$3.1M
    Department of State· Hennepin County, MN· Education & social services· Jun 9, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 19AQMM26C0623
  3. NEW CONTRACT FOR SPED PROGRAM COMMERCIAL TESTING SERVICES$2.1M
    Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency· Hennepin County, MN· Education & social services· Sep 30, 2022 – Dec 3, 2025· HS002122C0006
  4. PROCTORING EXAM SERVICES$1.7M
    Washington Headquarters Services· Fairfax County, VA· Education & social services· Sep 30, 2021 – May 19, 2026· HQ003421P0150
  5. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS (CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS) FOR CLINICIAN USE NATIONWIDE$1.2M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hennepin County, MN· Health & medical· Sep 5, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· 36C10X25C0034
  6. PREASONVUE IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING CISCO COLLABO$419.7K
    Defense Information Systems Agency· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· HC106426P0020
  7. COMMERCIAL EXAM DELIVERY & PROCTORING FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN FUNCTIONAL CERTIFICATION EXAMS$313.4K
    Office of Administrative Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 13, 2023 – Jul 20, 2026· 47HAA023C0002
  8. COMPUTER-BASED TESTING FOR THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC VALIDATION PROGRAM$136.1K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Sep 1, 2022 – Mar 5, 2026· 1333ND22PNB770433

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-grants: $53.6K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$53.6K100%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $100K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $30K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $53.6K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $3.3M reported

  1. PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTES, LLC$1.8M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DELAWARE$800.6K
    DOVER, DE · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$343.9K
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 4 subawards

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

  1. WESTED$31.2M+39% in FY2026
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development servicesBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Educational support servicesDefense Education Activity · Educational support services
  2. NEW EDITIONS, INC.$50.6M+43% in FY2026
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development services
  3. EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE$172.9M−24% in FY2026
    PRINCETON, NJ · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.