Federal contractor · AUSTIN, TX

NCS PEARSON, INC.

NCS PEARSON, INC. received $245.8K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−61% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.5M. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($143K).

Obligations · FY2026
$245.8K
New awards
10
Sole-source
41%
Single offer
58%
UEI
GHN5LE3949H9
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.MINNEAPOLIS, MN
    $5.4M

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. -1MFY2017
  2. 880.1KFY2018
  3. -38.4KFY2019
  4. 903.2KFY2020
  5. 393.6KFY2021
  6. 717.1KFY2022
  7. 969.6KFY2023
  8. 857.1KFY2024
  9. 633.4KFY2025
  10. 245.8KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$143K58%
    1 awards
  2. Department of Defense Education Activity$60.8K25%
    2 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$39.7K16%
    2 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$2,2710.9%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$203.8K83%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$28.6K12%
  3. Health & medical$13.4K5.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Oklahoma County, OK$143K58%
  2. Alexandria city, VA$60.8K25%
  3. Travis County, TX$30.8K13%
  4. Hennepin County, MN$11.2K4.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99%
    US 39% · $243.7K
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $100.7K
  • Single-offer competitions58%
    US 8.8% · $143K
  • 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 Defense Education Activity$60.8K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$39.7K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$179
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PR GENERATED TO PURCHASE MINNESOTA MULTI-PHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY-2 (MMPI) ASSESSMENTS FOR THE HIRING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES TECHNICAL ONBOARDING TEAM AJG-P23.$143K
    Federal Aviation Administration· Oklahoma County, OK· Education & social services· Apr 20, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· 6973GH26P01560
  2. STANDARDIZED ADAPTIVE AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENTS$104.7K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Hennepin County, MN· Education & social services· Aug 26, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· HE125425FE706
  3. EARLY CHILDHOOD SCREENING TOOL$60.8K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· Alexandria city, VA· Education & social services· Feb 25, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· HE125426FE094
  4. VA GLA NEURO TESTING SUPPLIES$28.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Travis County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· 36C26226P0537
  5. PEARSON NEUROPSYCH TESTING KITS WITH BASE AND 4 OPITON YEARS$11.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Hennepin County, MN· Health & medical· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 36C24E26N0041
  6. 8511954409!TEST SET,PSYCHODIAG$1,009
    Defense Logistics Agency· Travis County, TX· Health & medical· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· SPE2DS26P1007
  7. 8511954292!TEST SET,PSYCHODIAG$505
    Defense Logistics Agency· Travis County, TX· Health & medical· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· SPE2DS26P1005
  8. 8511704584!TEST SET,PSYCHODIAG$481
    Defense Logistics Agency· Travis County, TX· Health & medical· Oct 16, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026· SPE2DS26P0132

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: $0 paid out · $80.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $50.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $44.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $168.6K 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

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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 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.