Federal contractor · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

NCS PEARSON INC

NCS PEARSON INC received $11.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $137M. Its largest customer was Department of Education ($7.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$11.4M
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.5%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
JMZQKMTD33N1
Parent company
PEARSON PLC
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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $17.1M in FY2026 together.

  1. NCS PEARSON INCCEDAR RAPIDS, IA · Family page
    $11.4M
  2. NCS PEARSON, INC.MINNEAPOLIS, MN
    $5.4M
  3. 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. 4.4MFY2017
  2. 13.4MFY2018
  3. 14.8MFY2019
  4. 18.9MFY2020
  5. 13.7MFY2021
  6. 18.3MFY2022
  7. 13MFY2023
  8. 20.6MFY2024
  9. 8.6MFY2025
  10. 11.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Education$7.9M69%
    1 awards
  2. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$3.5M31%
    2 awards
  3. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$31.3K0.3%
    1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$21.3K0.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$7.9M69%
  2. Education & social services$3.5M31%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$52.6K0.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$7.9M69%
  2. Bernalillo County, NM$3.5M31%
  3. Cook County, IL$43.4K0.4%
  4. Linn County, IA$9,2170.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.5%
    US 39% · $52.6K
  • Sole-source awards0.5%
    US 30% · $52.6K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$31.3K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$21.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BIE ELA AND MATH STUDENT ASSESSMENTS$18M
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Johnson County, IA· Education & social services· Jul 21, 2020 – Mar 19, 2026· 140A2320C0020
  2. THIS AWARD IS FOR THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS SCORING.$10M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 20, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 91990025C0005
  3. STUDENT ELA AND MATH ASSESSMENTS FOR BIE$6.8M
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Bernalillo County, NM· Education & social services· Aug 19, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· 140A2325C0010
  4. "EO 14398" FY26 FCI PHOENIX PEARSON BOOKS$31.3K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Linn County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 4, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 15B60826P00000130
  5. MINNEAPOLIS VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MENTAL PSYCH TESTS$21.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Linn County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· 36C26326P0299

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 · $107.7K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $693K 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

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 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.