Federal contractor · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTES, LLC
PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTES, LLC received $30.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (−18% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $321.1M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($11.1M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $30.2M
- New awards
- 31
- Sole-source
- 6.7%
- Single offer
- 32%
- UEI
- KGZ7ELR8QJM6
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 22.2MFY2017
- 24.3MFY2018
- 14.8MFY2019
- 19.9MFY2020
- 20.6MFY2021
- 27.7MFY2022
- 35.5MFY2023
- 89.1MFY2024
- 36.7MFY2025
- 30.2MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Federal Acquisition Service$11.1M37%1 awards
- Federal Aviation Administration$4.6M15%4 awards
- Drug Enforcement Administration$4.2M14%2 awards
- Federal Bureau of Investigation$2.8M9.4%2 awards
- Department of the Army$2.1M6.8%10 awards
- 2 awards
- 2 awards
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$1.2M4.0%2 awards
- 1 awards
- U.S. Secret Service$45.7K0.2%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$11.1M37%
- Education & social services$10.9M36%
- Professional services$5.5M18%
- Research & development$2.1M6.8%
- Health & medical$618.8K2.1%
Where the work was performed
- District of Columbia, DC$15.9M53%
- Fairfax County, VA$12.3M41%
- Hennepin County, MN$938.8K3.1%
- Arlington County, VA$748.7K2.5%
- Champaign County, IL$300K1.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition39%US 39% · $11.6M
- Sole-source awards6.7%US 30% · $2M
- Single-offer competitions32%US 8.7% · $9.6M
- 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
- Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jan 29, 2021 – Aug 19, 2026· 47QFMA21C0001
- Office of Procurement Operations· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 27, 2023 – Feb 10, 2026· 70RDAD23FR0000111
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Education & social services· Sep 30, 2022 – Aug 25, 2026· 15DDHQ22F00001272
- TESTING CAPABILITIES$7.3MFederal Bureau of Investigation· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jul 21, 2022 – Aug 26, 2026· 15F06722F0001170
- NEW CONTRACT TO CONDUCT A 2152 JOB ANALYSIS AND DEVELOP/TEST A NEW ASSESSMENT STRATEGY. TASK 1.$5.1MFederal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Aug 7, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026· 693KA923F00141
- Department of the Army· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Sep 22, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· W911NF23C0041
- Drug Enforcement Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Education & social services· Aug 28, 2023 – Apr 28, 2026· 15DDHQ23F00000959
- Office of Procurement Operations· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026· 70RDA226C00000004
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: $59K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $3.2M paid out · $0 received
- FY2022: $2.1M paid out · $0 received
- FY2023: $33K paid out · $0 received
- FY2024: $1.4M paid out · $0 received
- FY2025: $590.3K paid out · $704.5K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $59K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
8 companies · $7.2M reported
- ALEXANDRIA, VA · 2 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- CARMEL, IN · 9 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- NCS PEARSON INC$1.8MCEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
Primes that pay it
2 companies · $763.5K reported
- CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
- ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 21 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- PYRAMID SYSTEMS, INC.$87.9M−27% in FY2026FAIRFAX, VA · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related services
- SEVATEC LLC$113.5M−96% in FY2026RESTON, VA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related services
- LOGISTICS SYSTEMS INCORPORATED$105.2M−17% in FY2026ALEXANDRIA, VA · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Computer systems design and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Matched organizations
- Personnel Decisions Research Institute, LLCAI match · 99%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $120K
- 4 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $420K
Lobbying by year
- 2023$120K4 reports
- 2024$120K4 reports
- 2025$120K4 reports
- 2026$60K2 reports
Top issues
- Government issues14 reports
- Budget and appropriations9 reports
- Defense8 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
- U.S. SENATE14 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON$420K14 reports
Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 10, 2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.