Federal contractor · DELMAR, NY

POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. received $15.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+77% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $110.8M. Its largest customer was Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($15.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$15.3M
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
F47ACHPW3MN3
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.6MFY2017
  2. 9.3MFY2018
  3. 8.5MFY2019
  4. 9MFY2020
  5. 9.7MFY2021
  6. 12.2MFY2022
  7. 13.7MFY2023
  8. 13.7MFY2024
  9. 8.7MFY2025
  10. 15.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$15.3M100%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$15.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$7.2M47%
  2. Albany County, NY$6.2M41%
  3. Rensselaer County, NY$1.9M13%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (SMVF TA) CENTER$33.3M
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 17, 2022 – Sep 29, 2026· 75S20322F42003
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES, INCLUDING SAMHSA GRANTEES, THAT DELIVER COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/O$3.1M
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Albany County, NY· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 75S20326F42002
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES, INCLUDING SAMHSA GRANTEES, THAT DELIVER COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/O$3.1M
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Albany County, NY· Professional services· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· 75S20326F42004
  4. SAMHSA IDIQ AWARDED DOMAINS 1S AND 5S$2.7M
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Albany County, NY· Professional services· Jul 29, 2024 – Dec 4, 2025· 75S20324F42001
  5. SAMHSA IDIQ DOMAIN 5S: HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING RESOURCE NETWORK (HHRN)$1.9M
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Rensselaer County, NY· Professional services· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 75S20326F42003

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. -17.9KFY2021

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021.

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: $282.7K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY$250K88%
    OLYMPIA, WA · 1 subaward
  2. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$32.7K12%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $753.4K received
  • FY2022: $44.3K paid out · $679.6K received
  • FY2023: $479.5K paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2024: $653.4K paid out · $129.8K received
  • FY2025: $389.5K paid out · $594.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $282.7K 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

7 companies · $1.5M reported

  1. INFORMATICS STUDIO INC$548.1K
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 5 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. POLICY RESEARCH INC$327K
    TROY, NY · 3 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER LLC$281.6K
    UPPER MARLBORO, MD · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $3.8M reported

  1. CINCINNATI UNIV OF$1.2M
    CINCINNATI, OH · 5 subawards
  2. POLICY RESEARCH INC$483.4K
    TROY, NY · 5 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO$414K
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward

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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 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES$25.6M+56% in FY2026
    OAKLAND, CA · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTORS INC.$26.1M−5.7% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. THREE STAR GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC$31M−1.1% in FY2026
    WASILLA, AK · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.