Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA

POLITICO, LLC

POLITICO, LLC received $742.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 34 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $34.8M. Its largest customer was GAO, Except Comptroller General ($279K).

Obligations · FY2026
$742.5K
New awards
34
Sole-source
43%
Single offer
19%
UEI
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Other than small business

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1MFY2017
  2. 1.4MFY2018
  3. 1.4MFY2019
  4. 2.8MFY2020
  5. 4.4MFY2021
  6. 6.2MFY2022
  7. 7.2MFY2023
  8. 8.5MFY2024
  9. 1MFY2025
  10. 742.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 1 awards
  2. 3 awards
  3. 5 awards
  4. 4 awards
  5. 1 awards
  6. 1 awards
  7. 1 awards
  8. 1 awards
  9. 4 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$402K54%
  2. Professional services$279K38%
  3. IT & telecom$61.5K8.3%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition62%
    US 39% · $463.5K
  • Sole-source awards43%
    US 30% · $320.7K
  • Single-offer competitions19%
    US 8.7% · $142.8K
  • 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 Transportation · 3 awards
  2. Department of Energy · 1 awards
  3. Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  4. Executive Office of the President · 1 awards
  5. Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Arlington County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 8, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30123P17848
  2. Office of the Secretary· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2020 – Jan 20, 2026· 1331L520P13500077
  3. GAO, Except Comptroller General· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 05GA0A26F0042
  4. Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Arlington County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2021 – Feb 20, 2026· 20341521P00017
  5. Federal Trade Commission· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Oct 21, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 29FTC122C0002
  6. Department of Housing and Urban Development· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2022 – Mar 25, 2026· 86615122P00004
  7. Federal Railroad Administration· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Aug 30, 2023 – May 14, 2026· 693JJ623F00044N
  8. Department of Energy· Anderson County, TN· IT & telecom· Feb 11, 2021 – Nov 4, 2025· 89243121PSC000167

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.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

2 companies · $72.3K reported

  1. LEXINGTON, MA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 127 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LEADERSHIP CONNECT, INC.$4.6M−16% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveGAO, Except Comptroller General · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesState · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesOffice of Procurement Operations · Other information services+8 more
  2. CQ-ROLL CALL, INC$15.8M−23% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 3 entities · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information servicesBureau of the Fiscal Service · Other information services+7 more
  3. WILLIAM S. HEIN & CO., INC.$2.9M+6.9% in FY2026
    GETZVILLE, NY · 7.1% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveState · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesGAO, Except Comptroller General · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesDepartmental Offices · Other information services+9 more

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.