Federal contractor · SOUTHFIELD, MI

R.L. POLK & CO

R.L. POLK & CO received $877K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (+76% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $9.8M. Its largest customer was National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ($537.8K).

Obligations · FY2026
$877K
New awards
6
Sole-source
16%
Single offer
23%
UEI
NJRVR717SZW1
Parent company
MARKIT LIMITED
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 IHS GLOBAL INC company family: 3 registered entities, $10.1M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. IHS GLOBAL INCENGLEWOOD, CO · Family page
    $9.2M
  2. MARKIT NORTH AMERICA INC.NEW YORK, NY
    $19.3K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1MFY2017
  2. 242.1KFY2018
  3. 337.7KFY2019
  4. 368.4KFY2020
  5. 1.6MFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 1.5MFY2023
  8. 2MFY2024
  9. 499.1KFY2025
  10. 877KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$537.8K61%
    3 awards
  2. Office of the Secretary$199K23%
    1 awards
  3. International Trade Commission$102.5K12%
    1 awards
  4. Department of State$37.7K4.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$640.3K73%
  2. Professional services$236.7K27%

Where the work was performed

  1. Oakland County, MI$539.9K62%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$337.1K38%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition39%
    US 39% · $339.2K
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $140.2K
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $199K
  • 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. International Trade Commission$102.5K
    International Trade Commission · 1 awards
  2. Department of State$37.7K
    Department of State · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AUTO DATA$635.5K
    Office of the Secretary· Oakland County, MI· Professional services· Mar 19, 2024 – Mar 11, 2026· 1331L524P13210027
  2. TITLE: PLATE-TO-VIN CONVERSION API LICENSE SUBSCRIPTION AND SUPPORT NEW TASK ORDER UNDER IDIQ CONTRACT 693JJ923D000005$273K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Jul 29, 2026· 693JJ923F000307
  3. REQUEST A NEW TASK ORDER TO OBLIGATE $255,102.00 AGAINST THE R.L. POLK & CO. IDIQ CONTRACT (693JJ922D000005) TO ENABLE FHWA TO ACQUIRE POLK'S 2025 DATASETS, THEREBY SUPPORTING THEIR ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS.$255.1K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 693JJ926F00086N
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER TO PURCHASE R.L. POLK'S 2024 DATASETS TO SUPPORT THEIR (FHWA) ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION C.$238.4K
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration· Oakland County, MI· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· 693JJ926F00006N
  5. S&P DATASET$102.5K
    International Trade Commission· Oakland County, MI· IT & telecom· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 34300026P0023
  6. VININTELLIGENCE- IN SUPPORT OF OFFICE FOREIGN MISSIONS$37.7K
    Department of State· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· 19AQMM26C0923

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

18 companies · $5.6M reported

  1. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$1.2M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$823.9K
    GERMANTOWN, MD · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$588.9K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards · Facilities support 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 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 111 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PROQUEST LLC$26.8M−30% in FY2026
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 entities · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other information servicesNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+5 more
  2. OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026
    DUBLIN, OH · 6.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+10 more
  3. TECHINSIGHTS USA INC.$3.8M+26% in FY2026
    GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 6.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Secretary · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information 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 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.