Federal contractor · COLUMBIA, SC

RESEARCH PLANNING, INC.

RESEARCH PLANNING, INC. received $8.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (+145% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $33.1M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($8.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.5M
New awards
28
Sole-source
0.5%
Single offer
0.8%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 4.1MFY2018
  3. 2.4MFY2019
  4. 363.3KFY2020
  5. 1.5MFY2021
  6. 1.7MFY2022
  7. 3.2MFY2023
  8. 5.6MFY2024
  9. 3.5MFY2025
  10. 8.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$8.2M96%
    21 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$168.4K2.0%
    4 awards
  3. Treasury Common Services Center$160.6K1.9%
    1 awards
  4. Offices, Boards and Divisions$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$8.3M97%
  2. Professional services$168.5K2.0%
  3. Research & development$77.5K0.9%
  4. Education & social services$21K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Snohomish County, WA$4M47%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$2.2M26%
  3. King County, WA$1.6M19%
  4. Richland County, SC$664.7K7.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition1.3%
    US 39% · $110.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.5%
    US 30% · $41K
  • Single-offer competitions0.8%
    US 8.7% · $69.9K
  • 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. U.S. Coast Guard$21K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$20K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BUSINESS & SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES$11.3M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Snohomish County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Jan 25, 2024 – Jul 8, 2026· 1305M224F0009
  2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SERVICES CALL ORDER 0001$1.4M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Richland County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Mar 2, 2018 – Jan 6, 2026· DOCC0001
  3. BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) CALL ORDER 1 TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS) OFFICE OF RESPONSE AND RESTORATION$1.3M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Richland County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Aug 15, 2023 – May 28, 2026· 1305M223FNCNR0416
  4. ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX UPDATES FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA; OR-FY26-03080 APPROVED; IAW ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX ACT OF2020 PL 116-274, AND THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990 33 U.S.C. 2701-2761$1M
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· King County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 1305M226F0277
  5. DATA MAPPING FOR PUERTO RICO/VIRGIN ISLANDS CALL ORDER; OR-FY26-02161 APPROVED IAW (33 U.S.C. 1321),(42 U.S.C 9601), AND (40 U.S.C. 300).$602.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 1305M226F0214
  6. CALL ORDER 34 (CO 34) / 2023-2024 BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW MARINE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SUPPORT FUNDED BY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL)$587.6K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Richland County, SC· Facilities & utilities· May 22, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· 1305M223FNCNR0241
  7. CALL ORDER (10) OF 1305M223ANCNR0007 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OBTAINING DATA, AND MAPPING THE DATA FOR THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA: OR-26-00427 APPROVED$579.1K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· 1305M226F0075
  8. ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY CALL ORDER; OR-FY26-02168 APPROVED IAW ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX ACT OF2020 PL 116-274, AND THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990 33 U.S.C. 2701-2761$496.4K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· King County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 1305M226F0254

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $355.3K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $398K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $70.7K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.7M 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 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 · $2.5M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$1.9M
    DURHAM, NH · 3 subawards
  2. INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INC$654K
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 5 subawards · Remediation and other waste management 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GENWEST SYSTEMS INC$14.1M+2.6% in FY2026
    EDMONDS, WA · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. IMSOLUTIONS, LLC$26.7M
    DUMFRIES, VA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. GMG MANAGEMENT CONSULTING INC.$22.4M+29% in FY2026
    HYATTSVILLE, MD · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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.