Federal contractor · ROCKVILLE, MD

RIPPLE EFFECT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

RIPPLE EFFECT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. received $13.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 25 awards (+80% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $133.2M. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ($7.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$13.6M
New awards
25
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
13%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.4MFY2017
  2. 9.6MFY2018
  3. 16.1MFY2019
  4. 14.2MFY2020
  5. 15.3MFY2021
  6. 14.5MFY2022
  7. 17.6MFY2023
  8. 16.4MFY2024
  9. 7.6MFY2025
  10. 13.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$7.3M54%
    3 awards
  2. Defense Health Agency$3.5M26%
    2 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$1.8M13%
    15 awards
  4. Office of Procurement Operations$656.5K4.8%
    1 awards
  5. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$329.8K2.4%
    2 awards
  6. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  7. Departmental Offices-$31.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$7.7M57%
  2. IT & telecom$5.9M43%
  3. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$12.8M94%
  2. Frederick County, MD$766.5K5.6%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition13%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $1.8M
  • 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. HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN (HCD) COMMENT ANALYSIS SUPPORT$9.8M
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 23, 2021 – Sep 3, 2026· 75FCMC21F0001
  2. BIOMEDICAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT$8.9M
    Defense Health Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· May 13, 2023 – May 12, 2026· HT942523F0149
  3. PROGRAM EVALUATION, ANALYSIS, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT$8.6M
    Defense Health Agency· Frederick County, MD· Professional services· Mar 15, 2023 – May 26, 2026· HT942523F0066
  4. LHNCBC DATA SCIENCE AND BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES$5.9M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 75N98026F00157
  5. OFFICE OF RESEARCH FACILITIES PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT$4.1M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Feb 13, 2019 – Apr 8, 2026· 75N99019F00041
  6. COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH SUPPORT FOR THE NIH BRAIN INITIATIVE$3M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 28, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 75N95024F00138
  7. OHRP OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES THAT SUPPORT ALL THE MECHANISMS THAT OHRP RELIES ON TO FULFILL ITS UNIQUE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE RIGHTS, WELFARE, AND WELLBEING OF HUMAN SUBJEC$2M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 4, 2026· 75P00124F80186
  8. HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTIONS GROUP SUPPORT$1.3M
    Office of Procurement Operations· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 16, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· 70RSAT25FR0000037

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: $569K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. THE MITRE CORPORATION$569K100%
    MC LEAN, VA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $937.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $126.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $569K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

3 companies · $12.3M reported

  1. THE MITRE CORPORATION$5.9M
    MC LEAN, VA · 16 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$5.8M
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$572.8K
    RESTON, VA · 6 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BLH TECHNOLOGIES INC$30M+10% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. ROSE LI AND ASSOCIATES, INC.$23.4M+13% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. XICON SOLUTIONS, LLC$13.9M−11% in FY2026
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Health Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.