Federal contractor · ROCKVILLE, MD

SANS INNOVATION CENTER LLC

SANS INNOVATION CENTER LLC received $8.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (+152% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $29.5M. Its largest customer was U.S. Cyber Command ($4.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.4M
New awards
10
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
HHSBL7MXJA85
Other than small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.5MFY2017
  2. 5.7MFY2018
  3. 1.8MFY2019
  4. -1.4MFY2020
  5. 65.6KFY2021
  6. 2.7MFY2022
  7. 2.4MFY2023
  8. 942.2KFY2024
  9. 3.4MFY2025
  10. 8.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Cyber Command$4.5M53%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Army$3.8M45%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$166.5K2.0%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$8.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$4.4M52%
  2. Richmond County, GA$3.8M45%
  3. Orange County, FL$229.1K2.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $8.4M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $8.4M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. U.S. Cyber Command$4.5M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Army$3.8M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. ADVANCED CYBER INDUSTRY TRAINING (ACIT) FUNDING$3.1M
    Department of the Army· Richmond County, GA· Education & social services· Mar 25, 2026 – May 28, 2026· W9124926CA011
  2. THIS DELIVERY ORDER WILL PROVIDE ADVANCED CYBER TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER SANS COURSE TRAININGS FOR ARMY, MARINE CORPS, NAVY, AIR FORCE, DCDC, AND CNMF.$2.5M
    U.S. Cyber Command· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· HB000126F0027
  3. ARCYBER REQUIRES SANS COURSES THAT FOCUS ON TRAINING ON THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS SECURITY.$2.1M
    U.S. Cyber Command· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Apr 23, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· HB000126F0031
  4. SANS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION$1.6M
    U.S. Cyber Command· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Sep 25, 2025 – Jun 1, 2026· HB000125F0041
  5. CYBER SECURITY TRAINING FOR MOROCCAN PERSONNEL$1.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Orange County, FL· Education & social services· Oct 9, 2024 – Mar 12, 2026· FA300225P0002
  6. ADVANCED CYBER INDUSTRY TRAINING (ACIT) FUNDING$707.4K
    Department of the Army· Richmond County, GA· Education & social services· Jan 22, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· W9124926CA002
  7. TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL MOROCCAN AIR FORCE (RMAF) CYBER TRAINING.$472.5K
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Jun 13, 2023 – Nov 25, 2025· FA300223F0107
  8. MOROCCO CYBER SECURITY TRAINING FOR THE ROYAL MOROCCAN AIR FORCE.$157.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Jun 8, 2022 – Nov 25, 2025· FA300222F0109

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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BURNINGCASTLE, LLC$16.2M−16% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Business schools and computer and management training
  2. LNO INC$22.8M+0.6% in FY2026
    EVANS, GA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Business schools and computer and management training
  3. THE SENTIENT GROUP LLC$4.6M−20% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Business schools and computer and management training

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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.