Federal contractor · CEDAR FALLS, IA

THE CBE GROUP, INC.

THE CBE GROUP, INC. received $67.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $332.7M. Its largest customer was Internal Revenue Service ($47.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$67.4M
New awards
7
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
12%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 16.2MFY2017
  2. 4.9MFY2018
  3. 14.5MFY2019
  4. 19.9MFY2020
  5. 27.3MFY2021
  6. 36MFY2022
  7. 50.4MFY2023
  8. 45.4MFY2024
  9. 50.7MFY2025
  10. 67.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Internal Revenue Service$47.4M70%
    3 awards
  2. Bureau of the Fiscal Service$20M30%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$67.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Black Hawk County, IA$67.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.8% · $8M
  • Urgency justifications12%
    US 5.1% · $8M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCIES (PCAS OR CONTRACTORS) TO COLLECT CERTAIN OUTSTANDING INACTIVE IRS TAX RECEIVABLES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT AND THE POLICY.$194.6M
    Internal Revenue Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Feb 8, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 2032H521F00136
  2. PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY (PCA) SERVICES$12M
    Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· 2033H626F00030
  3. PCA SERVICES BRIDGE CONTRACT (CBE)$11.4M
    Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Feb 2, 2024 – Jan 15, 2026· 2033H624F00062
  4. PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY (PCA) SERVICES BRIDGE CONTRACT$11.4M
    Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Apr 17, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· 2033H625F00063
  5. PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY (PCA) SERVICES - EDUCATION PILOT$0
    Bureau of the Fiscal Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· May 19, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· 2033H626F00085
  6. PRIVATE DEBT COLLECTION SERVICES$0
    Internal Revenue Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 22, 2026· 2043FY26F00046
  7. PRIVATE DEBT COLLECTION SERVICES$0
    Internal Revenue Service· Black Hawk County, IA· Professional services· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 2043FY26F00046

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. FIVE STONES INTELLIGENCE, INC.$59.5M−32% in FY2026
    CLEVELAND, TN · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
  2. PIONEER CREDIT RECOVERY, INC$34.9M+26% in FY2026
    ARCADE, NY · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of the Fiscal Service · Business support services
  3. TRANSWORLD SYSTEMS INC.$35.9M+134% in FY2026
    FORT WASHINGTON, PA · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of the Fiscal Service · Business support 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.