Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

THE QED GROUP LLC

THE QED GROUP LLC received -$772.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−125% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $75.7M. Its largest customer was Washington Headquarters Services ($387K). It also received $5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
-$772.5K
New awards
12
Sole-source
—
Single offer
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UEI
K1CECLAXYFN5
Other than small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.2MFY2017
  2. 3.3MFY2018
  3. 8.8MFY2019
  4. 6.3MFY2020
  5. 15.7MFY2021
  6. 28.6MFY2022
  7. -9.7MFY2023
  8. 11.3MFY2024
  9. 3.1MFY2025
  10. -772.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Washington Headquarters Services$387K0.0%
    1 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$204.1K0.0%
    4 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$56.4K0.0%
    1 awards
  4. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. Agency for International Development-$2,3190.0%
    1 awards
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-$1.4M0.0%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$56.4K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Arlington County, VA$387K0.0%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$322.3K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO SUPPORT USAID UGANDA STRENGTHEN OVERALL COLLABORATING, LEARNING AND ADAPTING (CLA) PERFORMANCE IN ORDER TO, IN TURN, ENHANCE PROGRAM IMPACT TO ACCELERATE USAID S TRANSITION OUT OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN UGANDA. THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LOGISTICS, SMALL GRANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO ASSIST USAID STAFF AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, AS CALLED UPON BY USAID, THE STAFF OF USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS (IPS).$36.2M
    Agency for International Development· Professional services· Jun 10, 2019 – Aug 25, 2026· 72061719C00003
  2. ITOPSS 2.0 -- NAMIBIA -- MULTIPLE SERVICES$12.5M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Mar 28, 2017 – Aug 30, 2026· HHSD2002011409470001
  3. THIRD PARTY MONITORING SERVICES FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, WEST BANK, AND LEBANON$1.4M
    Departmental Offices· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 25, 2025 – Jul 23, 2026· 140D0425F0913
  4. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING SERVICES (PMELS) TASK ORDER 24-0003 (WHA) FOR MONITORING, EVALUATING, AND REPORTING SERVICES$926.1K
    Departmental Offices· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 14, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 140D0424F0979
  5. ITOPSS 2.0 -- INDONESIA -- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND AVIAN INFLUENZA SERVICES$774.2K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Professional services· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· HHSD2002011409470002
  6. KNOWLEDGE PORTAL SUPPORT SERVICES$769.2K
    Washington Headquarters Services· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Sep 23, 2025 – Mar 3, 2026· HQ003425PE129
  7. DEVELOPMENT IMPACT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF DFCS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PORTFOLIO$764.8K
    U.S. International Development Finance Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 15, 2025 – Jul 20, 2026· 77344425F0080
  8. ITOPSS 2.0 -- CAMEROON$688.2K
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· HHSD2002011409470007

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

THE QED GROUP LLC received $5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (0 new awards), +1,553% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 98.001 · Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas ($5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5M
New awards
0
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$30M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.5MFY2021
  2. 1.5MFY2022
  3. 5.9MFY2023
  4. 14.9MFY2024
  5. 300KFY2025
  6. 5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5M100%

Top programs

  1. 98.001 · Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas$5M100%
  2. 19.900 · Aeeca/Esf Pd Programs-$41.6K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Agency for International Development$5M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO INCREASE THE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF THE YOUTH OF JORDAN, AGED 15-29, WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND…$14.1M
    98.001 · Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas· Agency for International Development· Cooperative agreement· Aug 1, 2023 – Jan 30, 2026· 72027823CA00003
  2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN TURKMENISTAN$178.6K
    19.900 · Aeeca/Esf Pd Programs· Department of State· Project grant· Sep 28, 2022 – Dec 3, 2025· STX10022GR0028

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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

  • Sub-grants: $338.2K (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. CROSSBOUNDARY LLC$150K44%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. ONSOR AL THARRA FOR COMMERICAL BROKERAGE COMPANY LLC$149.8K44%
    AMMAN, JOR · 1 subaward
  3. AJWAA AL JAZEERA CONSULTING AND TRAINING COMPANY$38.4K11%
    AMMAN, JOR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $997.5K paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2023: $5.1M paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $697.2K received
  • FY2025: $599.2K paid out · $355.9K received
  • FY2026: $338.2K paid out · $0 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

19 companies · $13M reported

  1. J.E. AUSTIN ASSOCIATES, INC.$3.6M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards
  2. DELOITTE (UGANDA) LIMITED$2M
    KAMPALA, UGA · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. KPMG UGANDA$2M
    KAMPALA, UGA · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $4.7M reported

  1. ME&A, INC.$2M
    BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. BIXAL SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED$2M
    RILEYVILLE, VA · 4 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$639.2K
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 5 subawards

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

  1. DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONAL, INC$13.3M−52% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgency for International Development · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesAgency for International Development · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. SSG-ADVISORS LLC$12.8M
    BURLINGTON, VT · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgency for International Development · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesAgency for International Development · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesDepartmental Offices · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. LEIDIT, LLC$11.2M−44% in FY2026
    MC LEAN, VA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgency for International Development · 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.