Federal contractor · ACCOKEEK, MD

THE SMART EFFECT, LLC

THE SMART EFFECT, LLC received $126.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−47% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $605.7K. Its largest customer was District of Columbia Courts ($126.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$126.5K
New awards
3
Sole-source
78%
Single offer
22%
UEI
HM3CSJLDB1D5
Other than small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 186KFY2023
  2. 53KFY2024
  3. 240.3KFY2025
  4. 126.5KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. District of Columbia Courts$126.5K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$126.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$126.5K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $126.5K
  • Sole-source awards78%
    US 30% · $98.2K
  • Single-offer competitions22%
    US 8.7% · $28.3K
  • 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. District of Columbia Courts$98.2K
    District of Columbia Courts · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACT NO. DCSC-23-SAS-126 - EXERCISE OF OPTION YR. 2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $186,000.00 FOR THE PERIOD OF 7/3/24 - 7/2/25. CO IS FOR A PARTIAL AMOUNT OF $20,000.00.$176.9K
    District of Columbia Courts· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 27, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· 95C67824P0313
  2. CONTRACT NO. DCSC-25-SAS-87 -JUDICIAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 12 MONTHS FOR AN ESTIMATED 1,984 HOURS AT A FIXED HOURLY RATE OF $103.13 FOR THE TOTAL ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE OF $204,609.924. THIS PO IS PARTIALLY FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT $107,255.2$135.6K
    District of Columbia Courts· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 95C67825P0287
  3. DCSC-25-SAS-87 JUDICIAL SUPPORT SERVICES OPT. 1 POP 7/3/2026- 7/2/2027 AN ESTIMATED 1,984 HOURS AT A FIXED HOURLY RATE OF $105.19 FOR THE TOTAL ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE OF $208,696.96. THIS PO IS PARTIALLY FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT $107,255.00.$107.3K
    District of Columbia Courts· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jul 6, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· 95C67826P0253

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HAMLIN CONSULTING GROUP LLC$247K−100% in FY2026
    CHEVY CHASE, MD · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDistrict of Columbia Courts · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. RAMDAT'S BUSINESS CONSULTING LLC$181.8K−100% in FY2026
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDistrict of Columbia Courts · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. MARIBEL TORRES$138.5K
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDistrict of Columbia Courts · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

Showing the top 3 of 17 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 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.