Federal contractor · ROCKVILLE, MD

WESTAT, INC.

WESTAT, INC. received $278.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 162 awards (+41% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.4B. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($100.3M). It also received $84.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$278.5M
New awards
162
Sole-source
0.7%
Single offer
12%
UEI
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Other than small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $277.9M in FY2026 together.

  1. WESTAT, INC.ROCKVILLE, MD · Family page
    $278.5M
  2. $0
  3. -$631.8K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 426MFY2017
  2. 334.5MFY2018
  3. 384.6MFY2019
  4. 310.2MFY2020
  5. 356.4MFY2021
  6. 383.3MFY2022
  7. 312MFY2023
  8. 390.3MFY2024
  9. 197.8MFY2025
  10. 278.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 41 awards
  2. 13 awards
  3. 10 awards
  4. 28 awards
  5. 3 awards
  6. 1 awards
  7. 3 awards
  8. 5 awards
  9. 3 awards
  10. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$178.3M64%
  2. Research & development$97.9M35%
  3. IT & telecom$2.3M0.8%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition13%
    US 39% · $35.6M
  • Sole-source awards0.7%
    US 30% · $1.9M
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.8% · $33.7M
  • Urgency justifications2.5%
    US 5.1% · $6.9M

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. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  2. Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  3. Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Nov 18, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· HHSN271201600001C
  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 8, 2020 – May 7, 2026· 75Q80120F32001
  3. National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Jul 25, 2022 – Jul 30, 2026· 75N91022F00001
  4. National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Jan 31, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· 75N95024C00003
  5. Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 6, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026· 91990025C0008
  6. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Dec 5, 2024 – May 28, 2026· 75Q80125F32002
  7. Department of Education· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jan 4, 2019 – Aug 7, 2026· 91990019C0002
  8. Department of Education· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 27, 2019 – May 5, 2026· 91990019F0025

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.

WESTAT, INC. received $84.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 72 actions (2 new awards), −33% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research ($34.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$84.1M
New awards
2
Actions
72
Since FY2021
$708.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 43.5MFY2021
  2. 141.8MFY2022
  3. 157.1MFY2023
  4. 156.5MFY2024
  5. 125.1MFY2025
  6. 84.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$62.3M74%
  2. Grants$21.8M26%

Top programs

  1. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$34.2M41%
  2. 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research$20.5M24%
  3. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$13.2M16%
  4. 84.373 · Special Education Technical Assistance on State Data Collection$7.5M8.9%
  5. 93.077 · Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research$3.6M4.3%
  6. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$2.1M2.5%
  7. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$1.7M2.1%
  8. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$900K1.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 30, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· OT2HL158287
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 26, 2024 – Jan 27, 2026· OT2HL180049
  3. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2022 – Jun 25, 2026· UM2HD111076
  4. 93.077 · Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Mar 15, 2021 – Sep 11, 2026· U54DA046060
  5. 84.373 · Special Education Technical Assistance on State Data Collection· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 6, 2024 – Aug 17, 2026· H373Y240002
  6. 93.113 · Environmental Health· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· May 28, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· U24ES026539

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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-contracts: $39.9K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES INC$39.9K100%
    POULSBO, WA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $870.5K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $43.8M (9 subawards)

10 primes

  1. BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  2. SANTA MONICA, CA · 1 subaward
  3. CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  4. VITALANT$472.8K1.1%
    SCOTTSDALE, AZ · 1 subaward
  5. CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  6. DOVER, DE · 1 subaward
  7. HERNDON, VA · 2 subawards
  8. NEWARK, NJ · 2 subawards
  9. DURHAM, NC · 2 subawards
  10. BRONX, NY · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.0% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $292.7K paid out · $24.2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $14.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $20.2M received
  • FY2024: $1.3M paid out · $57.3M received
  • FY2025: $318.8K paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2026: $39.9K paid out · $44.6M 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

12 companies · $2M reported

  1. ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. VIENNA, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. AUGENBLICK PALAICH & ASSOCIATES INC$75K
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

46 companies · $170.4M reported

  1. LAUREL, MD · 3 subawards
  2. SANTA MONICA, CA · 6 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. BOSTON, MA · 31 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 45 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE EMMES COMPANY, LLC$243.6M−2.6% in FY2026
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesNational Institutes of Health · Computer systems design and related services
  2. BETHESDA, MD · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  3. EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE$172.9M−24% in FY2026
    PRINCETON, NJ · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Scientific research and development servicesEducation · 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of WESTAT, INC. (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • WestatAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$200K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$580K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$120K
    3 reports
  2. 2024$160K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$200K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$100K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations13 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE11 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES10 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Venable LLP$580K
    13 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.