Federal contractor · SAN FRANCISCO, CA

WESTED

WESTED received $8.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (+39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $125M. Its largest customer was Department of Education ($8.1M). It also received $24.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$8.2M
New awards
10
Sole-source
1.4%
Single offer
63%
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. 8.3MFY2017
  2. 12.5MFY2018
  3. 12.9MFY2019
  4. 10.7MFY2020
  5. 12.4MFY2021
  6. 18.5MFY2022
  7. 18.5MFY2023
  8. 17.1MFY2024
  9. 5.9MFY2025
  10. 8.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Education$8.1M99%
    5 awards
  2. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$119.2K1.4%
    4 awards
  3. Department of Defense Education Activity$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$8.1M99%
  2. Education & social services$99.2K1.2%
  3. IT & telecom$20K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$5.9M72%
  2. San Francisco County, CA$2.3M28%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition64%
    US 39% · $5.3M
  • Sole-source awards1.4%
    US 30% · $119.2K
  • Single-offer competitions63%
    US 8.8% · $5.2M
  • 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. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$119.2K
    Department of the Interior · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. "OTHER FUNCTION" THE EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM ACT (ESRA) MANDATES THAT THE DEPARTMENT AWARD AND ADMINISTER TEN REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES (RELS). ESRA DEFINES THE TERM OF EACH REL, FIVE YEARS, AND THE CURRENT COHORT OF REL CONTRACTS EXPIRES JANUARY 2, 2017. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR REL WEST. EACH REL IS CHARGED WITH PERFORMING THE FOLLOWING THREE PRIMARY TASKS APPLIED RESEARCH WHERE EACH REL WILL ADDRESSES COMPLEX QUESTIONS ABOUT TEACHING, LEARNING, ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS AND SYSTEMS, EDUCATION ACCESS, AND EDUCATION ATTAINMENT TRAINING, COACHING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WHERE EACH REL WILL DESIGN THESE SERVICES TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS, AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, THE EDUCATION RESEARCH SECTOR. THE CONTENT OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED WITHIN THIS AREA OF WORK MUST BE CAREFULLY ASSESSED AGAINST THE RESEARCH BASE. DISSEMINATION WHERE REL DISSEMINATION FACILITATES THE WIDE SHARING OF RESEARCH EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH-RELATED INFORMATION TO SPARK NEW IDEAS, INTRODUCE INDIVIDUALS TO OTHERS WORKING ON SIMILAR ISSUES, AND REDUCE UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION. EACH TASK BUILDS ON THE OTHER, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL REL CONTRIBUTES TO AN OVERALL INCREASE IN EDUCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES.$28.5M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 22, 2016 – Mar 18, 2026· EDIES17C0012
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO AWARD THE REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY PROGRAM (REL), 2022 - 2027 FOR THE WESTERN REGION.$23.5M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 21, 2021 – Jun 22, 2026· 91990022C0003
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO AWARD THE REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY PROGRAM 2022-2027 CYCLE FOR THE NORTHWEST REL$20M
    Department of Education· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 21, 2021 – Aug 13, 2026· 91990022C0009
  4. THIS PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED IN TITLE IV, PART A, SUBPART 2, CHAPTER I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.$2.4M
    Department of Education· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Jun 30, 2021 – Mar 20, 2026· 91990021F0349
  5. UPDATES TO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP) FRAMEWORK FOR CIVICS$2.2M
    Department of Education· San Francisco County, CA· Professional services· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 91995926F0007
  6. FACILITATOR SERVICE, HAVASUPAI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$500K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Coconino County, AZ· Professional services· Mar 7, 2025 – Aug 15, 2026· 140A2325P0116
  7. DODEA REQUIRES A CUSTOMIZABLE COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERIES FOR K-12 EDUCATORS, FOCUSED ON TOPICS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM PLANNING, AND DATA-DRIVEN INSTRUCTION.$306K
    Department of Defense Education Activity· San Francisco County, CA· Education & social services· Sep 24, 2025 – Oct 27, 2025· HE125425PE060
  8. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES & PROF DEVELOPMENT$99.2K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· San Francisco County, CA· Education & social services· Sep 15, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025· 140A2325P0435

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.

WESTED received $24.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 23 actions (3 new awards), −16% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND) ($10M).

Assistance · FY2026
$24.7M
New awards
3
Actions
23
Since FY2021
$256.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 44.8MFY2021
  2. 55.3MFY2022
  3. 56.3MFY2023
  4. 46.2MFY2024
  5. 29.4MFY2025
  6. 24.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$24.7M100%

Top programs

  1. 84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)$10M41%
  2. 84.326 · Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities$5.8M23%
  3. 84.373 · Special Education Technical Assistance on State Data Collection$4.2M17%
  4. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$1.8M7.3%
  5. 84.004 · Civil Rights Training and Advisory Services (Also Known as Equity Assistance Centers)$1.7M6.9%
  6. 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination$587.2K2.4%
  7. 15.151 · Education Enhancements$250K1.0%
  8. 43.001 · Science$243.3K1.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$22.2M90%
  2. National Science Foundation$1.8M7.3%
  3. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$395.3K1.6%
    Department of the Interior
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$243.3K1.0%

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT AT WESTED$16.9M
    84.326 · Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 2, 2024 – Aug 20, 2026· H326R240001
  2. READING APPRENTICESHIP ACADEMIC LITERACY - TUTORING (RAAL-T)$10M
    84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· S411B260024
  3. CENTER FOR IDEA FISCAL REPORTING AT WESTED$8.1M
    84.373 · Special Education Technical Assistance on State Data Collection· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 24, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026· H373F250001
  4. EAC REGION IV--WESTERN EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ASSISTANCE CENTER$6.6M
    84.004 · Civil Rights Training and Advisory Services (Also Known as Equity Assistance Centers)· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 26, 2022 – Sep 8, 2026· S004D220004
  5. INDIAN EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS.$4.9M
    15.130 · Indian Education Assistance to Schools· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Cooperative agreement· Sep 20, 2021 – May 12, 2026· A20AC00042
  6. THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES A NATIONAL NEED DATA FLUENT TEACHERS WHO ARE WELL PREPARED TO INTEGRATE DATA INTO EARTH SCIENCE LEARNING FOR…$4.9M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jan 5, 2022 – May 21, 2026· 80NSSC22M0005

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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: $3.2M (5 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

  1. TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$1.1M36%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  2. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$880.4K28%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  3. BASIS POLICY RESEARCH LLC$479.1K15%
    EAST GRAND RAPIDS, MI · 1 subaward
  4. ANALYTICA, INC$372.2K12%
    FUQUAY VARINA, NC · 1 subaward
  5. BNP EDUCATION PARTNERS LLC$308.6K9.7%
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $30M (20 subawards)

14 primes

  1. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA$29.3M98%
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 1 subaward
  2. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$706.4K2.4%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards
  3. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$416.7K1.4%
    WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward
  4. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$300K1.0%
    RALEIGH, NC · 2 subawards
  5. ONE WORLD RECOVERY NETWORK$190K0.6%
    HURST, TX · 1 subaward
  6. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$181K0.6%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  7. CONCORD CONSORTIUM INC$168.2K0.6%
    CONCORD, MA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$141.2K0.5%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.$118K0.4%
    KANSAS CITY, KS · 1 subaward
  10. HUMAN SERVICES VERMONT AGENCY OF$117K0.4%
    WATERBURY, VT · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 39% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $9.3M paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2022: $17.3M paid out · $488.5M received
  • FY2023: $8.3M paid out · $7.7M received
  • FY2024: $4.6M paid out · $5.3M received
  • FY2025: $8.2M paid out · $13.2M received
  • FY2026: $3.2M paid out · $30M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

71 companies · $50.9M reported

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$9.5M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 10 subawards · Educational support services
  2. BNP EDUCATION PARTNERS LLC$4.3M
    LAKE OSWEGO, OR · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. SRI INTERNATIONAL$4.3M
    MENLO PARK, CA · 4 subawards

Primes that pay it

52 companies · $557.9M reported

  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$485.5M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA$29.3M
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 1 subaward
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$6.4M
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 7 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ANLAR, LLC$13.8M−79% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesEducation · Scientific research and development services
  2. NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.$16M−39% in FY2026
    RICHMOND, VA · 2 entities · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Educational support services
  3. ACTIVATE RESEARCH INC.$8.2M+217% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveEducation · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesEducation · Scientific research and development 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.