What the Institute of Museum and Library Services buys, who it buys from, and what's open for bid — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 1 | $20K | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 4 | $124K | +528% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 1 | $22K | -82% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 21 | $8.7M | +38756% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATHEMATICA INC. | $2.6M | 29.0% |
| 2 | ICF INTERNATIONAL, INC. | $2.0M | 22.6% |
| 3 | CAPITAL MEETING PLANNING, INC. | $1.2M | 14.1% |
| 4 | AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | $1.2M | 13.5% |
| 5 | VANGUARD COMMUNICATIONS OF FALLS CHURCH INC | $586K | 6.6% |
| 6 | LUMINA CORPS INC. | $555K | 6.3% |
| 7 | ARCETYP LLC | $230K | 2.6% |
| 8 | FEDWRITERS, INC. | $159K | 1.8% |
| 9 | CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP | $85K | 1.0% |
| 10 | ADVANCED COMPUTER CONCEPTS, INC. | $68K | 0.8% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| NAICS | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 541611 · Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | $6.1M | 69.6% |
| 561920 · Convention and Trade Show Organizers | $1.8M | 20.4% |
| 541820 · Public Relations Agencies | $586K | 6.6% |
| 541519 · Other Computer Related Services | $131K | 1.5% |
| 511210 · Software Publishers | $85K | 1.0% |
| 485112 · Commuter Rail Systems | $43K | 0.5% |
| 334111 · Electronic Computer Manufacturing | $21K | 0.2% |
| 518210 · Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services | $18K | 0.2% |
| 524292 · Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third-Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds | $60 | 0.0% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $298K | 78.7% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $81K | 21.3% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 4% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
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Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.