The General Services Administration's NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 18 | $29.3M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 35 | $49.7M | +70% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 12 | $48.7M | -2% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 15 | $102.8M | +111% |
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 | NOOKS LLC | $44.8M | 19.4% |
| 2 | BLACK CAPE, INC. | $34.4M | 14.9% |
| 3 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORPORATION | $33.4M | 14.5% |
| 4 | IST RESEARCH, LLC | $24.7M | 10.7% |
| 5 | MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | $23.2M | 10.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $9.9M | 99.3% |
| 8(a) | $50K | 0.5% |
| SDVOSB | $3K | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $5K | 0.1% |
| HUBZone | $3K | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $5K | 0.1% |
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.
No open solicitations right now. New notices post daily — get an alert when one does.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
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.