Who buys NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology)) work, who wins it, and what's open right now — 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 | 10 | $37.6M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 16 | $54.9M | +46% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 7 | $204.7M | +273% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 10 | $29.1M | -86% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 92% of this market's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ODYSSEY SYSTEMS CONSULTING GROUP, LTD. | $201.2M | 61.7% |
| 2 | AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC. | $19.4M | 5.9% |
| 3 | DATA SYSTEMS ANALYSTS INC | $17.4M | 5.3% |
| 4 | SIGMATECH INC | $15.7M | 4.8% |
| 5 | UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL RESOURCE SERVICES INC | $13.4M | 4.1% |
| 6 | SERCO HOLDINGS LIMITED | $13.2M | 4.0% |
| 7 | QED SYSTEMS LLC | $11.1M | 3.4% |
| 8 | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | $9.2M | 2.8% |
| 9 | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $5.7M | 1.7% |
| 10 | IAP WORLD SERVICES, INC. | $5.3M | 1.6% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $300.1M | 91.9% |
| General Services Administration | $15.7M | 4.8% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4.8M | 1.5% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1.9M | 0.6% |
| Department of the Interior | $1.7M | 0.5% |
| Department of Energy | $1.2M | 0.4% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $841K | 0.3% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $25.8M | 100.0% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $0 | 0.0% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 8% 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.