Who buys Product and Service Code AJ12 (General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Applied Research), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — 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 | 14 | $67.8M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 33 | $70.0M | +3% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 24 | $37.8M | -46% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 108 | $106.2M | +181% |
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 45% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LINQUEST CORPORATION | $46.3M | 16.4% |
| 2 | BLACK CAPE, INC. | $34.4M | 12.2% |
| 3 | THE MITRE CORPORATION | $31.0M | 11.0% |
| 4 | NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING | $18.0M | 6.4% |
| 5 | LEIDOS, INC. | $17.3M | 6.2% |
| 6 | SOLVUS GLOBAL LLC | $11.9M | 4.2% |
| 7 | DCS CORPORATION | $11.1M | 4.0% |
| 8 | MID ATLANTIC TECHNICAL AND EXECUTIVE CONSULTING, LLC | $9.4M | 3.4% |
| 9 | RAFT LLC | $6.7M | 2.4% |
| 10 | TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC | $6.7M | 2.4% |
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 | $126.0M | 44.7% |
| General Services Administration | $57.2M | 20.3% |
| Department of Commerce | $39.7M | 14.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $13.9M | 4.9% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $10.2M | 3.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $10.0M | 3.5% |
| Department of Transportation | $7.8M | 2.8% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $6.3M | 2.3% |
| Department of the Treasury | $5.7M | 2.0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $2.9M | 1.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF HYPERSONIC COMPONENTS NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING · Department of Defense | $18.0M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | OU77-FY26-101-NEW NCCOE CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICE THE MITRE CORPORATION · Department of Commerce | $13.6M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | KESTREL TO 3 BLACK CAPE, INC. · General Services Administration | $11.6M |
| Aug 1, 2026 | PROCBOX COST/PRICE ANALYSIS F35 MID/LOW VENDORS MID ATLANTIC TECHNICAL AND EXECUTIVE CONSULTING, LLC · General Services Administration | $8.9M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 3. THIS CONTRACT IS MIGRATING FROM A PREVIOUS CONTRACT SYSTEM, 70RWMD23C00000021. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC · Department of Homeland Security | $4.9M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2027 | PETIC UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON · Department of Defense | $33.7M |
| Feb 24, 2027 | MOTHR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES ENVISIONEERING INC · Department of Defense | $32.1M |
| Aug 12, 2027 | BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT W56KGU23R0ESI, TOPIC 52, COMMON MODULAR OPEN SYSTEMS APPROACH RECOMPOSABLE UNDER PROPOSAL A17092. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC · Department of Defense | $27.7M |
| Mar 31, 2027 | NCCOE CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICE - INCREMENTAL FUNDING OU77-FY26-102-MOD THE MITRE CORPORATION · Department of Commerce | $25.3M |
| Nov 22, 2026 | EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES BOWHEAD GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC · Department of Defense | $24.8M |
288 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $24.7M | 47.9% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $26.9M | 52.1% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 18% 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.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 82. 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.