Who buys Product and Service Code B529 (Special Studies/Analysis – Scientific Data), 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 | 12 | $33.0M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 39 | $26.0M | -21% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 65 | $7.6M | -71% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 117 | $28.4M | +272% |
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 | MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | $20.6M | 21.7% |
| 2 | MCCRONE ASSOCIATES INC | $10.7M | 11.2% |
| 3 | GREAT HILL SOLUTIONS, LLC | $10.1M | 10.6% |
| 4 | TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED | $5.0M | 5.2% |
| 5 | G. S. PRECISION, INC. | $4.8M | 5.1% |
| 6 | INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC | $3.1M | 3.3% |
| 7 | WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | $2.3M | 2.4% |
| 8 | NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | $2.2M | 2.3% |
| 9 | @ORCHARD LLC | $2.1M | 2.2% |
| 10 | RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE | $1.8M | 1.9% |
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 | $42.8M | 45.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $13.7M | 14.4% |
| Department of the Interior | $13.0M | 13.7% |
| General Services Administration | $10.1M | 10.6% |
| Department of Commerce | $4.8M | 5.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $4.5M | 4.7% |
| Department of Energy | $2.3M | 2.4% |
| Department of Agriculture | $2.1M | 2.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.1M | 1.1% |
| Department of Transportation | $350K | 0.4% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | ILLUMINA REAGENTS AND CONSUMABLES INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC · Department of Health and Human Services | $3.1M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | HSP IS ADMINISTERING A CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE (NASEM) TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON CHILD ABUSE IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS, FOCUSING ON FOSTER CARE CONGREGATE F NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · Department of Health and Human Services | $2.0M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 2026 - 2029 GSS SURVEY RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · National Science Foundation | $1.8M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | FY26 MM SHIP SHOAL GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING LLC · Department of the Interior | $1.8M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | FY25 MM REINSTITUTED ROLLOVER WC FL INV TAYLOR-WOOLPERT II, LLC · Department of the Interior | $1.5M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2027 | IQVIA PHARMACY DATA IQVIA GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC · Department of Health and Human Services | $20.9M |
| Mar 31, 2027 | SURVEY FOR EARNED DOCTORATES (SED) - OP2 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · National Science Foundation | $12.6M |
| May 23, 2027 | STATISTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIEHS IN DNTP & DIR SOCIAL & SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS, INC. · Department of Health and Human Services | $12.2M |
| Oct 31, 2026 | PROVIDES EXPERT TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR SUSTAINED AND UNINTERRUPTED PARTICLE ANALYSIS SERVICES ON A WIDE RANGE OF SAMPLES SUPPORTING THE TRACE PARTICLE ANALYSIS (TPA) MISSION. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. · Department of Defense | $10.2M |
| Oct 31, 2026 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATCH 1 - PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS). MCCRONE ASSOCIATES INC · Department of Defense | $9.2M |
171 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 | $7.1M | 20.8% |
| 8(a) | $11.9M | 34.7% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $15.2M | 44.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 36% 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.