Large federal prime contractors must adopt a small-business subcontracting plan on contracts above $900,000 ($2 million for construction) under FAR 19.702, with goals for small, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. SBA's directory lists 27 primes with such plans on 159 contracts in NAICS 541720 (FY2023 and FY2024), 28 of them still active, with $1,458,655,278 in total contract value. These are the companies to approach about subcontracting work in this industry.
| Prime contractor | Location | Contracts (active) | Contract value | Main agencies | Latest end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Triangle Institute | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina | 8 (2) | $224,413,828 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Department of Education; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Mar 19, 2034 |
| Mathematica Inc. | Princeton, New Jersey | 20 (7) | $243,580,103 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Department of Education; Social Security Administration | Jul 15, 2034 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | Arlington, Virginia | 4 (1) | $117,307,833 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Mar 24, 2029 |
| American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | Arlington, Virginia | 19 (5) | $208,274,350 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Department of Education | Dec 26, 2029 |
| Lewin Group, Inc., the | Falls Church, Virginia | 6 (1) | $249,014,374 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Apr 21, 2030 |
| Abt Associates Inc. | Rockville, Maryland | 4 (2) | $22,475,425 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Department of Education | Aug 20, 2028 |
| Westat, Inc. | Rockville, Maryland | 6 (4) | $20,581,241 | Department of Education; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Sep 22, 2029 |
| National Opinion Research Center | Chicago, Illinois | 10 (1) | $116,673,849 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management; Securities and Exchange Commission | Apr 7, 2028 |
| Rand Corporation, the | Santa Monica, California | 27 (1) | $138,120,160 | Dept of the Air Force; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Sep 24, 2027 |
| Abt Associates Inc. | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1 (1) | $3,742,165 | Department of Education | Aug 31, 2027 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, District of Columbia | 4 (1) | $7,365,280 | Social Security Administration | Sep 29, 2028 |
| Mckesson Specialty Health Pharmaceutical & Biotech Solutions LLC | The Woodlands, Texas | 1 (1) | $2,949,902 | Food and Drug Administration | Sep 29, 2028 |
| Dunlap and Associates, Inc. | Cary, North Carolina | 1 (1) | $2,239,193 | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Sep 29, 2029 |
| Fors Marsh Group LLC | Arlington, Virginia | 28 (0) | $57,621,441 | Federal Acquisition Service; Defense Human Resources Activity; Dept of the Army | Mar 22, 2026 |
| Educational Testing Service | Princeton, New Jersey | 1 (0) | $7,718,679 | Department of Education | Oct 31, 2024 |
| Peraton Inc. | Herndon, Virginia | 4 (0) | $6,543,598 | Federal Acquisition Service; Dept of the Army | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Icf Incorporated, L.L.C. | Reston, Virginia | 4 (0) | $6,077,871 | Dept of the Army | Sep 14, 2025 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. | Mclean, Virginia | 1 (0) | $5,669,181 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1 (0) | $4,714,475 | Food and Drug Administration | Sep 29, 2024 |
| MDRC | New York, New York | 1 (0) | $3,388,046 | Department of Education | Feb 21, 2026 |
| Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC | Arlington, Virginia | 2 (0) | $2,441,216 | Dept of the Army | Sep 12, 2025 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | College Park, Maryland | 1 (0) | $2,000,000 | National Science Foundation | Jan 23, 2025 |
| Acumen, LLC | Burlingame, California | 1 (0) | $1,555,136 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Jun 15, 2025 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, Oregon | 1 (0) | $1,513,265 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Human Resources Research Organization (Humrro) | Alexandria, Virginia | 1 (0) | $975,438 | Dept of the Army | Aug 31, 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1 (0) | $903,815 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 (0) | $795,414 | Dept of the Army | Sep 29, 2025 |
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