RECOMPETE

Industries / RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES · NAICS 541720

$1.6 billion in research and development in the social sciences and humanities comes off the board in the next 180 days.

123 research and development in the social sciences and humanities contracts reach the end of their period of performance before February 18, 2027. Every one is work the government still needs done, held by someone who has to win it again.

Order
DaysExpiresValueIncumbentBuying officeContract
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Closing
2026-08-22$6.1MUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKWashington Headquarters ServicesHQ003424F0498
5
Closing
2026-08-27$2.2MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCDefense Human Resources ActivityH9821025FE017
9
Closing
2026-08-31$10.5MMATHEMATICA INC.Department of Education91990018C0044
9
Closing
2026-08-31$8.2MTHE MITRE CORPORATIONNational Institute of Standards and Technology1333ND25FNB770134
9
Closing
2026-08-31$7.3MAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCESDepartment of Education91990023F0353
9
Closing
2026-08-31$4.6MTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYDepartment of Veterans Affairs36C24E25N0223
9
Closing
2026-08-31$2.8MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCDefense Human Resources ActivityH9821025FE039
9
Closing
2026-08-31$1.9MTHE MITRE CORPORATIONNational Institute of Standards and Technology1333ND25FNB770124
9
Closing
2026-08-31$1.9MTHE MITRE CORPORATIONNational Institute of Standards and Technology1333ND25FNB770135
9
Closing
2026-08-31$1.5MTHE MITRE CORPORATIONNational Institute of Standards and Technology1333ND25FNB770131
9
Closing
2026-08-31$1.1MPERATON INC.Federal Acquisition Service47QFPA24F0027
9
Closing
2026-08-31$1.0MICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.Department of the ArmyW911NF22C0063
9
Closing
2026-08-31$835KBROCKINGTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC.8(a) Sole SourceDepartment of the ArmyW9128F24F0238
11
Closing
2026-09-02$9.2MNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTERCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC24F0191
14
Closing
2026-09-05$3.1MWESTAT, INC.Department of Education91990019C0059
19
Closing
2026-09-10$2.2MTOXCEL LLCNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration693JJ921F000130
19
Closing
2026-09-10$1.3MNEW EDITIONS, INC.Department of Education91990024F0372
20
Closing
2026-09-11$3.6MAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCESCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC22F0003
21
Closing
2026-09-12$25.1MDELOITTE CONSULTING LLPCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC21F0001
21
Closing
2026-09-12$10.3MNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTERCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC21F0003
23
Closing
2026-09-14$2.3MTELEMUS GROUP LLCWashington Headquarters ServicesHQ003423C0066
23
Closing
2026-09-14$1.5MTELEMUS GROUP LLCWashington Headquarters ServicesHQ003424C0075
24
Closing
2026-09-15$55.3MFUNDACION INCIENSANational Institutes of Health75N91018F00002
24
Closing
2026-09-15$33.8MMATHEMATICA INC.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC23F0003
24
Closing
2026-09-15$24.1MMATHEMATICA INC.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC24F0198
24
Closing
2026-09-15$9.6MFUNDACION INCIENSANational Institutes of Health75N91025F00001
25
Closing
2026-09-16$17.8MDELOITTE CONSULTING LLPCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC23F0001
26
Closing
2026-09-17$5.6MMATHEMATICA INC.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC24F0194
27
Closing
2026-09-18$2.9MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCDefense Human Resources ActivityH9821025FE024
27
Closing
2026-09-18$1.1MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCDefense Human Resources ActivityH9821025FE020
28
Closing
2026-09-19$8.3MMATHEMATICA INC.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC21F0005
28
Closing
2026-09-19$6.7MMATHEMATICA INC.Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC21F0003
30
Closing
2026-09-21$1.9MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCFederal Acquisition Service47QFPA25F0030
30
Closing
2026-09-21$1.1MUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTFood and Drug Administration75F40123C00118
30
Closing
2026-09-21$1.1MTOXCEL LLCNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration693JJ922C000002
31
Closing
2026-09-22$2.2MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCFederal Acquisition Service47QFPA24F0033
32
Closing
2026-09-23$8.8MRESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTECenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC23F0002
32
Closing
2026-09-23$6.0MDELOITTE CONSULTING LLPCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC23F0002
33
Closing
2026-09-24$155.2MRESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTECenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services75FCMC19F0004
33
Closing
2026-09-24$3.1MFORS MARSH GROUP LLCFederal Acquisition Service47QFPA24F0010

Is any of this winnable

Reserved for small business

0%

1 of 123 contracts · $835K of $1.6B

Held by the top three

38%

of expiring value, across the three largest incumbents

None of the expiring work we have indexed here is set aside. Everything on this board will be competed full and open.

Top incumbents

Who holds the most expiring value in this window — the competition you have to beat, not just replace.

  1. 1MATHEMATICA INC.$237.5M
  2. 2RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$209.9M
  3. 3WESTAT, INC.$158.1M
  4. 4THE LEWIN GROUP, INC.$133.6M
  5. 5EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE$109.0M
  6. 6MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$82.2M
  7. 7NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$76.9M
  8. 8FUNDACION INCIENSA$71.9M
  9. 9THE MITRE CORPORATION$64.5M
  10. 10DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$54.6M

Top buying agencies

Who is paying for this work — where the recompete solicitation will come from.

  1. 1Department of Health and Human Services$1.0B
  2. 2Department of Education$375.8M
  3. 3Department of Defense$83.1M
  4. 4Department of Commerce$64.5M
  5. 5General Services Administration$32.9M
  6. 6Department of Transportation$11.8M
  7. 7Department of Veterans Affairs$11.2M
  8. 8Department of Homeland Security$7.7M
  9. 9National Science Foundation$5.0M
  10. 10Institute of Museum and Library Services$2.4M

Showing 40 of 123, ordered by whichever column you chose above. Browse every industry.

What to do with a date

A federal contract is re-bought on a schedule that runs backwards from the day the current one ends — and most of what decides the winner happens before the solicitation is ever published.

By the time a rebid appears on SAM.gov the requirement is written, the set-aside decision is made, and the incumbent has had a year of conversations with the customer. Knowing an end date early is how you get into that year instead of arriving after it.

  1. 18mo → 12mo out

    Research

    The agency is beginning to plan the follow-on. You want to know more about this requirement than the notice will ever tell you.

  2. 12mo → 9mo out

    Shape

    The requirement is being written now. This is when a specification quietly comes to describe one company's way of working.

  3. 9mo → 6mo out

    Sources sought

    The highest-leverage window on the whole clock, and the one most small businesses sleep through.

  4. 3mo → 1mo out

    Solicitation

    The RFP typically posts in this window, and everything about it is fast.

The full sequence, with what closes at each boundary

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