B553: Communications Studies
Professional Services › Management Advisory Services · Figures are FPDS award actions reporting this code.
Service code
Active
Overview
- FY2026 obligations
- $1.74M
- $1,741,155awarded under B553
- FY2027 to date
- -$19.55K
- -$19,5463 awards · year to date · net de-obligation
- FY2026 awards
- 49
- awards with an action under this code
- Open notices
- 0
- open SAM.gov notices classified under B553
Obligations by fiscal year of action
- FY2027: -$19,546 (de-obligation) (year to date)
- FY2026: $1,741,155
- FY2025: $8,183,097
- FY2024: $11,122,776
- FY2023: $17,220,877
- FY2022: $14,712,498
Total across 6 fiscal years: $52,960,857
Net de-obligation in that fiscal year (obligations withdrawn).
* Year to date.
Source: FPDS award actions reporting this PSC. Obligations are the sum of the obligation on each action (modifications included). Department of Defense actions appear about 90 days after they are signed.
Definition
- Official name
- Communications Studies
- Short name
- SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- COMMUNICATIONS
- Category
- Professional Services › Management Advisory Services
- Status
- Active since October 1, 2011
Top buying agencies
FY2024–FY2026 · awarding sub-tier agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal Bureau Of Investigation | $11,170,822 | 53.1% |
| 2 | Centers For Disease Control And Prevention | $2,953,047 | 14.0% |
| 3 | Department Of The Air Force | $2,906,857 | 13.8% |
| 4 | U.S. Agency For Global Media | $1,776,263 | 8.4% |
| 5 | Department Of State | $1,202,569 | 5.7% |
| 6 | Department Of Veterans Affairs | $663,049 | 3.2% |
| 7 | Federal Emergency Management Agency | $338,236 | 1.6% |
| 8 | Federal Prison System / Bureau Of Prisons | $326,109 | 1.5% |
| 9 | Bureau Of Reclamation | $38,559 | 0.2% |
| 10 | U.S. Geological Survey | $32,997 | 0.2% |
Top vendors
FY2024–FY2026
| Rank | Vendor | Obligated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRECISION GROUP, LLC, THE | $11,009,242 | 1 | 52.3% |
| 2 | NEW FRONTIER INNOVATIONS LLC | $2,859,457 | 1 | 13.6% |
| 3 | ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C. | $2,508,624 | 1 | 11.9% |
| 4 | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $1,265,086 | 40 | 6.0% |
| 5 | VISTRA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | $665,297 | 5 | 3.2% |
| 6 | EVRIMA RESEARCH LLC | $622,097 | 14 | 3.0% |
| 7 | GALLUP, INC. | $484,139 | 4 | 2.3% |
| 8 | GORBI EURASIA LTD | $455,550 | 8 | 2.2% |
| 9 | TANAQ MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC | $444,422 | 1 | 2.1% |
| 10 | RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE | $436,694 | 1 | 2.1% |