2M Research Services LLC

2M Research Services LLC, an SBA 8(a)-certified, Black American-owned small disadvantaged business based in Arlington, Texas, provides research, program evaluation, data analytics, and technical assistance services to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor across a $3 billion portfolio of awards. The vendor operates almost entirely as a prime (99% of awards), with minimal subcontractor engagement, and competes across both set-aside and full-and-open vehicles, though set-aside designations appear on roughly half of its contract awards.

2M Research's customer base concentrates heavily in three tiers. By award count, the top tier is dominated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (29 awards, $63.5 million combined potential value), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (19 awards, $19.3 million), and the National Endowment for the Arts (16 awards, $12.1 million), with HUD and other HHS offices rounding out the top five and collectively representing 52% of recent awards. By potential dollar value, the profile shifts dramatically: the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences anchors $2 billion in combined potential value on only four awards, driven by the vendor's seat on the $2 billion Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) multiple-award IDIQ; the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration contributes $501.8 million across nine awards; and the Department of Labor's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy brings $198.4 million across four awards. Together these five customers account for 93% of the vendor's combined potential value, reflecting a concentration spike in large IDIQs rather than transaction volume.

2M Research holds seven primary federal vehicles: the Department of Education PRESTO IDIQ ($2 billion ceiling, multiple-award, through February 2028); the Department of Labor Chief Evaluation Office BPA ($99 million, single-award, through September 2028); the HHS Administration for Community Living IDIQ ($75 million, partial small business set-aside, through January 2029); the HUD evaluation and evidence-building BPA ($8 million, total small business set-aside, through April 2028); the SBA evaluation, research, and evidence-building BPA ($8 million, total small business set-aside, through April 2028); the NEA research and analysis services BPA ($5 million, multiple-award, through July 2028); and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (45 task orders, $247.9 million combined potential value). The Multiple Award Schedule serves as the contracting vehicle for most of these BPAs and IDIQs. Representative recent prime work includes a $7.39 million time-and-materials delivery order from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (subsequently terminated for government convenience) to evaluate Long COVID care model implementation; a $1.59 million delivery order from the CDC Pittsburgh for strategies to implement social-emotional learning in K-6 schools; a $1.24 million definitive contract from HUD to evaluate the Eviction Protection Grant Program; and a $955,610 BPA call from the SBA for project management, data collection, and reporting support to the Office of Investment and Innovation.

Activity has declined materially. The vendor recorded ten awards in 2022, fifteen in 2023, eight in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026 year to date. Only five awards with combined potential value of $2.3 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure; however, the vendor's largest IDIQs remain active through 2027–2029, anchoring the long-term customer footprint. Across SCI-reportable service contracts, 2M Research invoiced $5.2 million in the period FY2023–FY2024, with $1.9 million across 4.1 FTEs in FY2023 and $3.3 million across 6.4 FTEs in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts range from a 10th percentile of $79.87 per hour through a median of $187.28 per hour to a 90th percentile of $503.91 per hour, reflecting a mix of research support labor and senior subject-matter expertise. The vendor self-performs substantially all work reported to SCI; across its prime contract portfolio, subcontractors accounted for zero percent of average contractor hours, with only one named subcontractor appearing across the entire SCI dataset. Primary NAICS codes reflect social science research and consulting: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services dominates with 76 awards, followed by Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities with 57 awards.

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