Activate Research Inc.
Washington, DC
- UEI
- HV56U7ZK6VM7
- CAGE
- 70LU4
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- SBA certifications
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Women-Owned Small Business· Current
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- MOE BILLER BUILDING, 1300 L St NW #1000, Washington, DC 20005, USA
- Website
- activateresearch.net
- Founded
- 2013
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- Research & Consulting Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $2,520,475 |
| FY2025 | $793,910 |
| FY2024 | $4,882,574 |
| FY2023 | $4,472,270 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Education | $2,520,475 |
Contract vehicles
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Triangle Institute | 91990026F0074 | $58,687 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 91990022C0017 | $102,603 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 91990024F0347 | $110,445 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 91990024F0347 | $421,747 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 91990022C0017 | $91,696 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Activate Research Inc., doing business as Activate, a certified women-owned small business based in Washington, DC, provides education research, statistical analysis, data collection, and evaluation services to the Department of Education as a prime contractor on the $2 billion Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) IDIQ and as a subcontractor to larger research institutions on Department of Education and National Science Foundation initiatives. The company competes under woman-owned small business set-asides on select awards and full-and-open on others, with 55% of recent awards as prime work and 45% as subcontracted delivery.
Activate's customer base is tightly concentrated: the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) accounts for 18 of 27 awards totaling $2.02 billion in combined potential value (93% of all recent awards), while the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Smithsonian Institution round out a five-agency footprint. The IES concentration reflects Activate's core role on the PRESTO IDIQ, a multiple-award vehicle running through February 2028 under which Activate has delivered eight task orders spanning $5.5 million in combined potential value. Representative prime work includes a $2.7 million Civil Rights Data Collection support delivery order (performance through August 2028, Total Small Business set-aside), a $1.9 million Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) advisory and assistance order (performance through February 2029), a $9.03 million statistical standards and data confidentiality staff contract (woman-owned small business set-aside, running through January 2027), and a recent $794,736 delivery order to update education statistics projections through 2035 (woman-owned small business set-aside, completion September 2028). Activate also holds an active GSA Multiple Award Schedule position with 11 task orders totaling $10.6 million, including a $799,391 TRIO Annual Performance Report participant data verification study issued by the Office of Postsecondary Education.
Award volume has grown steadily — two awards in 2022 to ten in 2024 — though FY2025 and FY2026 activity has moderated to two awards per year. Four awards with combined potential value of $13.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. SCI-reported invoiced revenue across prime contracts grew from $1.8 million in FY2022 to a peak of $4.6 million in FY2024, declining to $2.8 million in FY2025, with federal workforce scale (FTE delivery) tracking from 3.8 FTEs in FY2022 to 9.6 FTEs in FY2024 and receding to 5.4 FTEs in FY2025. Government-paid median hourly rates on prime SCI contracts run around $195.64 per hour, with senior statistician and research leadership roles commanding rates through $814.92 per hour. GSA Schedule labor offerings span 19 categories ranging from publication specialists at $79.25 per hour (bachelor's degree) through executive project directors at $285.52 per hour (PhD, 10 years experience), with no security-cleared roles offered.
Activate operates predominantly as a self-delivery prime — across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for only 7% of total contractor hours, with five named subcontractors recorded in the SCI dataset. However, Activate's sub-award footprint shows substantial teaming with Research Triangle Institute across education data initiatives (NPSAS 2023–2024, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study historical cohorts, Survey of Earned Doctorates, and annual report production and dissemination) and with American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences on international surveys, public library survey development, the National Training and Education Workforce Survey, and elementary and secondary administrative data quality work. This dual role — predominantly self-delivering prime work on PRESTO and education statistics IDIQs while subcontracting to larger research institutions on parallel Department of Education initiatives — positions Activate as both a direct federal contractor and a feeder supplier to major research-services primes operating across the federal education research landscape.
Quick answers
Is Activate Research Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Activate Research Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through October 15, 2027.
Which SBA certifications does Activate Research Inc. hold?
Activate Research Inc. holds Women-Owned Small Business certification from the SBA.
Which contract vehicles does Activate Research Inc. hold?
Activate Research Inc. holds a place on 3 federal contract vehicles, including MAS, PRESTO and PSS.
How much has Activate Research Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $793,910 to Activate Research Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $12,669,229 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Activate Research Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Activate Research Inc. ranked #77 in PSC AF11 in FY2025.
What is Activate Research Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Activate Research Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Update to projections of education statistics: extending projections through 2035 (91990026F0118), from Contracts and Acquisition Management, on September 30, 2026.
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