Data Recognition Corporation

Data Recognition Corporation, headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota, is a for-profit educational assessment and survey services vendor operating exclusively as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal contracts with no set-aside designations. The company holds a dominant market position in Defense Human Resources Activity survey programs, where it designs, administers, analyzes, and manages organizational climate assessments, personnel readiness surveys, and workforce effectiveness evaluations across the Department of Defense.

DRC's federal footprint centers on survey design and administration, educational testing, and organizational assessment services delivered to 34 distinct customer agencies over a recent twenty-five-year award history spanning 261 prime contracts. The company's capability portfolio is grounded in the Defense Organizational Climate Survey (DEOCS), Status of Forces surveys, Gender Relations surveys, Spouse and Family Issues assessments, and civilian performance management evaluations—all anchored to DHRA. Beyond defense, DRC delivers the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) software and online testing platforms to the Department of Education, the Department of the Army, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. Recent representative contracts include a $463,759.64 delivery order from DHRA for SVSES operations support services (September 2026), a $12.1 million delivery order for 2029 OPA DCP operations support (July 2026), a $3.28 million definitive contract with HHS for TABE software services through September 2029, and a $1.49 million multiple-award IDIQ with the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (PRESTO vehicle, February 2023).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Defense Human Resources Activity accounts for 80 percent of recent awards (158 awards, $209.2 million combined potential value), a dominance that drives DRC's strategic positioning. By potential-value ranking, DHRA anchors $209.2 million, while the next three customers—GSA Federal Acquisition Service ($40.4 million across 3 awards), the Department of Defense Education Activity ($25.8 million across 9 awards), and the Department of Labor Office of Job Corps ($5.5 million across 2 awards)—together represent only 15 percent of the company's portfolio value. This concentration reflects DHRA's reliance on DRC as the single-award IDIQ holder for survey operational support, a structural dependency that insulates DRC from competition within that scope but creates recompete exposure when the IDIQ comes up for renewal.

DRC holds two primary parent vehicles anchoring its federal work. The $73.74 million single-award IDIQ with DHRA (awarded September 13, 2024, extending through September 18, 2029) for survey operational support services to the Office of People Analytics is the core engine of the business; the source documents five delivery orders issued under this vehicle in the past twelve months alone, including orders valued at $463,759.64, $150,641.35, $846,290.77, $12.1 million, and $3.36 million. The $2 billion multiple-award PRESTO vehicle with the Institute of Education Sciences (awarded February 28, 2023, extending through February 27, 2028) serves as a secondary platform for educational assessment and research support task orders across ten locations (Maple Grove, Minnesota; Alexandria, Virginia; Osseo, Minnesota; and Seaside, California). Older parent IDIQs—47QFPA19D0001 (45 task orders, $28 million), H9821012D0003 (38 task orders, $7.2 million), and M6700404D0018 (38 task orders, $9.6 million)—show declining activity and represent vehicles likely approaching completion or sunsetting.

Activity trajectory is decelerating. The company averaged ten awards annually in 2022, declining to eight in 2023, seven in 2024, four in 2025, and four through September 2026—a year-over-year compression that reflects the concentration risk inherent in a DHRA-anchored business. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months shows only four awards (combined potential value $2.8 million) reaching ultimate completion, signaling that most of DRC's pipeline extends beyond the near-term recompete window; the DHRA single-award IDIQ itself carries a September 2029 completion date, providing runway but no near-term renewal pressure. Obligated spend across all awards stands at $101.6 million against $2.3 billion combined potential value—a 4 percent obligation rate—typical of IDIQs with multiple-year outyear options.

DRC's award concentration by NAICS and PSC reinforces its survey and assessment identity. Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (NAICS 541910) accounts for 130 of 261 awards; Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (NAICS 541715) accounts for 34 awards; Educational Support Services (NAICS 611710) accounts for 16 awards. Top PSC codes are Special Studies/Analysis (60 awards), Support for Market Research/Public Opinion (30 awards), and Operations Research/Quantitative Analysis (27 awards). The company operates through one named subsidiary, Reda Intl Incorporated, though the source does not detail its role or capabilities. DRC's position as an exclusive single-award IDIQ holder with DHRA and a competitor on the PRESTO multiple-award vehicle with the Institute of Education Sciences creates a bifurcated posture: near-monopoly on DHRA work offset by competitive exposure on education assessment and research support services.