Decision Information Resources, Inc.

Decision Information Resources, Inc., doing business as Decision Information, is a Houston-based minority-owned and Black American-owned research and evaluation firm that provides federal agencies with survey design, program evaluation, data collection, data analysis, and technical assistance services as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards). The company operates primarily on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and holds positions on several single-award and multiple-award BPAs and IDIQs with civilian agencies; it does not compete under set-aside vehicles with the exception of a $5 million Total Small Business BPA with USDA for Farm to School research (awarded August 2022). Decision Information competes predominantly full-and-open on civilian agency research and evaluation work, with no 8(a) or other SBA set-aside posture across its prime footprint.

Decision Information's customer base concentrates heavily with education and labor agencies. The Department of Education accounts for the largest potential-value share through two distinct streams: the Institute of Education Sciences' $2 billion Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) IDIQ carries the bulk of decision-relevant dollar exposure ($2.01 billion combined potential value across 8 awards), while the broader Department of Education customer set (9 awards by count) reflects work across postsecondary education program evaluation. The Department of Labor ranks second by dollar value, with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy's $99 million single-award BPA (awarded September 2023) and the Office of Job Corps (6 awards, $80.1 million combined potential value) driving concentration. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service appears across 8 awards with $12.4 million combined potential value, anchored on a $9.8 million single-award Child Nutrition Pulse Surveys BPA (awarded September 2023) and smaller task orders for Farm to School research and evaluation. These top five customer streams represent 97% of combined potential value across the vendor's portfolio. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration holds the second-largest single potential-value position at $500.4 million across 3 awards, reflecting a concentration signal distinct from award count.

Decision Information holds primary vehicle positions on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (26 task orders, $226.1 million combined potential value), the PRESTO IDIQ with the Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (6 task orders under a $2 billion vehicle ceiling with ultimate completion through February 2028), and several single-award BPAs: the Department of Labor $99 million BPA (through September 2028), the USDA Food and Nutrition Service $9.8 million BPA (through September 2028), an $8 million BPA with the Small Business Administration Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer (through April 2028), and an $8 million BPA with HHS Office of Performance Management and the Chief Financial Officer (through April 2028). The MAS vehicle is the dominant contracting frame, supporting task-order issuance across multiple agencies. Recent representative prime work includes a $10.7 million BPA call from the Department of Labor's Job Corps National Office (awarded June 2026) for data integrity, research, and evaluation support running through June 2029; a $2.64 million delivery order from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (awarded September 2025) for TRIO program evaluation under PRESTO; and a $21.5 million time-and-materials delivery order from the Department of Labor's Job Corps National Office (awarded April 2023) for post-separation surveys and national data collection running through April 2027.

Activity shows moderate growth in recent years—two awards in 2022, peaking at eight in 2023, then declining to six in 2024 and six in 2025—with only one award recorded in the first half of 2026. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $21.5 million), creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Decision Information operates as a sub-contractor on four recent awards, including survey administration and data analysis support to American Institutes for Research (January 2025), survey services to MDRC on the Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Phase 2 (January 2025), and data analysis and report writing support to WestEd on math learning research in Arizona (February 2024). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average 15% of contractor hours, with 10 named subcontractors appearing across the portfolio, indicating that Decision Information builds most delivery internally while engaging specialist subs for discrete analytical or implementation components.

Decision Information's GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 15 categories, with hourly rates from $45.48 (CATI Survey Supervisor with bachelor's degree and four years of experience) through $310.39 (Senior Project Director with doctorate and fifteen years of experience). The vendor does not offer cleared positions. SCI-reported invoiced revenue on prime contracts totaled $24.3 million across fiscal years 2022–2024 ($7.3 million in FY2022, $8.3 million in FY2023, $8.7 million in FY2024), reflecting a gradual upward trend in government-paid invoicing. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts run a median of $146.28/hr, with the 10th percentile at $77.84/hr and the 90th percentile at $219.68/hr, positioning Decision Information in the mid-market survey and research services segment. The company deployed roughly 23.5 FTEs on federal service contracts in FY2022, 23.2 FTEs in FY2023, and 35.6 FTEs in FY2024, reflecting expanded federal services delivery in the most recent fiscal year captured in the SCI dataset.

RESEARCH & EVALUATION; SURVEYS & FOCUS GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE & MEETING PLANNING.