Mathematica Inc.

Mathematica Inc., a woman-owned research and data analytics consultancy, delivers program evaluation, evidence-building, policy analysis, and technical assistance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 753 awards (96% of its recent portfolio) spanning healthcare, education, social services, and workforce development. The company operates as a subsidiary of Research Triangle Institute International and competes full-and-open across federal agencies without set-aside participation, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey.

Customer concentration tracks heavily toward health and education agencies. The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences leads by potential value at $2.66 billion across 64 awards, followed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at $1.67 billion across 98 awards and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration at $1.38 billion across 167 awards. These three customers account for about 68% of combined potential value. The top five customers by potential value together represent 88% of dollars, indicating strong concentration in HHS and Education missions. CDC Pittsburgh ranks fourth with 10 awards valued at $502.2 million, and HRSA headquarters holds 26 awards at $485 million.

Mathematica's capability portfolio centers on rigorous program evaluation design and implementation, survey research and data collection, healthcare quality measurement, educational effectiveness analysis, and policy research. Recent concrete work includes a $137.6 million CMS delivery order for learning collaboratives supporting state health coverage programs under RMADA 2; a $81.8 million CMS order for technical assistance and analytics on Medicaid and CHIP quality measurement; a $35.7 million evaluation of the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model; a $24 million Regional Educational Laboratory contract for the Mid-Atlantic region conducting applied research and training; and a $19.4 million REL Central contract for applied research and technical assistance across the central region. Mathematica also holds a $344.7 million single-award HRSA Evaluations and Evidence Building IDIQ through September 2027 and a $2 billion PRESTO multiple-award IDIQ with the Institute of Education Sciences through February 2028, both anchoring substantial task-order activity.

Activity trajectory shows growth from 2022 through 2024 (23 to 43 awards annually) followed by contraction in 2025 and 2026 (17 and 12 awards, respectively in the source's snapshot). A recompete cliff of $410.6 million in combined potential value reaches completion within twenty-four months, representing material exposure for the vendor and recompete opportunity for competitors on large HHS and Education vehicles. SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $187.6 million in FY2025, across 439 FTEs, with a stable workforce footprint across FY2022–FY2025. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts run a median of $186.33 per hour, with rates ranging from approximately $97 per hour (10th percentile) to $288 per hour (90th percentile), reflecting a tiered labor model mixing junior and senior research staff.

Mathematica self-performs approximately 93 percent of contractor hours across its federal service-contract portfolio, indicating an internal research and analytical staffing model rather than reliance on subcontracting networks. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average 7 percent of contractor hours, with 284 named subcontractors reported in the source. Named sub relationships include work under Research Triangle Institute (parent), General Dynamics Information Technology on MIDS-related tasks, The Urban Institute on apprenticeship evaluation, MDRC on fatherhood program research, Chemonics International on USAID/Nepal early-grade learning, and Making Cents International on inclusive development work—reflecting Mathematica's role as a prime with selective subcontractor engagement for specialized capability areas.

Mathematica holds parent vehicle positions including the HHS Program Support Center (80 task orders, $508 million), the RMADA 2 vehicle (29 task orders, $692.3 million), PRESTO (multiple-award IDIQ, $2 billion ceiling), OASIS+ Unrestricted (governmentwide MAC awarded December 2024 with no ceiling specified), HRSA Evaluations and Evidence Building ($344.7 million single-award IDIQ), and multiple Institute of Education Sciences IDIQs and BPAs. Place of performance is distributed across Princeton, New Jersey (primary administrative hub); Washington, D.C. (many education and policy orders); and subordinate locations including Windsor Mill and Milford Mill, Maryland (CMS work), with performance extending to domestic and international locations as task orders specify.

The vendor holds federal grant positions as prime recipient, with recent grants including an $8 million block grant from the Social Security Administration for a randomized controlled trial assessing Individual Placement and Support for formerly homeless people with disabilities (2023–2027), a $632,624 Defense Health Agency project grant for piloting a military family continuity-of-care protocol (2026–2028), and a cooperative agreement with SSA for the Transition Exploration Demonstration employing youth with disabilities (2023–2027). Mathematica also acts as sub-recipient under state and nonprofit prime grantees, including work with the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council on access-to-services research and provider solutions projects, Drexel University on health equity initiatives, and others.

Mathematica Inc. is the parent vendor name; the source lists the subsidiary structure but does not name separate branded subsidiaries, indicating the entity operates as a single contracting unit under the Mathematica brand within RTI International.