NCS Pearson Inc.
Cedar Rapids, IA
- UEI
- JMZQKMTD33N1
- CAGE
- 3TYQ8
- Primary NAICS
- 611710 Educational Support Services
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Pearson PLC, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 323111 Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)
- 323120 Support Activities for Printing
- 513130 Book Publishers
- 513210 Software Publishers
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 9200 Earhart Ln SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA
- Website
- pearson.com
- Founded
- 1844
- Employees
- 10K-50K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
- Profiles
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 | $14,066,904 |
| FY2025 | $8,646,272 |
| FY2024 | $20,565,436 |
| FY2023 | $12,960,633 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Education | $7,121,891 | |
| 2 | Department of the Interior | $3,528,234 | |
| 3 | DOD Education Activity | $3,364,168 | |
| 4 | Department of Justice | $31,266 | |
| 5 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $21,345 |
Contract vehicles
Expired vehicles (1)
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department Of Education Delaware | S369A240008 | $692,984 |
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About the company
NCS Pearson Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, provides educational assessment services, test administration and scoring, standardized testing delivery, and educational support to federal education and health agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) competing under full-and-open procurement with no socioeconomic set-asides.
NCS Pearson's federal footprint is concentrated in two customer agencies that account for 100% of combined potential value. The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences anchors the portfolio with seven awards valued at $2.52 billion combined potential value, driven by NCS Pearson's participation in the Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) vehicle, a $2 billion multiple-award IDC running through February 2028 that supports education sciences, assessment development, communications, recruitment, and operational support across IES scope categories. The Department of Defense Education Activity places the second-largest customer footprint at 13 awards totaling $78 million combined potential value, split between a $13.23 million single-award IDC (with three delivery orders issued to date totaling approximately $4.83 million) and task order work under that vehicle. Beyond these two agencies, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education accounts for three awards valued at $43.7 million, including a $17.4 million definitive contract awarded August 2026 for English Language Arts and Mathematics assessment services to 38,000 students across 183 BIE-funded schools. Recent representative work includes a $24.9 million National Assessment of Educational Progress scoring services definitive contract with the Institute of Education Sciences (awarded December 2024, running through December 2029, with $1.3 million invoiced in FY2025 across 13.3 FTEs), a $2.57 million delivery order with DODEA for College and Career Ready Standards summative assessment (July 2025), and smaller purchase orders for mental health and psychological testing services to the Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 and books and related materials to the Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix.
NCS Pearson's recent award trajectory shows variability — one award in 2022, two in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 — with combined potential value reaching $2.72 billion across 54 total awards (prime and sub combined), of which $422.6 million has been obligated. The vendor operates across 19 distinct federal customer agencies, though concentration in IES and DODEA represents the dominant platform. SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts captured $47 million across fiscal years 2022–2025 ($14.9 million in FY2022, $13.5 million in FY2023, $12.7 million in FY2024, and $5.8 million in FY2025), reflecting a declining trend in recent quarters; the SCI dataset shows roughly 85–116 FTEs delivered to the federal government annually through FY2024, dropping to 27.9 FTEs in FY2025. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $160.93 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $312.95 per hour. NCS Pearson self-performs across its prime SCI-reportable contracts; the sub-hours share averages 0%, and the vendor maintains only one grant sub-award on record (a July 2024 sub-award from Delaware Department of Education for science assessment item and form development). The vendor competes in full-and-open categories without set-aside designations and operates predominantly through its own delivery teams rather than subcontractor networks.
Quick answers
Is NCS Pearson Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. NCS Pearson Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 3, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does NCS Pearson Inc. hold?
NCS Pearson Inc. holds a place on 2 federal contract vehicles, including PRESTO.
How much has NCS Pearson Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $8,646,272 to NCS Pearson Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $56,239,246 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does NCS Pearson Inc. rank among federal contractors?
NCS Pearson Inc.'s parent company, Pearson PLC, ranked #14 in NAICS 6117, #21 in PSC B506 and #30 in NAICS 54172 in FY2025.
What is NCS Pearson Inc.'s most recent federal award?
NCS Pearson Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is "EO 14398" FY26 FCI phoenix pearson books (15B60826P00000130), from Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix (BOP), on August 4, 2026.
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