Pacific Institute For Research & Evaluation

Pacific Institute For Research And Evaluation, a tax-exempt non-profit research organization headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland, delivers research, evaluation, and technical assistance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (92% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on federally funded research. PIRE competes full-and-open across its prime footprint; no SBA set-asides are present in the source material.

PIRE's capability portfolio centers on public health and safety research, substance abuse and mental health services evaluation, implementation science, health equity studies, and behavioral science support. The organization specializes in mixed-method research design, community-based program evaluation, and evidence-based intervention development. Representative prime work includes a $2.45 million National Institute of Nursing Research (CFDA 93.361) three-year implementation science grant awarded July 2026 to test sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection strategies across New Mexico's public health system; a $170,799 Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989) evaluation of ASKDOKI, an AI-enabled mobile health chatbot for adolescent sexuality education in Kenya, awarded September 2025; and a $56,735 Consumer Product Safety Commission delivery order, awarded May 2024 on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, to update an Injury Cost Model with a new discount rate. PIRE holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract with a $4 million ceiling (awarded January 2024, through January 2029) offering 12 labor categories spanning Administrative Assistant ($54.11/hr) through Research Division Director ($286.45/hr), all doctorate-track education levels, no clearances required.

Customer concentration is highly distributed across 54 distinct federal agencies. The top five funding sources by award count account for 62% of recent awards: the Department of the Navy (151 awards), the National Institutes of Health (76 awards), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (46 awards, $33 million combined potential value), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (25 awards), and the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel (21 awards). By potential value, the top five diverge slightly — NHTSA leads at $33 million across 46 awards, followed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($5.2 million, 8 awards), the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command ($4 million, 13 awards), the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel ($3.8 million, 7 awards), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission ($3.1 million, 12 awards). Navy presence is substantial by volume but lower in per-award magnitude, while NHTSA and HHS represent deeper dollar commitments per order.

PIRE places the majority of its federal work under Navy Indefinite Delivery Contracts — N0024499D0140 carries 122 task orders and N0024405D0046 carries 36 task orders worth $6.5 million combined potential value. The organization also holds significant volume under the NHTSA IDIQ DTNH2206D00035 (22 task orders, $4.5 million) and an older DTNH2202D95121 (14 task orders, $534 thousand). The GSA Multiple Award Schedule accounts for 18 task orders totaling $28.9 million, making it a secondary but substantial vehicle. A single-award NHTSA IDC running through May 2029 with a $783 thousand ceiling supports traffic safety research and law enforcement initiatives. A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration IDIQ awarded July 2022 (running through July 2027) rounds out the vehicle set.

Federal grant work dominates PIRE's prime footprint by dollar value. Representative recipients include the National Institute of Nursing Research (CFDA 93.361, $2.45 million, implementation science SOGI data collection); the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989, $170,799, mobile health evaluation in Kenya); the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (multiple project grants on structural stigma, alcohol use disparities, and telehealth policy impacts on addiction services); the National Institute of Nursing Research (CFDA 93.361, structural competency training for LGBTQ+ adolescent health in school-based health centers); the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (substance abuse and intimate partner violence integration training in Kentucky); the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (digital intervention development for pregnant adolescents living with HIV in Kenya); the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (rural opioid response psychostimulant support); and the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (mental health equity research among rural minority seniors). Award dates span September 2021 through July 2026, with completion dates extending through July 2029.

PIRE subcontracts on research and evaluation projects to prime grantees and contractors including the University of New Mexico, The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, University of California San Diego, University of California Los Angeles, Michigan State University, Ohio University, Ohio Department of Mental Health, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services, Klein Buendel Inc., and Sri International. Sub-award work centers on implementation science coaching (HIV Ending the HIV Epidemic projects), health equity evaluation design (racial disparities in dementia research), cost-effectiveness analysis for maternal and child health interventions, process and outcome evaluation for substance abuse and violence services integration, and external quality assurance for technical assistance centers. PIRE also subcontracts labor support to Hendall Inc. on a Quality Logistics Support task order (September 2023). The source shows nine SCI-reportable sub-award records with 10.5 FTEs delivered to federal agencies in FY2024 and 1.6 FTEs in FY2022, indicating a small but growing federal services footprint as a named subcontractor.

Activity has grown modestly over the past five years — eight awards in 2022, ten in 2023, seventeen in 2024, thirteen in 2025, and one in 2026 — with 518 total awards since 1983 and a combined obligated value of $401.8 million across all periods. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting moderate recompete exposure. PIRE's NAICS concentration is Educational Support Services (103 awards), Other Social Advocacy Organizations (42), and Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (25), reflecting its position as a research and evaluation intermediary. By PSC code, Social—Other dominates (170 awards), followed by Education/Training—General (30) and Support—Professional—Other (28).