The Institute For Intergovernmental Research, Inc.

The Institute For Intergovernmental Research, Inc., doing business as Institute For Intergovernmental Research, is a Florida-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that delivers training, technical assistance, and program-management services to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal justice and law enforcement agencies as a prime recipient on federal grants and as a subcontractor on research and development initiatives. IIR operates predominantly through federal cooperative agreements and project grants, competing on full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations across its award footprint.

IIR's capability portfolio centers on criminal justice information sharing, law enforcement training and wellness, gang violence prevention, sex offender registry management, and overdose fatality review support. Representative recent work includes a $854,962 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Sex Offender Sentencing Monitoring Apprehending Registering and Tracking (effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028) to provide ongoing support for state, territory, and tribal sex offender registry jurisdictions, develop and administer the SORNA Exchange Portal, the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System, and the Sex Offender Registry Tool, with place of performance in Tallahassee, Florida. IIR received a $2 million Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) overdose fatality review training and technical assistance delivered over 24 months. A $173,250 purchase order from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives funded Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program support. IIR also holds cooperative agreements supporting the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) program across six centers serving over 10,500 law enforcement agencies, the Center for Task Force Training, the National Ashanti Alert Network, and the Improving Criminal Justice Response training coordination network under the Office on Violence Against Women.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Justice, which accounts for the plurality of IIR's award activity. The Bureau of Justice Assistance leads with 90 awards, while the broader Office of Justice Programs umbrella accounts for 28 additional awards; the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement has issued 12 awards supporting G.R.E.A.T. programs in Central America. Together, the top five customer organizations represent 71 percent of recent awards. By potential value, however, the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service carries the largest single obligation at $5.5 million on one award, with the Department of Justice's Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives together accounting for $562 thousand across seven awards. The concentration reflects IIR's specialization in DOJ-funded criminal justice training, policy development, and information-sharing infrastructure rather than diversification across agencies.

IIR operates as a prime recipient in 98 percent of its award footprint (205 of 210 total awards), indicating a capacity to lead federal grant initiatives. IIR subcontracts on a limited basis; recent sub-award work includes de-escalation training standards development under the National Policing Institute and collaborative execution of the Community Resiliency Initiative with The CNA Corporation. Across SCI-reportable service contracts, IIR shows minimal subcontractor engagement, with only five SCI records spanning fiscal years 2022 through 2025, averaging 0.13 FTEs per year, indicating that SCI-captured service contract work is negligible relative to IIR's grant-funded operations. The organization's $6.8 million combined potential value across all awards masks the true federal obligation: $658.9 million in dollars obligated across all 210 awards demonstrates that IIR manages large cooperative agreements with extended performance periods, particularly in criminal justice training and information-sharing systems that span multiple fiscal years.

IIR's recent activity shows seven awards in 2023, rising to 19 in 2024, then declining to five in 2025 and one in 2026 (as of mid-September). Twenty awards carrying $18 thousand in combined potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. The organization's dominant NAICS categories are Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (20 awards) and Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (13 awards), reflecting its focus on policy development, program evaluation, and training-and-technical-assistance delivery rather than technology or IT services.