Federal award data, Rhode Island
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) contracts in Rhode Island (NAICS 541715)
How many federal research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) contracts are there in Rhode Island?
Federal agencies signed 298 new NAICS 541715 awards of $25,000 or more performed in Rhode Island in FY2016-FY2026, worth $484M. 64% were competed, and competed awards drew a median of 9 offers; 18% got a single offer. That is fewer offers than the national median for this code (11 offers).
USAspending.gov data, FY2016-FY2026. Updated .
- New awards
- 298
- Obligated
- $484M
- Median award
- $274,638
- Median offers
- 9
- Agencies signed about 27 new NAICS 541715 awards in Rhode Island a year from FY2016 to FY2025, 21 of them in FY2025.
- Rhode Island accounts for 0% of all NAICS 541715 awards nationwide.
- The median award was $274,638; 83 different companies won at least one award.
- 74% of awards that report a set-aside were set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program, most often small business set-asides.
- 32 of these awards reach their potential end date (all options exercised) in the next 12 months, so most of that work comes up for re-bid.
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Awards per fiscal year
New NAICS 541715 awards in Rhode Island of $25,000 or more by the fiscal year they were signed (October to September), with the amount obligated on them to date.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2017 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2018 | 15 | $18.3M |
| FY2019 | 37 | $18.2M |
| FY2020 | 41 | $23.2M |
| FY2021 | 39 | $33.2M |
| FY2022 | 34 | $92.5M |
| FY2023 | 37 | $111M |
| FY2024 | 48 | $150M |
| FY2025 | 21 | $8.1M |
| FY2026* | 26 | $29.2M |
* FY2026 is still filling in: the Department of Defense reports its awards 90 days late. Full years run to FY2025.
How competitive are these contracts?
64% of awards were competed. Competed awards drew a median of 9 offers, against 3 offers across all federal contracts; 18% got a single offer.
| Offers received | Competed awards |
|---|---|
| 1 (single offer) | 32 (18%) |
| 2 | 13 (7%) |
| 3-4 | 18 (10%) |
| 5-9 | 38 (21%) |
| 10+ | 77 (43%) |
178 competed awards with an offer count. Not competed: 108 awards (sole source, follow-on or not available for competition).
Set-asides
74% of the 191 awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program.
| Set-aside | Awards |
|---|---|
| Small business | 142 (74%) |
| No set-aside | 49 (26%) |
Orders placed under an existing contract vehicle often leave the set-aside blank (it is recorded on the vehicle), so they are left out here.
How big are the awards?
The median award was $274,638. 17% were under $100,000, the range where agencies often use simplified acquisition.
| Amount obligated | Awards |
|---|---|
| Under $100K | 50 (17%) |
| $100K-$1M | 180 (60%) |
| $1M-$10M | 63 (21%) |
| $10M+ | 5 (2%) |
Which agencies buy it in Rhode Island?
The agency components with the most new NAICS 541715 awards performed in Rhode Island.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Navy | 166 | $216M |
| Department of the Air Force | 30 | $130M |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 27 | $2.3M |
| Department of the Army | 26 | $22.6M |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | 9 | $7.5M |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 8 | $11.6M |
| Defense Contract Management Agency | 6 | $6.4M |
| Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 4 | $2.9M |
Largest awards
The five awards with the most obligated, as described by the contracting office. Each links to its record on USAspending.gov.
- Naval undersea warfare center engineering and modernization operations analysis for naval undersea warfare...Department of the Air Force, FY2024$109M
- Electromagnetic maneuver warfare modular suite (emwms)Department of the Navy, FY2022$72.2M
- Atd hmi sbir iii. this sbir phase iii derives from sbir phase i contract n00024-15-p-4508 and sbir phase...Federal Acquisition Service, FY2023$63.8M
- Smart electrically powered and networked textile systems (smart epants) programDepartment of the Navy, FY2023$24.9M
- Research support for sstpDepartment of the Navy, FY2021$11.1M
Coming up for re-bid
32 of these awards reach their potential end date (every option exercised) in the 12 months after November 5, 2026. Agencies usually post the follow-on solicitation, or a sources-sought notice, months before that.
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How many bids do NAICS 541715 contracts in Rhode Island get?
Competed awards drew a median of 9 offers (FY2016-FY2026, 178 awards with an offer count). 18% got a single offer and 65% got five or more. Across all federal contracts the median is 3 offers.
Which agencies award the most NAICS 541715 contracts in Rhode Island?
By number of new awards in FY2016-FY2026: Department of the Navy (56%), Department of the Air Force (10%), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (9%). Agencies that buy often are the ones to watch for recompetes and sources-sought notices.
How many NAICS 541715 contracts in Rhode Island are set aside for small business?
74% of the awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program: small business set-asides 74%. Orders under existing contract vehicles often leave the field blank, so those are not counted.
Where the numbers come from
Every new federal contract award of $25,000 or more signed from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2026 (FY2016 to FY2026), as reported to USAspending.gov from the Federal Procurement Data System: definitive contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders and BPA calls. Amounts are what has been obligated on each award to date, options and modifications included. Place is the place of performance.
Offer counts are FPDS's “number of offers received” on competed awards. Award recipients are counted but not named here. Pages with fewer than 150 awards (500 for one code in one state) are left out of search engines, because a handful of awards can swing the numbers.
Compiled by Falkview US from public data, updated November 5, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to the page.
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