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Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA Consulting or APA) is a federally-registered small business founded in 1983 that provides research and policy analysis on education issues. It has served clients in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including state legislatures, state education agencies, school districts, cities, foundations, and non-profits. APA focuses exclusively on early childhood, K-12, and higher education, with expertise in school finance, program evaluation, cost modeling, and cost-benefit analysis.

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Binera, Inc. is a woman-owned small business and one of the preeminent peril risk management firms in the world. The company assists clients in assessing and managing risks from natural hazards, technological failures, and human-initiated events, combining engineering and analytical capabilities with technology and visualization techniques.

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Founded in 2008, Broadbase Analytics, LLC is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) located in Northern Virginia. It is a management consulting firm that provides program, financial, and contract management services to the Federal Government.

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C2RE is a multidisciplinary consulting firm that partners with government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and commercial clients to address complex organizational and public-sector challenges. It combines strategy, economics, research, technology, and leadership expertise to help clients understand problems, evaluate options, implement practical solutions, and measure progress. C2RE also developed EduCensus, a GPS-anchored, offline-first national school registry and field data collection platform.

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CAA (Cummings & Associates (CAA), Inc.) is a small, woman-owned consulting services firm founded in 2001 and experienced in providing program, project, and business management. It provides cost effective, scalable business and financial management solutions and services to government and industry clients, with expertise in capital investment planning, acquisition management, business and financial management, and project management.

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Cambridge Resources International (CRI) is a consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with over 20 years of experience in economic growth and development, public finance management, investment appraisal, small and medium enterprise development, and information and communication technology. Since 1997, CRI creates innovative solutions for governments and donors to address development challenges in economic growth, fiscal sustainability, poverty reduction, and food security.

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Castalia is an advisory firm that applies analytical rigor to solve infrastructure, resource, and policy challenges. It works across energy, water, transportation, telecommunications, natural resources, climate and environment, and social services markets, helping governments, regulators, international agencies, and private investors with market design, regulation, tariffs, infrastructure planning, transaction advisory, and financing.

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DC Analytics helps organizations understand their environment through research and analysis, analyst training and education, and project team management. Founded in 2008 by Diane Chido with fellow alums Suki Fuller, Jen Wozny, and Mark Blair, it serves government and international institutions, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Its analysis yields clear, concise, tailored products, with the motto 'We Inform so You can securely Decide.'

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EvalNetwork is an independent program evaluation consultancy led by James Pann, Ph.D., Principal Evaluator, based in Miami, Florida and working nationally. It provides external evaluation and research for nonprofits, community-based organizations, government agencies, universities, and coalitions in the health, human services, education, and justice sectors, with 25+ years of experience evaluating federally and foundation-funded programs.

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CW Financial & Management Group is an Illinois-based Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) certified by the State of Illinois' Central Management Services as a Minority Owned Small Business. It assists government and healthcare organizations with administrative and operational support, drawing on expertise in accounting, budgeting, auditing, process design and improvement, healthcare administration, financial analytics, and supply chain management.

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Data for Decisions, LLC (D f D) is a boutique economic consulting firm specializing in labor & employment and the life sciences. Based in Boston and founded by Lakshmi Bloom in 2007, it partners with leading companies, law firms, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to provide bespoke and actionable analyses.

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Enlightened Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held Maryland Corporation founded in 1984 by Michael Nail and Marjorie Scovel Nail. It is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business serving public sector clients, predominantly as an energy company providing energy-saving strategies, energy infrastructure financing and services, plus business consulting, writing and publishing services. It has two divisions: Enlightened Energy Consultants (EEC) and Enlightened Energy Solutions (EES).

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ECS was founded in 1994 as a leading national provider of innovations, development, deployment, and maintenance technology. It provides engineering, software development, simulation and modeling, information assurance, and integration, verification and deployment services, with a multi-disciplined professional staff averaging 15 years of technical experience. In January 2004 ECS acquired JVN Communications as a fully owned subsidiary.

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ESTA International (Energy Strategy and Technology Associates) is an independent consulting firm serving the energy industry worldwide, founded in 2009. It provides utility consulting and technical advisory services focused on grid modernization, smart grid, operational and enterprise technologies, DERs, microgrids, cybersecurity, grid resiliency, advanced protection, control and automation, digital transformation, energy markets, and asset management. It is unaffiliated with any vendor or product.

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Exeter Associates, Inc. is an independent consulting firm located in Columbia, Maryland, established in 1981. It provides energy, economics, and regulatory consulting services in public utility regulation and antitrust economics, applying economic and financial analysis to quantitative and policy issues in the electric, natural gas, water, and wastewater industries.

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FlexTG is a privately-held print and technology solutions corporation founded in 2005, headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. It provides managed print services (MPS) and office technology solutions, helping organizations reduce costs, gain visibility into their print environment, and simplify print management across distributed locations. FlexTG is a manufacturer-neutral provider with a nationwide network of W-2 technicians and a proprietary platform called FlexVision.

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Gravitas Grove LLC provides data-driven analytics and quantitative research services for municipal and county government agencies, combining academic rigor with production-grade data systems to deliver reproducible, audit-ready results. Services include Title VI compliance, housing needs assessments, GIS and data analytics, and economic analysis.

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Greene Economics, LLC is a small, women-owned and women-led environmental economics consulting firm. It quantifies the tradeoffs between environmental protection, social equity, and economic growth to help clients make sound and fair decisions. The firm is WBE-certified and brings economic analysis to complex environmental and social decisions.

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International Development Group LLC (IDG) is an international development organization serving the U.S. Government, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, as well as the World Bank, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and other international donors. Its mission is to catalyze resilient economic growth to alleviate poverty globally through technical assistance and capacity strengthening. Founded in 1988 as Sibley International, it was renamed International Development Group LLC in 2012

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Jack Faucett Analytics (JFA) is an independent economic and policy consultancy founded in 1963 by Jack Faucett, headquartered in Bethesda, MD. It is a veteran-owned small business serving federal, state, and municipal clients across all fifty states, providing economic research, public policy, and planning services with over 700 contracts delivered.

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Key-Log Economics is an ecological economics research and strategy firm that helps NGOs, businesses, governments, and communities measure and communicate the economic benefits of nature and apply that information to sustainable development and conservation policy. The firm works from Charlottesville and Hanoi (Key-Log Economics Việt Nam).

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