NAICS 541820: expiring federal contracts in Public Relations Agencies, Maryland

What NAICS 541820 covers, and the national list →

NAICS 541820, performed in Maryland. 16 prime contracts reach the end of their current period of performance within 365 days, 0 of them within 30. The national list for this code covers every state, and every industry in Maryland is on one page.

Data as of October 20, 2026, from USAspending.

Expiring: 16; within 365 days in Maryland
In the next 30 days: 0; 3 within 90 days
Current holders: 3; across 3 agencies
Obligated to date: $9.0M; median $381.9K

The 10 soonest to end

Ordered by end date. Every identifier links to the award on USAspending.

The 10 contracts under NAICS 541820 in Maryland that end soonest
Current holder	Agency	Ends	Value	Renewal score
A. BRIGHT IDEA, LLC 15DDHQ26F00000021 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration	Dec 15, 2026	$500,000	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
WESTAT, INC. 75F40122F19017 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration	Jan 6, 2027	$729,939	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
WESTAT, INC. 75F40124F19034 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration	Jan 6, 2027	$150,609	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
WESTAT, INC. 75F40124F19033 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration	Feb 28, 2027	$143,416	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
A. BRIGHT IDEA, LLC 15DDHQ26F00000834 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration	Mar 5, 2027	$350,000	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
WESTAT, INC. 75F40123F19027 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration	Mar 11, 2027	$258,981	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
WESTAT, INC. 75F40125F19038 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration	Mar 14, 2027	$413,794	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
WESTAT, INC. 75F40124F19035 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration	Mar 22, 2027	$127,532	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
A. BRIGHT IDEA, LLC 15DDHQ26F00000674 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration	Apr 15, 2027	$2,500,000	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)
A. BRIGHT IDEA, LLC 15DDHQ26F00000409 — open this award on USAspending	Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration	Apr 19, 2027	$1,070,263	10few signals No option periods left (current end date is the potential end date)

6 more expiring contracts in this list

This page shows the 10 soonest of 16 contracts under NAICS 541820 in Maryland that end within 365 days. A subscription opens the rest, with filters, renewal scores and a weekly email when something new enters your window.

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Who buys in Maryland

Department of Health and Human Services11 expiring
Department of Justice4 expiring
Department of Defense1 expiring

NAICS 541820 in Maryland: questions vendors ask

How many federal contracts under NAICS 541820 in Maryland are expiring?

16 prime contracts in Public Relations Agencies (NAICS 541820) in Maryland reach the end of their current period of performance within 12 months: 0 within 30 days and 3 within 90. They are held by 3 different vendors and were bought by 3 agencies. The figures are counted from USAspending, the government’s own record of prime contract awards, and rebuilt nightly.

When does the next NAICS 541820 contract in Maryland end?

The soonest ends on Dec 15, 2026. The table on this page lists the 10 soonest to end, in order, with the incumbent, the awarding agency, the end date and the amount obligated so far. An end date is the date in the award record, not a forecast.

Which agencies buy public relations agencies in Maryland?

The agencies with the most expiring work here are Department of Health and Human Services (11 contracts), Department of Justice (4 contracts), Department of Defense (1 contracts). In total 3 agencies have work under Public Relations Agencies (NAICS 541820) in Maryland ending within 12 months.

Does an expiring contract mean a recompete is coming?

Not on its own. A period of performance that ends is work somebody has to win again, but agencies also extend, consolidate, insource or cancel, and the award record does not say which in advance. Findingbase shows the dates and a renewal score built from five fixed rules, with the reasons each one fired; it does not predict the outcome and does not publish solicitations. The solicitation, when there is one, appears on SAM.gov.

How this page is built

Every contract here comes from USAspending, the federal government’s own record of prime contract awards. A contract appears when its current period of performance ends within 365 days. The table lists the 10 soonest to end — not the largest, and not the highest scoring — so it is a sample of what is really coming rather than a showcase. Award identifiers link back to the source. This page was last rebuilt for Oct 20, 2026.

10 of the 10 contracts in the table above carry a renewal score, and 16 of the 16 in the whole list do. A contract with no score has not been through scoring yet: that is not a low score, it is no score. Scoring works through the soonest expiry dates first.