# State contract: Sterling Ideas Unlimited Inc. (VA)

> State-procurement record: https://www.xh1b.org/contract/462394de-dd10-465d-982e-e3c67cb6c3b2 · [vendor profile](https://www.xh1b.org/org/sterling-ideas-unlimited-inc-b0a40d4ea6)

Sterling Ideas Unlimited Inc. holds a VA state government contract with Virginia Museum of Natural History in Richmond, VA. The recorded award value is $43.20. It started on May 16, 2018. The vendor is linked to the Sterling Ideas Unlimited Inc employer dossier.

| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Vendor (as filed) | STERLING IDEAS UNLIMITED INC |
| Matched employer record | [Sterling Ideas Unlimited Inc](https://www.xh1b.org/org/sterling-ideas-unlimited-inc-b0a40d4ea6) |
| Awarding agency | Virginia Museum of Natural History |
| State | [VA](https://www.xh1b.org/state-contracts/VA) |
| Award amount | $43.20 |
| Start date | 2018-05-16 |
| NIGP | 03784 |
| Contract number | 2018_1885120 |
| Description (as filed) | Mars Mud |
| Place of performance | [Richmond, VA, 23231](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Richmond%2C%20VA%2C%2023231) |
| County (FIPS) | 51087 |
| Source URL | https://data.virginia.gov/dataset/eva-procurement-data-2024 |
| Ingested | 2026-08-23 |

The stored run 70c24659-f67e-4603-aff1-05541be681a9 belongs to state_contracts_rebuild, not this jurisdiction. Source custody is unresolved.

## Other government contracts with this vendor (2131 on record)

Page 1 of 267. 2131 related source records.

| Contract | Ledger | Date | Recorded value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/0850b2c5-ab3e-47be-8dcd-c1b6c3707ed5) | State · VA | 2026-03-23 | $135.00 (Award amount) |
| [Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/1cd72648-f7b0-4a86-9d20-31ddc2977e14) | State · VA | 2026-03-23 | $38.00 (Award amount) |
| [Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/75a589bd-2dc8-463b-9208-7f39072178d3) | State · VA | 2026-03-23 | $616.56 (Award amount) |
| [Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/bdaa01ee-1b52-4329-bb36-6a69fff6f05a) | State · VA | 2026-03-23 | $31.00 (Award amount) |
| [Office of the Attorney General](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/371b9429-44e4-4764-aef7-48279bf11c73) | State · VA | 2025-12-24 | $23.00 (Award amount) |
| [Department of Corrections](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/5b4f1f88-a3f5-4b18-93e8-f8ec5c89b888) | State · VA | 2025-12-24 | $25.00 (Award amount) |
| [Department of Corrections](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/5d5b16be-fb8e-49ff-af77-b2ea8c1f9c87) | State · VA | 2025-12-24 | $70.00 (Award amount) |
| [Office of the Attorney General](https://www.xh1b.org/contract/804bac3d-2a2b-42ae-a988-d29f3c08fd9a) | State · VA | 2025-12-24 | $1600.00 (Award amount) |

## More

- Full page (charts, tables, interactive): https://www.xh1b.org/contract/462394de-dd10-465d-982e-e3c67cb6c3b2


## References

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1. XH1B method or registry · XH1B. [State contracts and Connecticut payments: source registry; Reading Public Records and Derived Indicators](https://www.xh1b.org/data-sources). Source registry entry: state_contracts; Reading records: units, source coverage, wage gaps, entity links, and inference limits. XH1B dataset description: State government award and vendor records. Connecticut Open Expenditures records payments, including grants. Payment totals stay separate from contract awards. Record identity fields vary by source; amounts and descriptions do not set identity.; These are the site's review methods, not validated predictions of wrongdoing. Inspect underlying records and alternative explanations.

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2. Dataset documentation · USAspending / U.S. Treasury. [Federal Spending Guide: contract transactions](https://www.usaspending.gov/data/Federal-Spending-Guide.pdf#page=9). Pages 3, 5, 9 and 17: transactions, amount fields and recipient identifiers. Contract downloads contain prime award transactions. XH1B’s use of recipient identifiers for employer links is its own processing step. Checked 2026-10-18.