Contracting office · Department of Veterans Affairs

256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256)

256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) obligated $545M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 4,618 contract actions (−8.1% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC ($33M).

Obligations · FY2026
$545M
Actions
4,618
New awards: 1,906
Sole-source
23%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 618MFY2017
  2. 705MFY2018
  3. 637.1MFY2019
  4. 628.9MFY2020
  5. 511.3MFY2021
  6. 539.5MFY2022
  7. 599.9MFY2023
  8. 531.5MFY2024
  9. 593MFY2025
  10. 545MFY2026
  11. 15.8MFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC$33M6.1%
  2. BRISTON CONSTRUCTION, LLC$29.4M5.4%
  3. VALOR HEALTHCARE INC$19.4M3.6%
  4. TRILLAMED LLC$16.1M2.9%
  5. BECKMAN COULTER, INC$15.1M2.8%
  6. FULWOOD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC$12.3M2.3%
  7. OLYMPUS AMERICA INC$10M1.8%
  8. PROMETHEUS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$9.6M1.8%
  9. LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$9.3M1.7%
  10. JETT'S SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, LLC$8.7M1.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$190.2M35%
  2. Construction & real property$143.7M26%
  3. Equipment maintenance$76.2M14%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$34.7M6.4%
  5. Professional services$29.9M5.5%
  6. Transportation & logistics$27.4M5.0%
  7. Facilities & utilities$27.2M5.0%
  8. IT & telecom$8.4M1.5%
  9. Education & social services$5.6M1.0%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.7M0.3%
  11. Fuel$107.3K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Texas$132M24%
  2. Mississippi$97.7M18%
  3. Arkansas$85.5M16%
  4. Louisiana$80.3M15%
  5. California$30.1M5.5%
  6. Virginia$16.6M3.1%
  7. Florida$12.4M2.3%
  8. Pennsylvania$12.2M2.2%
  9. North Carolina$10.9M2.0%
  10. Minnesota$7.6M1.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition42%
    US 39% · $228.8M
  • Sole-source awards23%
    US 30% · $124.6M
  • Single-offer competitions19%
    US 8.7% · $104.2M
  • Urgency justifications3.6%
    US 5.1% · $19.4M
  • Year-end rush8.0%
    US 6.0% · $43.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts7.0%
    US 5.0% · $38M
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.4%
    US 4.2% · $2.4M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Contracts terminated for default: 2

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$59.6K
1 award · 1 recipient

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 8, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. 564-19-403 RENOVATE STERILE PROCESSING SERVICES (SPS), FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72703. POP 720 CALENDAR DAYS FROM NTP. EO 14398$31M
    BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC· Washington County, AR· Construction & real property· Jun 23, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 36C25626C0046
  2. DIGITAL SCREENS LEASE$19.2M
    CHOISYS TECHNOLOGY INC.· Loudoun County, VA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 30, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· 36C25622C0109
  3. PATIENT ESCORT SERVICE$19M
    CRI FEDERAL SERVICES· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Jan 12, 2022 – Sep 3, 2026· 36C25622C0032
  4. PROJECT #502-17-102 (CONSTRUCTION) REPLACE ROOF AND HVAC OF BLDG 9$17.9M
    SERGENTS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS INC· Rapides Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Jun 3, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· 36C25625C0032
  5. ER PHYSICIAN SERVICES FOR THE MEDVAMC HOUSTON, TX$15.5M
    FEDHEALTH SYSTEMS ALLIANCE, LLC· Harris County, TX· Health & medical· Apr 24, 2024 – Jun 22, 2026· 36C25624C0012
  6. 586-22-104 RENOVATE N&FS KITCHEN CONSTRUCTION WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF 540 CALENDAR DAYS FROM NTP IS ISSUED.$12.3M
    FULWOOD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC· Hinds County, MS· Construction & real property· Jun 12, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 36C25626C0042
  7. 564-17-140 RENOVATE MED & SURG UNIT 2B.$12.3M
    DELCO LLC· Washington County, AR· Construction & real property· Jun 24, 2024 – Jul 2, 2026· 36C25624C0035
  8. RENOVATE JLM PODS 4B/4C TO DEVELOP PRIVATE/SEMI-PRIVATE BED SPACES$11.8M
    AVCOR CONSTRUCTION, LLC· Pulaski County, AR· Construction & real property· Dec 1, 2021 – Dec 11, 2025· 36C25622C0008

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.