Contracting office · Department of Veterans Affairs

257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)

257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257) obligated $589.9M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 4,356 contract actions (+5% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was WICHITA FALLS TRI-TECH, LLC ($24.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$589.9M
Actions
4,356
New awards: 1,574
Sole-source
19%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 444.7MFY2017
  2. 546.9MFY2018
  3. 639.3MFY2019
  4. 643.1MFY2020
  5. 528.9MFY2021
  6. 516.7MFY2022
  7. 514.9MFY2023
  8. 497.4MFY2024
  9. 561.8MFY2025
  10. 589.9MFY2026
  11. 14.5MFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. WICHITA FALLS TRI-TECH, LLC$24.6M4.2%
  2. SDV OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC$18.2M3.1%
  3. BILLY W. JARRETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.$17.7M3.0%
  4. VALOR HEALTHCARE INC$16.7M2.8%
  5. POTOMAC VALOR HEALTHCARE 2, LLC$16.1M2.7%
  6. PRIMARY CARE SOLUTIONS INC$15.7M2.7%
  7. BRADSHER, JAMES E$13.9M2.4%
  8. BECKMAN COULTER, INC$13.1M2.2%
  9. ROCK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC$12.8M2.2%
  10. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$9.2M1.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$239M41%
  2. Construction & real property$120M20%
  3. Equipment maintenance$92.4M16%
  4. Transportation & logistics$38.6M6.5%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$37.5M6.4%
  6. Professional services$23M3.9%
  7. Facilities & utilities$18.9M3.2%
  8. Education & social services$10M1.7%
  9. IT & telecom$9.3M1.6%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.2M0.2%
  11. Research & development$37.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Texas$464.6M79%
  2. California$35.1M6.0%
  3. North Carolina$20.8M3.5%
  4. Florida$12M2.0%
  5. New Jersey$11.1M1.9%
  6. Kentucky$8.8M1.5%
  7. Pennsylvania$5.6M0.9%
  8. Massachusetts$4.5M0.8%
  9. Illinois$4.3M0.7%
  10. Michigan$3.9M0.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition35%
    US 39% · $208M
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $110.8M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.7% · $97.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.8%
    US 5.1% · $4.7M
  • Year-end rush4.4%
    US 6.1% · $26.2M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $711.1K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Contracts terminated for default: 7

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
$55.9K
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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 9, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. BOILER PLANT CONSTRUCTION$36M
    SAW GREENLAND, LLC· Bell County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 4, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026· 36C25725C0020
  2. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE RENOVATION OF BLDG. 10 FOR CLC LOCATED AT THE DORIS MILLER VA.$20.1M
    WICHITA FALLS TRI-TECH, LLC· McLennan County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2025 – May 7, 2026· 36C25725C0077
  3. CONSOLIDATE OUTPATIENT CLINIC BLDG. 1$18.5M
    BANCROFT VALIANT JOINT VENTURE LLC· McLennan County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 6, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 36C25723C0098
  4. EO 14398- IMPROVE ROADS AND ENTRANCES, CENTRAL TX HCS. PROJECT #674-20-109$17.7M
    BILLY W. JARRETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.· Bell County, TX· Construction & real property· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 36C25726C0058
  5. RENOVATION OF 8TH FLOOR OF BUILDING 2J FOR INPATIENT PROCESSING AT THE DALLAS VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER.$15.6M
    POINTER CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC· Broward County, FL· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 36C25724C0077
  6. BASE YEAR TASK ORDER$15.4M
    POTOMAC VALOR HEALTHCARE 2, LLC· Dallas County, TX· Health & medical· Jul 26, 2024 – Dec 19, 2025· 36C25724N0080
  7. STX HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES$14.6M
    ALCAZAR TRADES, INC· Bexar County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Feb 28, 2022 – Feb 2, 2026· 36C25722F0054
  8. 674-21-101 NRM RECONFIGURE OUTPATIENT REHAB MEDICINE$14.6M
    WICHITA FALLS TRI-TECH, LLC· Bell County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· 36C25725C0069

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.