Contracting office · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

693JJ9 NHTSA OFFICE OF ACQUISTION

693JJ9 NHTSA OFFICE OF ACQUISTION obligated $297.9M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 376 contract actions (+11% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was STRATACOMM, LLC ($76.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$297.9M
Actions
376
New awards: 101
Sole-source
16%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 185.5MFY2017
  2. 200.8MFY2018
  3. 221.9MFY2019
  4. 239.7MFY2020
  5. 226.9MFY2021
  6. 286.7MFY2022
  7. 319MFY2023
  8. 335.8MFY2024
  9. 268.4MFY2025
  10. 297.9MFY2026
  11. 50KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. STRATACOMM, LLC$76.7M26%
  2. KLD ASSOCIATES INC$35.4M12%
  3. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC$26M8.7%
  4. SPATIAL FRONT INC$15.5M5.2%
  5. STRONGBRIDGE LLC$14.3M4.8%
  6. HALVIK LLC$13.6M4.6%
  7. SIKICH FEDERAL INC.$8.9M3.0%
  8. THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC$7.2M2.4%
  9. WESTAT, INC.$6.4M2.2%
  10. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$6.4M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$207.9M70%
  2. IT & telecom$43.7M15%
  3. Research & development$43.5M15%
  4. Education & social services$2.1M0.7%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$630.3K0.2%
  6. Facilities & utilities$296.1K0.1%
  7. Health & medical$35K0.0%
  8. Equipment maintenance$6,6720.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$208M70%
  2. Virginia$35.2M12%
  3. Ohio$18.9M6.3%
  4. New York$8.8M3.0%
  5. Maryland$7M2.3%
  6. Michigan$4.5M1.5%
  7. Utah$4.3M1.4%
  8. Illinois$2.9M1.0%
  9. California$2.1M0.7%
  10. North Carolina$1.6M0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $73.3M
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $47.7M
  • Single-offer competitions8.6%
    US 8.7% · $25.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush42%
    US 6.1% · $123.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts1.1%
    US 5.0% · $3.2M
  • Time-and-materials pricing51%
    US 4.2% · $152.6M

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

Largest awards

  1. NEW CONTRACT TO PROVIDE FOR CRASH INVESTIGATION, PAR COLLECTION, AND DATA CODING AT 32 CRASH INVESTIGATION SAMPLING SYSTEM (CISS) SITES.$145.3M
    KLD ASSOCIATES INC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 15, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· 693JJ921C000011
  2. OBTAIN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES AS A TASK ORDER UNDER 693JJ924R000013.$131.7M
    STRATACOMM, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 30, 2024 – Mar 12, 2026· 693JJ924F00181N
  3. ARTEMIS-INVESTIGATIONS, RECALLS, O&M, AND CLOSEOUT (IROC)$47.4M
    SPATIAL FRONT INC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· 693JJ922F00008N
  4. ISSUE A NEW BASE PLUS FOUR (04) YEARS CALL ORDER UTILIZING THE OST SWES BPA FOR THE CRASH DATA ACQUISITION NETWORK (CDAN) OPERATION AND INFORMATION MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS.$34.9M
    STRONGBRIDGE LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 26, 2023 – Sep 29, 2026· 693JJ923F000030
  5. TITLE: OBTAIN NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, AND MEDIA SUPPORT$28.6M
    STRATACOMM, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 693JJ926F00041N
  6. EDMAS PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT SERVICES$22.9M
    HALVIK LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 31, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026· 693JJ924F00015N
  7. CRASH INVESTIGATION SAMPLING SYSTEM (CISS) QUALITY CONTROL CENTER OPERATIONS$20.8M
    AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY RESEARCH CENTER, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 2, 2021 – Sep 28, 2026· 693JJ921C000007
  8. ISSUE A NEW FIVE (05) YEAR CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING, ANALYTICAL, STATISTICAL, AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES TO SUPPORT FIVE (05) NHTSA OFFICES. TITLE: ENGINEERING, ANALYTICAL, STATISTICAL, AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FIVE NHTSA OFFICES.$19.7M
    BOWHEAD MISSION SOLUTIONS, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 27, 2022 – Aug 28, 2026· 693JJ922F00186N

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.