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ANTITRUST DIVISION

ANTITRUST DIVISION obligated $11.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 80 contract actions (−67% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SECRETARIAT ECONOMISTS LLC ($2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$11.8M
Actions
80
New awards: 25
Sole-source
56%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.7MFY2017
  2. 1.3MFY2018
  3. 4.5MFY2019
  4. 5.3MFY2020
  5. 4.1MFY2021
  6. 6.1MFY2022
  7. 24.6MFY2023
  8. 31.7MFY2024
  9. 35.2MFY2025
  10. 11.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SECRETARIAT ECONOMISTS LLC$2M17%
  2. NEW MARKET INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING INC.$1.9M16%
  3. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$1.6M13%
  4. TRAIL OF BITS INC$1.3M11%
  5. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC$1M8.5%
  6. ANACAPA MICRO PRODUCTS, INC.$965.1K8.2%
  7. WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$712.6K6.1%
  8. BATES WHITE, LLC$678.1K5.8%
  9. GREAT WATERS FEDERAL, LLC.$422.5K3.6%
  10. OMNI BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC$235.8K2.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$7.4M63%
  2. IT & telecom$4.1M35%
  3. Equipment maintenance$122.9K1.0%
  4. Construction & real property$49.1K0.4%
  5. Facilities & utilities$29.5K0.3%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$16.4K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$4M34%
  2. District of Columbia$3.3M28%
  3. California$2M17%
  4. New York$1.3M11%
  5. Missouri$712.6K6.1%
  6. Texas$190K1.6%
  7. Maryland$66.1K0.6%
  8. Colorado$53.9K0.5%
  9. Minnesota$49.1K0.4%
  10. New Mexico$43.3K0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition67%
    US 39% · $7.8M
  • Sole-source awards56%
    US 30% · $6.6M
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.8% · $1.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush22%
    US 5.6% · $2.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing60%
    US 4.2% · $7M

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

Largest awards

  1. EXPERT WITNESS$13.5M
    BATES WHITE, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 9, 2023 – Jan 28, 2026· 15JATR23C00000068
  2. EXPERT$9.9M
    THE BRATTLE GROUP INC· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 5, 2023 – Jul 2, 2026· 15JATR23C00000101
  3. EXPERT$4M
    SECRETARIAT ECONOMISTS LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 19, 2023 – Jun 8, 2026· 15JATR23C00000074
  4. LITCON$3.8M
    NEW MARKET INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING INC.· Prince William County, VA· Professional services· Jul 29, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026· 15JATR25C00000060
  5. RENEWAL OF CISCO WIRED AND WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE REFRESH FOR REMOTE OFFICES$1.5M
    THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 15JATR26F00000031
  6. TEMPORARY HR FULL-TIME SUPPORT SERVICES PER THE ATTACHED PRICE QUOTE ON TABLE 3 TOTAL BASE PERIOD, PAGE 5, POP 6/20/23-3/22/2024.$1.5M
    YOUR RECRUITING COMPANY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jun 16, 2023 – Mar 20, 2026· 15JATR23F00000025
  7. EXPERT$1.3M
    TRAIL OF BITS INC· Kings County, NY· Professional services· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 15JATR26P00000009
  8. EXPERT WITNESS$1.2M
    THE BRATTLE GROUP INC· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Nov 18, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025· 15JATR25C00000008

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.