Contracting office · U.S. Customs and Border Protection

BORDER ENFORCEMENT CONTRACTING DIVISION

BORDER ENFORCEMENT CONTRACTING DIVISION obligated $668.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,886 contract actions (+15% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC ($84.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$668.2M
Actions
1,886
New awards: 493
Sole-source
12%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 274.4MFY2017
  2. 309.3MFY2018
  3. 567.2MFY2019
  4. 623.6MFY2020
  5. 767.7MFY2021
  6. 768.9MFY2022
  7. 870.7MFY2023
  8. 598.3MFY2024
  9. 580.3MFY2025
  10. 668.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$50.5M7.6%
  2. LEIDOS, INC.$44.2M6.6%
  3. DIGNARI, LLC$33.6M5.0%
  4. ISS ACTION INC$23.9M3.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$285.6M43%
  2. Professional services$83.2M12%
  3. Transportation & logistics$78.3M12%
  4. Health & medical$75.1M11%
  5. IT & telecom$74.7M11%
  6. Facilities & utilities$56.5M8.5%
  7. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$3.8M0.6%
  8. Equipment maintenance$3.6M0.5%
  9. Research & development$3.5M0.5%
  10. Construction & real property$2.2M0.3%
  11. Education & social services$1.7M0.2%
  12. Fuel$185.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$179.5M27%
  2. Texas$137.2M21%
  3. Virginia$112.2M17%
  4. New York$53.1M7.9%
  5. Alaska$52.4M7.8%
  6. Florida$29.7M4.4%
  7. Maryland$10.1M1.5%
  8. Arizona$8.8M1.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition40%
    US 39% · $265.5M
  • Sole-source awards12%
    US 30% · $77.2M
  • Single-offer competitions28%
    US 8.8% · $188.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $743.5K
  • Year-end rush21%
    US 5.6% · $138.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing21%
    US 4.2% · $142.1M

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

Largest awards

  1. RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC· Hidalgo County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2021 – Aug 31, 2026· 70B03C21F00001132
  2. ASTROPHYSICS INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2021 – Sep 28, 2026· 70B03C21F00001090
  3. LEIDOS, INC.· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2021 – Jun 16, 2026· 70B03C21F00001091
  4. RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2021 – Sep 3, 2026· 70B03C21F00001089
  5. LOYAL SOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC· Val Verde County, TX· Health & medical· Sep 26, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 70B03C25F00000633
  6. RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2020 – Sep 21, 2026· 70B03C20F00000452
  7. SMITHS DETECTION INC.· Blount County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 25, 2020 – Jun 18, 2026· 70B03C20F00000453
  8. ISS ACTION INC· Queens County, NY· Transportation & logistics· Jul 29, 2022 – Jan 15, 2026· 70B03C22F00000740

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.