Federal sub-agency · Department of the Treasury

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of Engraving and Printing obligated $512M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,378 contract actions (−23% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was CRANE & CO., INC. ($190.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$512M
Actions
1,378
New awards: 562
Sole-source
36%
Small business
26%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 516.6MFY2017
  2. 365.6MFY2018
  3. 403MFY2019
  4. 395.1MFY2020
  5. 848.1MFY2021
  6. 555.7MFY2022
  7. 500.1MFY2023
  8. 891.3MFY2024
  9. 665.7MFY2025
  10. 512MFY2026
  11. 25.2MFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. CRANE & CO., INC.$190.9M37%
  2. KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA$57M11%
  3. SICPA SECURINK CORP$41.3M8.1%
  4. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$14.9M2.9%
  5. STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION$10.6M2.1%
  6. ROLIC TECHNOLOGIES AG$9.7M1.9%
  7. FCN, INC.$9.1M1.8%
  8. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO$6.6M1.3%
  9. ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SERVICES INC$5.5M1.1%
  10. TATITLEK GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC$5.4M1.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$297.2M58%
  2. IT & telecom$96.4M19%
  3. Research & development$32.7M6.4%
  4. Facilities & utilities$28.7M5.6%
  5. Professional services$22.7M4.4%
  6. Equipment maintenance$15.6M3.1%
  7. Construction & real property$12.4M2.4%
  8. Health & medical$2.8M0.6%
  9. Fuel$1.3M0.2%
  10. Transportation & logistics$1.1M0.2%
  11. Education & social services$540.7K0.1%
  12. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$439.5K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Massachusetts$191.1M37%
  2. District of Columbia$144.4M28%
  3. Abroad$55.5M11%
  4. Virginia$47.7M9.3%
  5. Texas$37.4M7.3%
  6. South Dakota$10.6M2.1%
  7. New Mexico$4.2M0.8%
  8. Maryland$3.4M0.7%
  9. California$3.3M0.6%
  10. New Jersey$3M0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition47%
    US 39% · $242.8M
  • Sole-source awards36%
    US 30% · $184.7M
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.7% · $58.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.2%
    US 5.1% · $1.3M
  • Year-end rush14%
    US 6.1% · $74.1M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $79.4K
  • Time-and-materials pricing2.8%
    US 4.2% · $14.6M

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER$171.3M41%
  2. IRS BEP IT ACQUISITION$13.4M14%

Contracts terminated for default: 2

Largest awards

  1. INTAGLIO PRESSES FOR BEP FACILITIES ORDER$149.7M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· 2031ZA24F00674
  2. DESIGN, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION, SET-UP, TESTING AND TRAINING OF THREE (3) NON-SEQUENTIAL LARGE EXAMINING AND PRINTING EQUIPMENT (NS-LEPE) MACHINES WITH OPTION FOR THREE ADDITIONAL NS-LEPE.$128.5M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 27, 2017 – May 28, 2026· 2031ZA17C00174
  3. BEP MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM(MES) SUPPORT SERVICES CYRBYME-NA$124.4M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· May 14, 2021 – May 4, 2026· 2031ZB21F00015
  4. ROTARY SCREEN PRESSES FOR ECF AND WCF$122.2M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 5, 2024 – Aug 11, 2026· 2031ZA24C00044
  5. SNI FINISHING SYSTEM$101.6M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 15, 2022 – Sep 21, 2026· 2031ZA22C00388
  6. HOT FOIL MACHINE$80.2M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 20, 2023 – Jul 24, 2026· 2031ZA23C00254
  7. TWO (2) NS-LEPE, ONE (1) FOR WCF AND ONE (1) FOR DCRF. OPTIONS FOR FIVE (5) ADDITIONAL NS-LEPE MACHINES MAY BE REQUESTED BY WRITTEN NOTICE AND SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE BEP.$74.2M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 6, 2025 – May 26, 2026· 2031ZA25C00002
  8. OFFSET PRESSES FOR BEP FACILITIES DELIVERY ORDER$25M
    KOENIG & BAUER BANKNOTE SOLUTIONS SA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 14, 2025 – Mar 31, 2026· 2031ZA25F00191

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.4M (4 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. SIKICH CPA LLC$776.8K55%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward
  2. MBO PARTNERS INC$352.8K25%
    ASHBURN, VA · 1 subaward
  3. WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGY, INC$200K14%
    PARAMOUNT, CA · 1 subaward
  4. OPTICAL COATING LABORATORY, LLC$87.9K6.2%
    SANTA ROSA, CA · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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.