Federal sub-agency · Department of the Interior

Bureau of Reclamation

Bureau of Reclamation obligated $762M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,895 contract actions (−29% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC ($132.5M). It also awarded $1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$762M
Actions
2,895
New awards: 722
Sole-source
3.4%
Small business
37%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 395.2MFY2017
  2. 438.3MFY2018
  3. 419.3MFY2019
  4. 439.1MFY2020
  5. 556.7MFY2021
  6. 920.8MFY2022
  7. 706.5MFY2023
  8. 1.1BFY2024
  9. 1.1BFY2025
  10. 762MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC$132.5M17%
  2. NW CONSTRUCTION, INC$126.7M17%
  3. FLATLAND ENERGY SERVICES LLC$75.5M9.9%
  4. CARSTENSEN CONTRACTING INC$72.9M9.6%
  5. OLSSON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC, INC$68.7M9.0%
  6. PATE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$37M4.9%
  7. BURKE ELECTRIC, L.L.C.$8.9M1.2%
  8. JACOBS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CO.$8.5M1.1%
  9. SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT$8.1M1.1%
  10. PALOUSE POWER LLC$7.4M1.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$607.4M80%
  2. Facilities & utilities$44.8M5.9%
  3. Professional services$38.3M5.0%
  4. IT & telecom$26.4M3.5%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$23.6M3.1%
  6. Equipment maintenance$17.6M2.3%
  7. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$3.1M0.4%
  8. Fuel$504.9K0.1%
  9. Education & social services$200.7K0.0%
  10. Transportation & logistics$98.9K0.0%
  11. Health & medical$17.5K0.0%
  12. Research & development$4,0100.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Mexico$308.4M40%
  2. California$264.6M35%
  3. Colorado$74.3M9.8%
  4. Washington$22M2.9%
  5. Nevada$20.9M2.7%
  6. Arizona$19.3M2.5%
  7. Montana$11.8M1.6%
  8. Utah$9.7M1.3%
  9. Oregon$6.9M0.9%
  10. Wyoming$4.2M0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition16%
    US 39% · $120.8M
  • Sole-source awards3.4%
    US 30% · $25.8M
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.7% · $95M
  • Urgency justifications0.2%
    US 5.1% · $1.5M
  • Year-end rush19%
    US 6.0% · $143.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.6%
    US 5.0% · $4.4M
  • Time-and-materials pricing1.5%
    US 4.2% · $11.5M

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. LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE$8M16%
  2. UPPER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE$5.5M1.6%
  3. MP-REGIONAL OFFICE$3.6M1.4%
  4. DENVER FED CENTER$3.1M20%
  5. GRAND COULEE POWER OFFICE$2.8M24%

Contracts terminated for default: 4

Largest awards

  1. POJOAQUE BASIN REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM$361.6M
    CDM CONSTRUCTORS INC· Santa Fe County, NM· Construction & real property· Feb 21, 2017 – Sep 4, 2026· INR17PC00023
  2. SAN JUAN LATERAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT$271M
    JACOBS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CO.· San Juan County, NM· Construction & real property· Aug 30, 2024 – Sep 10, 2026· 140R4024C0013
  3. THE WORK REQUIRED IS FOR PHASE II OF B.F. SISK DAM SOD MODIFICATIONS.$257.4M
    NW CONSTRUCTION, INC· Merced County, CA· Construction & real property· May 20, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· 140R2025C0004
  4. FKC MIDDLE REACH CAPACITY CORRECTION PROJECT PHASE 1$187.9M
    BWI TPC, A JOINT VENTURE· Tulare County, CA· Construction & real property· Oct 13, 2021 – Aug 5, 2026· 140R2022C0001
  5. BF SISK SAFETY OF DAMS (SOD) MODIFICATIONS, PHASE I, THIS PHASE INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF SHEAR KEYS, STABILITY BERMS, AND SPILLWAY MODIFICATION. THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THE SELECT FOUNDATION MATERIALS THAT THE DAM WAS BUILT UPON AND WILL$139.3M
    NW CONSTRUCTION, INC· Fresno County, CA· Construction & real property· Apr 27, 2022 – Jun 1, 2026· 140R2022C0007
  6. LEADVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT$133.2M
    OSCAR RENDA CONTRACTING INC· Lake County, CO· Construction & real property· Sep 20, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 140R6024C0015
  7. THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE HYRUM DAM SPILLWAY REPLACEMENT PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGAN, UTAH IN CACHE COUNTY, UTAH. THE OVERALL WORK IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SPILLWAY AND THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SPILL$115.1M
    AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC· Cache County, UT· Construction & real property· Mar 21, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· 140R4025C0005
  8. BULL LAKE DAM SPILLWAY MODIFICATIONS, RIVERTON UNIT, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM, WYOMING$109M
    KREW HEAVY CIVIL LLC· Fremont County, WY· Construction & real property· Sep 20, 2018 – Apr 2, 2026· 140R6018C0015

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Bureau of Reclamation obligated $1B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,342 actions (278 new awards), −39% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.567 · Colorado River System Conservation Pilot ($253.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1B
New awards
278
Actions
1,342
Since FY2021
$6.8B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 451.6MFY2021
  2. 928.8MFY2022
  3. 1.4BFY2023
  4. 1.3BFY2024
  5. 1.7BFY2025
  6. 1BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$939.2M92%
  2. Other assistance$80M7.8%
  3. Direct payments$495K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 15.567 · Colorado River System Conservation Pilot$253.5M25%
  2. 15.504 · Watersmart Water Recycling$205.6M20%
  3. 15.517 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act$87.4M8.6%
  4. 15.553 · Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System$77M7.6%
  5. 15.518 · Garrison Diversion Unit$60.2M5.9%
  6. 15.507 · Watersmart (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow)$53.4M5.2%
  7. 15.514 · Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief$30.1M2.9%
  8. 15.577 · Domestic Water Supply Projects$29.3M2.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION$109.7M11%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT
  2. EASTERN NEW MEXICO WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY$77M7.6%
    CLOVIS, NM
  3. LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER$60M5.9%
    LOS ANGELES, CA
  4. GARRISON DIVERSION CONSERVANCY DISTRICT$49.5M4.9%
    CARRINGTON, ND
  5. COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT$40M3.9%
    GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO
  6. STATE OF UTAH, DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES$37.4M3.7%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT
  7. KLAMATH PROJECT DROUGHT RESPONSE AGENCY$34.7M3.4%
    KLAMATH FALLS, OR
  8. ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT$30.4M3.0%
    FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA

Where it went

  1. California$264.2M26%
  2. Utah$162.6M16%
  3. Colorado$106.1M10%
  4. New Mexico$102.4M10%
  5. North Dakota$60.6M5.9%
  6. Texas$55.4M5.4%
  7. Washington$49.5M4.9%
  8. Idaho$35.6M3.5%
  9. Montana$32.5M3.2%
  10. Arizona$30.9M3.0%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

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: $48.4M (126 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $12.8M (20 subawards)

100 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. MEITEC, INC.$22.2M36%
    METAIRIE, LA · 1 subaward
  2. ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, LLC$7.5M12%
    IRVING, TX · 3 subawards
  3. ELLIOTT ELECTRIC SUPPLY, INC.$5.7M9.3%
    NACOGDOCHES, TX · 2 subawards
  4. YUROK TRIBE$5.7M9.2%
    KLAMATH, CA · 1 subaward
  5. PILLAR INNOVATIONS, LLC$5.4M8.8%
    GRANTSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  6. GOULDS PUMPS CO., LTD.$4.5M7.3%
    CHEONGJU-SI, KOR · 2 subawards
  7. SUNNYSIDE VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT$3.9M6.4%
    SUNNYSIDE, WA · 3 subawards
  8. PULSCO, INC.$2.9M4.7%
    SANTA ANA, CA · 2 subawards
  9. NEWTERRA CORPORATION, INC.$2.4M3.9%
    CORAOPOLIS, PA · 1 subaward
  10. MESA SAND & GRAVEL INC$2.2M3.5%
    FARMINGTON, NM · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$43.3M
Clients
131
Reports
253

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Transportation
  2. SALT RIVER PROJECTAI match · 100%$650K
    100% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Environment and Superfund
  3. Northern California Power Agency$512.5K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  4. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California$410K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Clean air and water
  5. Association of California Water Agencies$250K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Clean air and water
  6. Trout Unlimited$240K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Clean air and water
  7. National Water Resources Association$230K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Clean air and water
  8. Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc.AI match · 100%$135K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Natural resources
  9. Santa Clara Valley Water District$130K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Environment and Superfund
  10. Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians$120K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Indian and Native American affairs
  11. City of Roseville$100K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Clean air and water
  12. Standing Rock Sioux TribeAI match · 100%$100K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Indian and Native American affairs
  13. COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBESAI match · 100%$80K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Natural resources, Indian and Native American affairs, Gaming, gambling and casinos
  14. Columbia Basin Project (FKA) Washington State Water Resources Association$70K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Clean air and water
  15. City of Flagstaff$60K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations

5 more clients ($170K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.