Federal sub-agency · Department of the Interior

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement obligated $79.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 405 contract actions (+9.4% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC ($28.3M). It also awarded $550.1K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$79.1M
Actions
405
New awards: 85
Sole-source
3.6%
Small business
59%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 49.3MFY2017
  2. 38.4MFY2018
  3. 47.5MFY2019
  4. 48.1MFY2020
  5. 57.7MFY2021
  6. 69.7MFY2022
  7. 63.7MFY2023
  8. 88.4MFY2024
  9. 72.3MFY2025
  10. 79.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC$28.3M36%
  2. NUAXIS LLC$11.3M14%
  3. TEKSYNAP CORPORATION$8.2M10%
  4. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$7.2M9.1%
  5. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$4.1M5.2%
  6. EMERGENT, LLC$3.9M4.9%
  7. MAKPAR-NUAXIS JV LLC$2.9M3.6%
  8. CHET MORRISON CONTRACTORS LLC$2.5M3.2%
  9. NASH HOLDINGS INC$1.6M2.0%
  10. COASTAL FRONTIERS CORPORATION$978.5K1.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$36.2M46%
  2. Facilities & utilities$35.2M44%
  3. Professional services$5.4M6.8%
  4. Research & development$1.3M1.6%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$915.4K1.2%
  6. Equipment maintenance$66.8K0.1%
  7. Health & medical$45.4K0.1%
  8. Transportation & logistics$24.6K0.0%
  9. Education & social services$15K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Louisiana$36.5M46%
  2. Virginia$25.3M32%
  3. Texas$9M11%
  4. New Mexico$3.3M4.2%
  5. New Jersey$1.2M1.5%
  6. California$995.7K1.3%
  7. Colorado$974.5K1.2%
  8. Maryland$457.2K0.6%
  9. New York$371.1K0.5%
  10. North Carolina$251.1K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.7%
    US 39% · $5.3M
  • Sole-source awards3.6%
    US 30% · $2.8M
  • Single-offer competitions3.1%
    US 8.7% · $2.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush7.0%
    US 6.0% · $5.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing1.6%
    US 4.2% · $1.3M

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. ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION$2.8M3.6%

Largest awards

  1. ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORE SERVICES$72.9M
    NUAXIS LLC· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Oct 29, 2020 – Sep 11, 2026· 140E0121F0002
  2. TIMS IT APPLICATION SUPPORT SERVICES BPA - TASK ORDER 0002: TIMS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES$16.4M
    TEKSYNAP CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 8, 2023 – Jan 5, 2026· 140E0123F0058
  3. T06 - 'MAKE SAFE' OPERATIONS, WELL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WELL DECOMMISSIONING, AND POST PLUGGING ASSESSMENTS IN THE WEST DELTA AND HIGH ISLAND AREAS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY T$15M
    PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC· Jefferson Parish, LA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 16, 2025 – May 21, 2026· 140E0125F0068
  4. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL LABOR, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO PERFORM INITIAL WELL INSPECTIONS, WELL `MAKE SAFE' OPERATIONS, WELL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WELL DECOMMISSIONING, AND METHANE EMISSION ASSESSMENTS (PRE AND PO$14.8M
    PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC· Jefferson Parish, LA· Facilities & utilities· Mar 18, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 140E0126F0019
  5. TIMS IT APPLICATION SUPPORT SERVICES BPA - TASK ORDER 0001: TIMS APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT$13.2M
    TEKSYNAP CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 8, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· 140E0123F0057
  6. TIMS OPERATIONS$12M
    MAKPAR-NUAXIS JV LLC· Jefferson Parish, LA· IT & telecom· Mar 21, 2023 – May 26, 2026· 140E0123F0029
  7. INITIAL PLATFORM INSPECTIONS, PLATFORM `MAKE SAFE' OPERATIONS, WELLBORE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, AND DECOMMISSIONING IN THE WEST DELTA 27/28/29 AREAS OF THE GULF OF AMERICA THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL LABOR, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPERVISI$10.2M
    PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC· Jefferson Parish, LA· Facilities & utilities· May 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 140E0126F0005
  8. MICROSOFT AZURE CLOUD SERVICES$8.7M
    DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P· Williamson County, TX· IT & telecom· Feb 14, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 140E0125F0014

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 Safety and Environmental Enforcement obligated $550.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10 actions (2 new awards), −94% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.441 · Safety and Environmental Research and Data Collection for Offshore Energy and Mineral Activities ($508.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$550.1K
New awards
2
Actions
10
Since FY2021
$25.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.9MFY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 4.7MFY2023
  4. 4.7MFY2024
  5. 8.7MFY2025
  6. 550.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$550.1K100%

Top programs

  1. 15.441 · Safety and Environmental Research and Data Collection for Offshore Energy and Mineral Activities$508.9K93%
  2. 15.442 · Alaska Native Science and Engineering$50K9.1%
  3. 15.019 · Experienced Services-$8,8390.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$409K74%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX
  2. NATIONAL EXPERIENCED WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, INC$91.1K17%
    ARLINGTON, VA
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE$50K9.1%
    ANCHORAGE, AK

Where it went

  1. Texas$409K74%
  2. Virginia$91.1K17%
  3. Alaska$50K9.1%

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: $896.4K (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $115K (1 subaward)

5 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. BENNETT BROTHERS MECHANICAL, INC$465K46%
    MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ · 1 subaward
  2. LIGHTNING PREVENTION SYSTEMS, INC.$243.1K24%
    WEST BERLIN, NJ · 1 subaward
  3. RESA SERVICE, LLC$128.1K13%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  4. KELSON MARINE CO$115K11%
    PORTLAND, ME · 1 subaward
  5. H2M ASSOCIATES, INC.$60.2K5.9%
    PARSIPPANY, NJ · 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.

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.