Contracting office · Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO IL DIVISION OFFICE

CHICAGO IL DIVISION OFFICE obligated $280.1K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 49 contract actions (−43% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION ($43.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$280.1K
Actions
49
New awards: 12
Sole-source
71%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 796KFY2017
  2. 1.1MFY2018
  3. 328.6KFY2019
  4. 249.4KFY2020
  5. 296.3KFY2021
  6. 332.1KFY2022
  7. 261.3KFY2023
  8. 302.5KFY2024
  9. 487.7KFY2025
  10. 280.1KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LEVRACK, LLC$24.9K8.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$114.2K41%
  2. IT & telecom$59.4K21%
  3. Facilities & utilities$37.8K14%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$25.2K9.0%
  5. Equipment maintenance$21.6K7.7%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$16.7K6.0%
  7. Construction & real property$5,1161.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Illinois$86.7K31%
  2. Indiana$39.8K14%
  3. Nebraska$24.9K8.9%
  4. Virginia$21K7.5%
  5. Wisconsin$20.2K7.2%
  6. New Jersey$17.7K6.3%
  7. Minnesota$16.7K6.0%
  8. California$5,1371.8%
  9. Connecticut$4,3511.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition87%
    US 39% · $242.8K
  • Sole-source awards71%
    US 30% · $198K
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $44.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush8.9%
    US 5.6% · $24.8K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 16, 2025 – Jul 13, 2026· 15DDCH25F00000020
  2. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 17, 2024 – Mar 3, 2026· 15DDCH24F00000032
  3. LEVRACK, LLC· Seward County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 15DDCH26P00000018
  4. CELLCO PARTNERSHIP· Somerset County, NJ· IT & telecom· Sep 8, 2025 – May 29, 2026· 15DDCH25F00000016
  5. CELLCO PARTNERSHIP· Somerset County, NJ· IT & telecom· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 15DDCH26F00000008
  6. CELLCO PARTNERSHIP· Somerset County, NJ· IT & telecom· Sep 12, 2024 – Dec 2, 2025· 15DDCH24F00000030
  7. TOLLS$22K
    STATE OF ILLINOIS TOLL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY· DuPage County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Aug 25, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· 15DDCH25P00000024
  8. ATT MOBILITY LLC· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· Aug 1, 2024 – Nov 21, 2025· 15DDCH24F00000019

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.