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COMMODITIES & SERVICES ACQUISITION SERVICE (36C791)

COMMODITIES & SERVICES ACQUISITION SERVICE (36C791) obligated $1.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 240 contract actions (−20% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC ($508.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1B
Actions
240
New awards: 176
Sole-source
21%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.6BFY2017
  2. 3.7BFY2018
  3. 2.4BFY2019
  4. 476.6MFY2020
  5. 583.7MFY2021
  6. 848.4MFY2022
  7. 990.2MFY2023
  8. 1.5BFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 1.1BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC$508.7M47%
  2. FIRST NATION GROUP LLC$140.1M13%
  3. MEDICAL PLACE INC$105.3M9.7%
  4. SONOVA USA INC$95.6M8.8%
  5. SOLDIERPOINT DIGITAL HEALTH, LLC$46.3M4.3%
  6. STARKEY LABORATORIES INC$26.7M2.5%
  7. OTICON, INC$24.9M2.3%
  8. MEDTRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC$23.8M2.2%
  9. GN HEARING CARE CORPORATION$21.1M1.9%
  10. COGNOSANTE MVH LLC$19.4M1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$542.9M50%
  2. Professional services$517.8M48%
  3. Equipment maintenance$10.6M1.0%
  4. Education & social services$9.6M0.9%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$3.6M0.3%
  6. IT & telecom$885.6K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Colorado$648.6M60%
  2. Abroad$164.1M15%
  3. Illinois$90.8M8.4%
  4. Florida$54.5M5.0%
  5. Minnesota$38.5M3.5%
  6. Alabama$37.1M3.4%
  7. New Jersey$32.4M3.0%
  8. Maryland$9.4M0.9%
  9. Virginia$4.5M0.4%
  10. Ohio$4.3M0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition35%
    US 39% · $376.5M
  • Sole-source awards21%
    US 30% · $222.8M
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $153.7M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $267.7K
  • Year-end rush0.8%
    US 6.0% · $9.1M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.9%
    US 4.2% · $9.4M

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

Largest awards

  1. EXPRESS REPORT: PBM APR, MAY, JUN, JULY FY26$159.2M
    OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 36C79126K0132
  2. EXPRESS REPORT: PBM JUN, JUL, AUG, SEPT FY25$137M
    OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 36C79126K0129
  3. EXPRESS REPORT: PBM JAN, FEB, MAR FY25$106.3M
    OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 36C79126K0131
  4. EXPRESS REPORT: PBM OCT, NOV, DEC, FY25$106.3M
    OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 36C79126K0130
  5. POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DEVICES 90 DAY DELIVERY.$44.6M
    FIRST NATION GROUP LLC· Walton County, FL· Health & medical· Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· 36C79126N0016
  6. PODIMETRIC MATS FOR VETERAN'S HOME TELEHEALTH PROGRAM.$37.2M
    SOLDIERPOINT DIGITAL HEALTH, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Health & medical· Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 36C79125N0018
  7. POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DEVICES$37.1M
    MEDICAL PLACE INC· Montgomery County, AL· Health & medical· Feb 10, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· 36C79126N0015
  8. EXPRESS REPORT: OCTOBER 2025 DATA - PURCHASE ORDER DATA FOR VA NATIONAL HEARING AID CONTRACT.$27.2M
    SONOVA USA INC· DuPage County, IL· Health & medical· Nov 10, 2025 – Nov 10, 2025· 36C79126K0027

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.