Federal sub-agency · Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency obligated $10.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 50 contract actions (+124% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SMARTRONIX, LLC ($4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.3M
Actions
50
New awards: 18
Sole-source
57%
Small business
57%

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.3MFY2017
  2. 759.3KFY2018
  3. 825KFY2019
  4. 7.2MFY2020
  5. 1.6MFY2021
  6. 3MFY2022
  7. 2.8MFY2023
  8. 2.2MFY2024
  9. 4.6MFY2025
  10. 10.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. I3 LLC$2.2M22%
  2. WINGSWEPT, LLC$52.9K0.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$10.3M99%
  2. Research & development$49.3K0.5%
  3. Equipment maintenance$10.7K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$4M39%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition61%
    US 39% · $6.3M
  • Sole-source awards57%
    US 30% · $5.8M
  • Single-offer competitions4.4%
    US 8.7% · $451K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush2.9%
    US 6.0% · $298.2K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.7%
    US 5.0% · $69.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing39%
    US 4.2% · $4M

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

Largest awards

  1. SMARTRONIX, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Nov 13, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026· 9531BL26P0003
  2. I3 LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 7, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026· 9531BL25F0003
  3. ELDER RESEARCH, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 6, 2025 – Aug 11, 2026· 9531BL25F0002
  4. EKIN SOLUTIONS INC.· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Nov 17, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 9531BL26P0002
  5. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 9531BL26F0007
  6. 5 NINES CONSULTING LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 5, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 9531BL26P0079
  7. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Feb 3, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026· 9531BL26F0001
  8. PROMETHEUS DIGITAL LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 9531BL26F0003

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.