Contracting office · Defense Logistics Agency

DCSO COLUMBUS

DCSO COLUMBUS obligated $535.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 82 contract actions (+1,009% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was GLENCORE LTD. ($210.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$535.6M
Actions
82
New awards: 30
Sole-source
85%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22.5MFY2017
  2. 19.6MFY2018
  3. 19.4MFY2019
  4. 12.5MFY2020
  5. 4.1MFY2021
  6. 11.3MFY2022
  7. 33.3MFY2023
  8. 68.8MFY2024
  9. 48.3MFY2025
  10. 535.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. GLENCORE LTD.$210.3M39%
  2. ICF MERCANTILE LLC$150M28%
  3. RIO TINTO SERVICES INC$54.2M10%
  4. GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS USA INC$35.5M6.6%
  5. UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION$17.4M3.2%
  6. E-VAC MAGNETICS LLC$12.9M2.4%
  7. NOVEON MAGNETICS INC$12.9M2.4%
  8. CBMM NORTH AMERICA, INC$10M1.9%
  9. MERSEN USA GS CORP.$10M1.9%
  10. DIVERSIFIED METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC$4.2M0.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$528.9M99%
  2. Professional services$3.4M0.6%
  3. Construction & real property$1.7M0.3%
  4. Facilities & utilities$765.2K0.1%
  5. Research & development$763.9K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. New York$212.1M40%
  2. New Jersey$150.2M28%
  3. Indiana$64.2M12%
  4. Pennsylvania$35.5M6.6%
  5. Ohio$26.7M5.0%
  6. Montana$17.4M3.2%
  7. Abroad$10.6M2.0%
  8. Virginia$8.1M1.5%
  9. Nevada$7M1.3%
  10. Kentucky$3M0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition85%
    US 39% · $454.5M
  • Sole-source awards85%
    US 30% · $453.8M
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.8% · $714.1K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • 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. COBALT DELIVERY ORDER 1$210.7M
    GLENCORE LTD.· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· SP800026F0024
  2. AEROSPACE GRADE RAYON FIBER DO$150M
    ICF MERCANTILE LLC· Somerset County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· SP800026F0008
  3. SCANDIUM OXIDE TASK ORDER TWO$24.8M
    RIO TINTO SERVICES INC· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· SP800026F0009
  4. SCANDIUM OXIDE DO#2 RE-AWARD$24.8M
    RIO TINTO SERVICES INC· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SP800026F0016
  5. ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE METAL$20.6M
    DIVERSIFIED METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 26, 2023 – May 27, 2026· SP800023C0011
  6. NIOBIUM DELIVERY ORDER 2$20.2M
    GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS USA INC· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 23, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· SP800026F0012
  7. ANTIMONY METAL DO 3$15.5M
    UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION· Sanders County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SP800026F0028
  8. TANTALUM DELIVERY ORDER$15.1M
    GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS USA INC· Berks County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· SP800026F0013

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.