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DCSO COLUMBUS-DIVISION-1

DCSO COLUMBUS-DIVISION-1 obligated $14.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 155 contract actions (−43% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LICKING-KNOX GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, INC. ($6.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$14.5M
Actions
155
New awards: 21
Sole-source
65%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 20.1MFY2017
  2. 29.6MFY2018
  3. 45MFY2019
  4. 95.7MFY2020
  5. 90.1MFY2021
  6. 94.9MFY2022
  7. 35.1MFY2023
  8. 34.2MFY2024
  9. 25.5MFY2025
  10. 14.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. GINTECH LLC$537.4K3.7%
  2. . EMSI, INC$384.5K2.6%
  3. FOUR LLC$287.5K2.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$7.7M53%
  2. Equipment maintenance$2.2M15%
  3. Education & social services$1.7M12%
  4. Construction & real property$751.4K5.2%
  5. IT & telecom$610.6K4.2%
  6. Health & medical$591.7K4.1%
  7. Transportation & logistics$394.9K2.7%
  8. Other equipment & supplies$268.5K1.8%
  9. Professional services$232.7K1.6%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$4,7790.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ohio$12.7M88%
  2. Virginia$1.1M7.3%
  3. Hawaii$701.7K4.8%
  4. Nebraska$26.5K0.2%
  5. Tennessee$10K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition71%
    US 39% · $10.3M
  • Sole-source awards65%
    US 30% · $9.5M
  • Single-offer competitions5.7%
    US 8.8% · $822.3K
  • 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. VAREC INC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 22, 2022 – Jan 26, 2026· SP470222F0080
  2. LICKING-KNOX GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, INC.· Franklin County, OH· Facilities & utilities· Mar 4, 2024 – Jan 15, 2026· SP470224C0003
  3. FOUR SEASONS ENVIRONMENTAL INC· Franklin County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Sep 24, 2021 – Apr 1, 2026· SP470221C0009
  4. CAS FSE JV II LLC· Franklin County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Sep 13, 2024 – Apr 13, 2026· SP470224C0010
  5. VAREC INC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 9, 2020 – Jan 26, 2026· SP470220F0046
  6. COGGINS INTERNATIONAL CORP· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 13, 2020 – Jan 27, 2026· SP470220F0061
  7. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.· Kings County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 5, 2022 – Jan 23, 2026· SP470222F0062
  8. ENGLOBAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC· Tulsa County, OK· Equipment maintenance· Apr 27, 2023 – Dec 10, 2025· SP470223F0020

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.