Federal sub-agency · Department of Defense
Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense Education Activity obligated $228M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 693 contract actions (−26% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was TOWN OF LINCOLN TOWN HALL ($20.8M). It also awarded $106M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $228M
- Actions
- 693
- New awards: 403
- Sole-source
- 14%
- Small business
- 21%
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 248.6MFY2017
- 268.6MFY2018
- 303.9MFY2019
- 285.8MFY2020
- 234.5MFY2021
- 335.9MFY2022
- 294.3MFY2023
- 309.5MFY2024
- 308.6MFY2025
- 228MFY2026
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- TOWN OF LINCOLN TOWN HALL$20.8M9.1%
- CUSTODIAL ENTERPRISES GMBH$15.9M7.0%
- SKE TECHNICAL SERVICES GMBH$15.5M6.8%
- CAESAR RODNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT$15M6.6%
- SCHOOL SPECIALTY, LLC$7.3M3.2%
- SKE SRL$6.6M2.9%
- AMERICAN ENGINEERING CORPORATION$6.3M2.8%
- TAYLOR MOTORS, INC.$6.2M2.7%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Transportation & logistics$68M30%
- Education & social services$47.2M21%
- Facilities & utilities$33M14%
- Construction & real property$25.4M11%
- IT & telecom$23.7M10%
- Professional services$12.2M5.3%
- Other equipment & supplies$11.3M5.0%
- Equipment maintenance$7.2M3.2%
Where the work was performed
- Abroad$105.1M46%
- Georgia$23.9M10%
- Massachusetts$20.8M9.1%
- Delaware$15M6.6%
- Virginia$14.3M6.3%
- North Carolina$9.2M4.0%
- New York$8.3M3.6%
- Kentucky$7.4M3.2%
- Wisconsin$7.3M3.2%
- 66$4.1M1.8%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition20%US 39% · $44.6M
- Sole-source awards14%US 30% · $30.8M
- Single-offer competitions6.0%US 8.7% · $13.8M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- Year-end rush0.0%US 6.0% · $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.
Offices with the most sole-source money
- DOD EDUCATION ACTIVITY$30.8M14%
Largest awards
- CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 13, 2021 – Mar 26, 2026· HE125421F3016
- TOWN OF LINCOLN TOWN HALL· Middlesex County, MA· Education & social services· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· HE125426FE401
- BREVARD ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, INC.· Cumberland County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Dec 16, 2020 – Mar 10, 2026· HE125421C1001
- CAESAR RODNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT· Kent County, DE· Education & social services· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· HE125426FE367
Federal grants & assistance awarded
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
Department of Defense Education Activity obligated $106M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 20 actions (20 new awards), +968% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.556 · Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools ($106M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $106M
- New awards
- 20
- Actions
- 20
- Since FY2021
- $369.3M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 46.3MFY2021
- 63.1MFY2022
- 73.2MFY2023
- 70.9MFY2024
- 9.9MFY2025
- 106MFY2026
By type
- Grants$106M100%
Top programs
- 12.556 · Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools$106M100%
Top recipients (organizations)
- KNOB NOSTER, MO
- YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION$15.5M15%YORKTOWN, VA
- WICHITA FALLS ISD$14.8M14%WICHITA FALLS, TX
- CACHE SCHOOL DISTRICT 1$8.8M8.3%CACHE, OK
- BURKBURNETT, TX
- HONOLULU, HI
- WAYNESVILLE R-6 SCHOOL DISTRICT$5.3M5.0%WAYNESVILLE, MO
- MASCOUTAH, IL
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.
Federal grants & assistanceSubawards under this agency's awards
First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.
FY2026
- Sub-contracts: $1.3M (1 subaward)
1 sub-recipient
Largest sub-recipients
- SILVER SPRING, MD · 1 subaward
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
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.
