Federal sub-agency · Department of State

Department of State

Department of State obligated $8.3B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 37,175 contract actions (−17% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC ($561.5M). It also awarded $13.9B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$8.3B
Actions
37.2K
New awards: 15.3K
Sole-source
26%
Small business
33%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11BFY2017
  2. 9.9BFY2018
  3. 9.5BFY2019
  4. 9.2BFY2020
  5. 9.6BFY2021
  6. 12BFY2022
  7. 11.8BFY2023
  8. 12.1BFY2024
  9. 10BFY2025
  10. 8.3BFY2026
  11. 221.6KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC$561.5M6.8%
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$370.6M4.5%
  3. CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$292.9M3.5%
  4. CGI FEDERAL INC.$259M3.1%
  5. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$206.9M2.5%
  6. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$182.3M2.2%
  7. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$180.9M2.2%
  8. INTER-CON SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.$154.3M1.9%
  9. PAE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$148.5M1.8%
  10. MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$144.5M1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$3B37%
  2. IT & telecom$2.1B26%
  3. Construction & real property$1.1B14%
  4. Facilities & utilities$833M10%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$234.7M2.8%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$231.3M2.8%
  7. Education & social services$229.1M2.8%
  8. Equipment maintenance$163.9M2.0%
  9. Transportation & logistics$126.5M1.5%
  10. Research & development$73.9M0.9%
  11. Fuel$39.6M0.5%
  12. Health & medical$32.2M0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$2.5B31%
  2. Virginia$2.1B26%
  3. District of Columbia$2B25%
  4. Alabama$499.7M6.1%
  5. California$237.2M2.9%
  6. Maryland$158.1M1.9%
  7. Florida$134.5M1.6%
  8. New York$98.4M1.2%
  9. South Carolina$94.7M1.1%
  10. Alaska$70.3M0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition42%
    US 39% · $3.5B
  • Sole-source awards26%
    US 30% · $2.2B
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.7% · $1.3B
  • Urgency justifications11%
    US 5.1% · $900.7M
  • Year-end rush21%
    US 6.0% · $1.7B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.3%
    US 5.0% · $26.9M
  • Time-and-materials pricing32%
    US 4.2% · $2.7B

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

  1. ACQUISITIONS - AQM MOMENTUM$1.9B26%
  2. ACQUISITIONS - RPSO FRANKFURT$64.6M25%
  3. ACQUISITIONS - INL$42.4M50%
  4. U.S. EMBASSY ROME$15.8M78%
  5. ACQUISITIONS - FSI$13.7M21%

Contracts terminated for default: 31

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$162.1K
5 awards · 2 recipients

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 8, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. CARE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES - CLSS$2.3B
    XATOR LLC· Transportation & logistics· Mar 17, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026· 19AQMM23F0766
  2. GLOBAL SECURITY ENGINEERING&SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICES.$1.8B
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 5, 2018 – Sep 29, 2026· 19AQMM18C0185
  3. BASE AWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR CLIN-001 FOR DESIGN-PHASE SERVICES FOR HANOI NEC.$818.7M
    BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC· Construction & real property· Jan 14, 2022 – Sep 10, 2026· 19AQMM22C0048
  4. THE TASK ORDER IS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE (LEAD INTEGRATOR).$805.6M
    SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 5, 2021 – Feb 27, 2026· 19AQMM21F2945
  5. BLISS FOOD SERVICES$781.7M
    PAE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Facilities & utilities· Nov 29, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· SAQMMA14F0721
  6. BEIRUT, LEBANON NEW EMBASSY CONSTRUCTIONIGF::CL::IGF$733.5M
    BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC· Construction & real property· Dec 29, 2016 – Jul 20, 2026· SAQMMA17C0079
  7. COMMENTS: PLEASE RESUBMIT ONCE REVISED ACTION MEMO AND RFCA ARE FULLY CLEARED. COR: [name removed] CONTRACTING OFFICER: [name removed] MEMO AND RFCA ARE ATTACHED. RFCA LINK: HTTPS://USDOS.SHAREPOINT.COM/:F:/S/PDCRFCA$698.9M
    CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2022 – Sep 3, 2026· 19AQMM22C0162
  8. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.$688.7M
    BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC· Construction & real property· Sep 29, 2018 – Sep 28, 2026· 19AQMM18C0242

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 State obligated $13.9B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5,191 actions (1,734 new awards), +238% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 19.046 · Global Health Security and Transition of Life-Saving Services ($3.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$13.9B
New awards
1,734
Actions
5,191
Since FY2021
$63.8B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 10.7BFY2021
  2. 11.3BFY2022
  3. 12BFY2023
  4. 11.8BFY2024
  5. 4.1BFY2025
  6. 13.9BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.3B59%
  2. Other assistance$5.6B41%

Top programs

  1. 19.046 · Global Health Security and Transition of Life-Saving Services$3.2B23%
  2. 19.790 · Contributions to International Organizations- Cio$2.4B17%
  3. 19.045 · International Disaster and Humanitarian Response$2.1B15%
  4. 19.517 · Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa$1.6B12%
  5. 19.707 · Assessed Contributions for State Department$809.1M5.8%
  6. 19.515 · Contributions to International Organizations for Overseas Assistance$684M4.9%
  7. 19.522 · Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities$617.2M4.4%
  8. 19.029 · The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs$447.9M3.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS$3.2B23%
  2. THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA (THE GLOBAL FUND)$2.2B16%
  3. UNITED NATIONS$1B7.3%
    NEW YORK, NY
  4. UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME$1B7.3%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  5. GAVI ALLIANCE$600M4.3%
  6. FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL$325.8M2.3%
    DURHAM, NC
  7. WORLD VISION INC.$321.8M2.3%
    FEDERAL WAY, WA

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 & assistance

Subawards 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: $493.2M (1,082 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $115.4M (257 subawards)

684 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. NEXTECH SOLUTIONS LLC$125.7M21%
    TAMPA, FL · 16 subawards
  2. THE HALO TRUST$49.2M8.1%
    THORNHILL, GBR · 11 subawards
  3. SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$20.1M3.3%
    LONDON, GBR · 9 subawards
  4. COMPQSOFT, INC.$15.3M2.5%
    LEESBURG, VA · 5 subawards
  5. ONEZERO SOLUTIONS, LLC$14.1M2.3%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 4 subawards
  6. SIKICH CPA LLC$13.9M2.3%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 9 subawards
  7. DANE LLC$13.5M2.2%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  8. LLOYD CONSTRUCTION CO INC$13.2M2.2%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  9. VF WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS LTD$12.1M2.0%
    DUBAI, ARE · 14 subawards
  10. CREATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$9.6M1.6%
    POTOMAC, 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.