Federal sub-agency · Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs obligated $82.4B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 94,600 contract actions (+5.2% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC. ($22.5B).

Obligations · FY2026
$82.4B
Actions
94.6K
New awards: 38.4K
Sole-source
6.5%
Small business
16%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 26.4BFY2017
  2. 27.1BFY2018
  3. 28.8BFY2019
  4. 39.5BFY2020
  5. 47.7BFY2021
  6. 56.4BFY2022
  7. 61.7BFY2023
  8. 66.9BFY2024
  9. 78.3BFY2025
  10. 82.4BFY2026
  11. 1.2BFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC.$22.5B27%
  2. MCKESSON CORPORATION$13.2B16%
  3. TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$11B13%
  4. QTC MEDICAL SERVICES INC$2.3B2.8%
  5. OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.$1.9B2.3%
  6. LOYAL SOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$1.8B2.2%
  7. VETERANS EVALUATION SERVICES, INC$1.7B2.0%
  8. ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$1.6B2.0%
  9. MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP$933.2M1.1%
  10. V3GATE, LLC$555.6M0.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$50.3B61%
  2. Education & social services$11B13%
  3. IT & telecom$8.4B10%
  4. Construction & real property$4.5B5.5%
  5. Professional services$4.1B5.0%
  6. Equipment maintenance$1.6B1.9%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$942.2M1.1%
  8. Transportation & logistics$776.7M0.9%
  9. Facilities & utilities$705.1M0.9%
  10. Research & development$62.2M0.1%
  11. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$35.9M0.0%
  12. Fuel$589.9K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$37.4B45%
  2. Texas$19B23%
  3. Florida$2.8B3.4%
  4. Wisconsin$2.1B2.5%
  5. California$2.1B2.5%
  6. Illinois$1.9B2.3%
  7. Kansas$1.9B2.3%
  8. Colorado$1.5B1.8%
  9. District of Columbia$1.4B1.8%
  10. Massachusetts$919.2M1.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition13%
    US 39% · $10.4B
  • Sole-source awards6.5%
    US 30% · $5.4B
  • Single-offer competitions6.1%
    US 8.7% · $5B
  • Urgency justifications0.9%
    US 5.1% · $752.8M
  • Year-end rush9.2%
    US 6.1% · $7.6B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.3%
    US 5.0% · $270.3M
  • Time-and-materials pricing1.8%
    US 4.2% · $1.5B

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. TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B)$1.8B22%
  2. STRATEGIC ACQUISITION CENTER FREDERICKSBURG (36C10G)$723M2.1%
  3. 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)$292.6M33%
  4. COMMODITIES & SERVICES ACQUISITION SERVICE (36C791)$222.8M21%
  5. 261-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 21 (36C261)$157.5M21%

Contracts terminated for default: 64

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
$336K
9 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 9, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. EHRM WAVES K, L, M (VISN 23) AND N, O (VISN 15) DEPLOYMENTS$2.1B
    ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Wyandotte County, KS· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· 36C10B22N0051EHRM
  2. VA MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT.$1.6B
    DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P· Williamson County, TX· IT & telecom· Mar 29, 2022 – Apr 20, 2026· 36C10B22F0089
  3. TASK ORDER 36C10B18N0003 UNDER IDIQ CONTRACT 36C10B18D5000 FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, TO INCLUDE HOSTING, FOR THE EHRM APPLICATIONS, APPLICATION SERVICES, AND ALL SUPPORTING EHRM DATA.$1.5B
    ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Wyandotte County, KS· IT & telecom· May 17, 2018 – Jul 15, 2026· 36C10B18N0003
  4. ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK SERVICES CARRIER B$1.4B
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Travis County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2020 – Sep 9, 2026· 36C10A20F0309
  5. EXPRESS REPORT: PHARMACEUTICAL PRIME VENDOR (PPV)FY2026 NOVEMBER$1.4B
    MCKESSON CORPORATION· Dallas County, TX· Health & medical· Nov 1, 2025 – Nov 1, 2025· 36C24026K1002
  6. EXPRESS REPORT: PHARMACEUTICAL PRIME VENDOR (PPV)FY2026 MAY$1.4B
    MCKESSON CORPORATION· Dallas County, TX· Health & medical· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 36C24026K1008
  7. TRANSFORMATION TWENTY-ONE TOTAL TECHNOLOGY NEXT GENERATION (T4NG) TASK ORDER - BENEFITS INTEGRATED DELIVERY$1.4B
    BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Monmouth County, NJ· IT & telecom· May 18, 2021 – Jul 8, 2026· 36C10B21N10070021
  8. EXPRESS REPORT: AUGUST 2026$1.2B
    TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP· Spotsylvania County, VA· Education & social services· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 36C10G26K0300

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: $1.4B (568 subawards)

322 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. RED RIVER TECHNOLOGY LLC$433.7M32%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 3 subawards
  2. 1 EVEREST GROUP LLC$73.6M5.4%
    BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward
  3. ADVANCED MONITORED CAREGIVING INC$59.8M4.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  4. BLUE LAKE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$50M3.7%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  5. TAKE2 CONSULTING LLC$22.9M1.7%
    VIENNA, VA · 7 subawards
  6. JOINTMEDOPS, LLC$21.7M1.6%
    EMORY, TX · 1 subaward
  7. APOTHESOURCE, INC$21.6M1.6%
    SUMMERVILLE, SC · 5 subawards
  8. RISE8 INC$21.3M1.6%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  9. PODIMETRICS, INC$20.3M1.5%
    SOMERVILLE, MA · 7 subawards
  10. STEERBRIDGE STRATEGIES LLC$19.7M1.5%
    VIENNA, VA · 4 subawards

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.