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DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST obligated $339.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,142 contract actions (+22% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was HITT CONTRACTING, INC. ($51.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$339.1M
Actions
2,142
New awards: 807
Sole-source
20%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 245.5MFY2017
  2. 265.6MFY2018
  3. 287MFY2019
  4. 308.6MFY2020
  5. 411.1MFY2021
  6. 221.8MFY2022
  7. 400.9MFY2023
  8. 382MFY2024
  9. 278.2MFY2025
  10. 339.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. HITT CONTRACTING, INC.$51.8M15%
  2. THE MITRE CORPORATION$29.1M8.6%
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$25M7.4%
  4. OLGOONIK ENTERPRISES, LLC$18.1M5.3%
  5. FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.$17.4M5.1%
  6. ROOFING RESOURCES INC$14.3M4.2%
  7. HHI CORPORATION$11.4M3.4%
  8. FEI COMPANY$6.5M1.9%
  9. PROMETHEUS COMPUTING, LLC$5.9M1.8%
  10. KCORP-DEAN LLC$5.9M1.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$95.3M28%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$83.8M25%
  3. IT & telecom$57.1M17%
  4. Professional services$47.4M14%
  5. Research & development$38.1M11%
  6. Facilities & utilities$9.2M2.7%
  7. Equipment maintenance$6.7M2.0%
  8. Education & social services$2.9M0.8%
  9. Health & medical$989.1K0.3%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$327.8K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$181.9M54%
  2. Virginia$60.2M18%
  3. Abroad$30.2M8.9%
  4. Colorado$21.3M6.3%
  5. California$12.8M3.8%
  6. New York$5.6M1.7%
  7. Wisconsin$4.9M1.5%
  8. Pennsylvania$3.6M1.1%
  9. Alabama$2.8M0.8%
  10. Utah$2.7M0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition38%
    US 39% · $129.4M
  • Sole-source awards20%
    US 30% · $67.5M
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.7% · $62M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush50%
    US 6.1% · $168.7M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $278.3K
  • Time-and-materials pricing12%
    US 4.2% · $40.8M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. RENOVATION OF BUILDING 1 WINGS 5, 4 AND PARTIAL SPINE, NIST BOULDER CO.$63.1M
    WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE· Boulder County, CO· Construction & real property· Apr 3, 2020 – Apr 14, 2026· 1333ND20CNB190008
  2. CUP IDIQ TASK ORDER ONE (1), OU19-FY26-015-NEW$51.8M
    HITT CONTRACTING, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026· 1333ND26FNB190152
  3. CLOUD SERVICES$27M
    FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 28, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 1333ND24FNB180081
  4. NCCOE CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICE$25.3M
    THE MITRE CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Mar 31, 2025 – Jul 15, 2026· 1333ND25FNB770055
  5. OU03-FY26-210-NEW SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (SETA) SUPPORT FOR CHIPS R&D OFFICE (CRDO)$25M
    BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Mar 6, 2026 – Mar 6, 2026· 1333ND26FNB030016
  6. AML OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES$23.2M
    KCORP-DEAN LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Construction & real property· Aug 23, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· 1333ND23CNB190032
  7. JANITORIAL SERVICES$21.6M
    DIDLAKE INC· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Feb 27, 2020 – Jan 30, 2026· 1333ND20CNB190003
  8. PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHIPS$17.4M
    PCI GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Apr 3, 2023 – May 21, 2026· 1333ND23FNB130083

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 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026.