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DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO

DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO obligated $1.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 998 contract actions (+23% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC ($218.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1B
Actions
998
New awards: 172
Sole-source
13%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 837.8MFY2017
  2. 872.4MFY2018
  3. 853.4MFY2019
  4. 875.2MFY2020
  5. 974.4MFY2021
  6. 969MFY2022
  7. 952.9MFY2023
  8. 932.9MFY2024
  9. 858.5MFY2025
  10. 1.1BFY2026
  11. 2.3MFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC$218.1M21%
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$57.2M5.4%
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$54.2M5.1%
  4. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$51M4.8%
  5. HALVIK LLC$45.6M4.3%
  6. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$41.6M3.9%
  7. STEAMPUNK, INC.$25.8M2.5%
  8. BLACKWATCH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$25.3M2.4%
  9. CGI FEDERAL INC.$25.2M2.4%
  10. CPA GLOBAL (LANDON IP) INC$25M2.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$521.2M49%
  2. Professional services$500.1M47%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$9.7M0.9%
  4. Equipment maintenance$8M0.8%
  5. Facilities & utilities$6.5M0.6%
  6. Education & social services$6M0.6%
  7. Transportation & logistics$1.5M0.1%
  8. Health & medical$1M0.1%
  9. Construction & real property$281.9K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$609.6M58%
  2. Pennsylvania$218.5M21%
  3. Maryland$37.4M3.6%
  4. Michigan$29.1M2.8%
  5. Ohio$27.3M2.6%
  6. Illinois$18M1.7%
  7. California$17.9M1.7%
  8. Texas$16.4M1.6%
  9. District of Columbia$15.6M1.5%
  10. North Carolina$13.9M1.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition22%
    US 39% · $229.3M
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $134.8M
  • Single-offer competitions9.0%
    US 8.7% · $94.5M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $51.3K
  • Year-end rush3.8%
    US 6.0% · $40.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing37%
    US 4.2% · $394.7M

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

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
$807
1 award · 1 recipient

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. PATENT DATA AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT (PD&DM)$912.9M
    REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC· Montgomery County, PA· Professional services· Jun 15, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· 1333BJ21C00151002
  2. PATENT COOPERATION TREATY.$191.9M
    CARDINAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Oct 13, 2016 – Jul 16, 2026· DOC50PAPT1200041
  3. CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE ENTERPRISE CLOUD SUPPORT SERVICES UTILIZING AGILE/DEVOPS METHODOLOGIES$159.7M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2021 – Mar 9, 2026· 1333BJ21F00280055
  4. PATENT TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPETITION FOR A CONTRACT AWARD OF A BASE PERIOD AND 4 OPTIONAL PERIODS.$128.4M
    LHDTSV LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 30, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 1333BJ21C00150003
  5. NWOW FOR ALL 6 TRADEMARK PRODUCT LINES$110.4M
    BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2020 – Sep 22, 2026· 1333BJ21F00280021
  6. THIS IS A RECOMPETE FOR THE PATENT PRODUCT PATENT ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER (PAC) AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) SUPPORT SERVICES FOR APPLICATIONS.$73.7M
    SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 27, 2024 – May 15, 2026· 1333BJ24F00280007
  7. PATENT PRODUCT BUCKET A: CLASSIFICATION AND PALM$69.2M
    MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Apr 5, 2021 – Oct 27, 2025· 1333BJ21F00280029
  8. NWOW FOR ALL 6 TRADEMARK PRODUCT LINES$66.8M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2020 – Sep 1, 2026· 1333BJ21F00280024

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.