Contracting office · U.S. Census Bureau

Director and Deputy Director

Director and Deputy Director obligated $9.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 19 contract actions (−59% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was FEDERAL RESOURCES CORPORATION ($5.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$9.3M
Actions
19
New awards: 2
Sole-source
37%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 555.1KFY2023
  2. 1MFY2024
  3. 22.5MFY2025
  4. 9.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. FEDERAL RESOURCES CORPORATION$5.4M58%
  2. AET FEDERAL INC.$2.9M31%
  3. WESTERN DOOR FEDERAL, LLC$1.4M15%
  4. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$531K5.7%
  5. ARCTICOM, LLC$350K3.8%
  6. FCN, INC.$199.8K2.2%
  7. LOVELAND TECHNOLOGIES LLC$180K1.9%
  8. REWORLD FAIRFAX, LLC$7,5270.1%
  9. IGNITEACTION LLC-$1.6M0.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$7.5M81%
  2. IT & telecom$1.6M17%
  3. Research & development$180K1.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$9.3M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $10.7M
  • Sole-source awards37%
    US 30% · $3.4M
  • Single-offer competitions79%
    US 8.7% · $7.3M
  • 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 pricing38%
    US 4.2% · $3.5M

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

Largest awards

  1. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN NEAR REAL TIME SUPPORT SERVICES$9.6M
    FEDERAL RESOURCES CORPORATION· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jun 24, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026· 13PDRD25F00000074
  2. ARCHITECT SERVICES$4.2M
    ARCTICOM, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Sep 27, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· 1333LB23C00000037
  3. CONTRACT AWARD FOR 2026 CENSUS TEST - DECENNIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER SERVICES.$3.7M
    AET FEDERAL INC.· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jul 29, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026· 13PDRD25C00000019
  4. ON-PREMISE AND CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT SERVICES CALL ORDER 0003 FOR DATA INGEST AND COLLECTION FOR THE ENTERPRISE(DICE) DATE OF AWARD THROUGH 05/31/2026$2.2M
    IGNITEACTION LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· May 30, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026· 13PDRD25F00000068
  5. SOFTWARE EVALUATION AND ESTIMATION OF RESOURCES (SEER) COST ESTIMATION AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING SERVICES$1.4M
    WESTERN DOOR FEDERAL, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 13PDRD26F0002
  6. 2030 MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE RESEARCH SERVICES$1.1M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Feb 13, 2025 – Feb 13, 2026· 13PDRD25F00000034
  7. BUILDING AND PARCEL DATA$360K
    LOVELAND TECHNOLOGIES LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Jun 12, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· 13PDRD25C00000017
  8. DILIGENT ONE PLATFORM RENEWAL SAAS DBIT: N/A$199.8K
    FCN, INC.· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· 13PDRD26F0001

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.