Contracting office · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management

DOL - CAS DIVISION 2 PROCUREMENT

DOL - CAS DIVISION 2 PROCUREMENT obligated $231.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 416 contract actions (+103% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE ($31.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$231.5M
Actions
416
New awards: 46
Sole-source
4.1%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 27.5MFY2017
  2. 25.2MFY2018
  3. 71MFY2019
  4. 139.7MFY2020
  5. 172.3MFY2021
  6. 204.7MFY2022
  7. 344.2MFY2023
  8. 292MFY2024
  9. 114MFY2025
  10. 231.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE$31.2M13%
  2. UBC NATIONAL JOB CORPS TRAINING FUND INC$22.7M9.8%
  3. BUCHANAN & EDWARDS, INC.$13M5.6%
  4. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL TRAINING FUND$11.6M5.0%
  5. IUPAT FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE$10M4.3%
  6. NATIONAL PLASTERING INDUSTRYS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRUST FUND$9.7M4.2%
  7. FEDWRITERS, INC.$8.9M3.9%
  8. ICF MACRO INC$8.3M3.6%
  9. TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS UNION/IAM$8.1M3.5%
  10. SAFAL PARTNERS LLC$8.1M3.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$126.5M55%
  2. Professional services$96.5M42%
  3. Equipment maintenance$7M3.0%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$1.6M0.7%
  5. Research & development$299K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$137.3M59%
  2. Maryland$22.9M9.9%
  3. Nevada$22.7M9.8%
  4. Virginia$19.1M8.2%
  5. Texas$18M7.8%
  6. California$8.1M3.5%
  7. Tennessee$3.9M1.7%
  8. North Carolina$855K0.4%
  9. Alabama$721.6K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition56%
    US 39% · $130.6M
  • Sole-source awards4.1%
    US 30% · $9.4M
  • Single-offer competitions52%
    US 8.8% · $121.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush8.0%
    US 5.6% · $18.4M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing26%
    US 4.2% · $59.4M

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

Largest awards

  1. OPERATION OF CTT PROGRAMS AT JOB CORPS CENTERS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, HVAC AND SOLAR$103M
    HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2023 – Jul 21, 2026· 1605C223C0029
  2. JOB CORPS DATA CENTER IT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTRACT$101.1M
    BUCHANAN & EDWARDS, INC.· Travis County, TX· Professional services· Sep 28, 2020 – Jun 26, 2026· 1605C220F00004
  3. JOB CORPS NATIONAL TRAINING CONTRACT (NTC) CARPENTRY TRADE(S) 2023$76.3M
    UBC NATIONAL JOB CORPS TRAINING FUND INC· Clark County, NV· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2023 – Jul 20, 2026· 1605C223C0026
  4. NATIONWIDE OPERATIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR DOL OWCP DEEOIC RESOURCE CENTERS (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS DIVISION OF ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION)$52.3M
    UNWIN CO· Franklin County, OH· Professional services· Sep 13, 2018 – Mar 10, 2026· 1605DC18C0025
  5. OPERATION OF CTT PROGRAMS AT JOB CORPS CENTERS PAINTING$33.2M
    IUPAT FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2023 – Jul 21, 2026· 1605C223C0031
  6. OPERATION OF CTT PROGRAMS AT JOB CORPS CENTERS HEAVY CONSTRUCTION$32.7M
    INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL TRAINING FUND· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Aug 1, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026· 1605C223C0027
  7. JOB CORPS NATIONAL TRAINING CONTRACT (NTC) PLASTERING TRADES 2023$31.2M
    NATIONAL PLASTERING INDUSTRYS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRUST FUND· Howard County, MD· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· 1605C223C0030
  8. JOB CORPS NATIONAL TRAINING CONTRACT (NTC) TRANSPORTATION TRADES 2023$27.5M
    TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS UNION/IAM· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· 1605C223C0032

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.