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DOL - CAS DIVISION 5 PROCUREMENT

DOL - CAS DIVISION 5 PROCUREMENT obligated $79.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 238 contract actions (+76% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC ($23.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$79.7M
Actions
238
New awards: 43
Sole-source
0.7%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.7MFY2017
  2. 13.5MFY2018
  3. 56.9MFY2019
  4. 65.2MFY2020
  5. 69.1MFY2021
  6. 58.8MFY2022
  7. 97.1MFY2023
  8. 66MFY2024
  9. 45.2MFY2025
  10. 79.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC$23.8M30%
  2. NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$18.1M23%
  3. RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$11.3M14%
  4. TELAFORCE LLC$5M6.3%
  5. THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC$3.4M4.3%
  6. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$3.2M4.0%
  7. HEITECH SERVICES, LLC$2.8M3.5%
  8. HERITAGE INTERIORS LLC$2.4M3.0%
  9. ECONOMIC SYSTEMS INC$2M2.5%
  10. MANAGEMENT & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC$1.7M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$45.5M57%
  2. Research & development$29.4M37%
  3. Equipment maintenance$2.6M3.3%
  4. Construction & real property$1.7M2.2%
  5. IT & telecom$274.2K0.3%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$126.1K0.2%
  7. Education & social services$30.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$25.6M32%
  2. Illinois$16.9M21%
  3. District of Columbia$14.5M18%
  4. North Carolina$11.3M14%
  5. Virginia$6.7M8.5%
  6. Georgia$3.7M4.7%
  7. New York$430K0.5%
  8. California$181.2K0.2%
  9. South Carolina$91.3K0.1%
  10. Massachusetts$90.7K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition18%
    US 39% · $14.7M
  • Sole-source awards0.7%
    US 30% · $572.1K
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.8% · $14.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush34%
    US 5.6% · $26.9M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing46%
    US 4.2% · $36.6M

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

Largest awards

  1. DATA COLLECTION SERVICES FOR THE CES PROJECT. THIS APPLICATION IS POWERED BY COMPUSEARCH'S PRISM APPLICATION.AMS LOGO USER ID: USER ID IS REQUIRED PASSWORD: PASSWORD IS REQUIRED UNAUTHORIZED CAC/PIV LOGIN ATTEMPT.YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR CAC/PIV ACCESS. PLEASE CLOSE YOUR BROWSER AND CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. THIS APPLICATION IS POWERED BY COMPUSEARCH'S PRISM APPLICATION.AMS LOGO USER ID: USER ID IS REQUIRED PASSWORD: PASSWORD IS REQUIRED UNAUTHORIZED CAC/PIV LOGIN ATTEMPT.YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR CAC/PIV ACCESS. PLEASE CLOSE YOUR BROWSER AND CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. TO INITIALLY AND INCREMENTALLY FUND OPTION YEAR 4 CES TASK ORDER DOLU132J16647 IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,553,730.93. OPTION YEAR 4 POP IS AUG 6, 2017 - AUG 5, 2018 LOE FOR OPTION YEAR 3 IS $19,027,366$100.7M
    TELAFORCE LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 10, 2019 – Sep 29, 2026· 1625DC19C0002
  2. RFQ FOR NLSY26 SCREENING, DESIGN, AND R1 COLLECTION & DATA PROCESSING$51.1M
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Sep 28, 2023 – Jul 9, 2026· 1605C523F00035
  3. DOL DATA COLLECTION CENTER (DCC) OPERATIONS - CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS (CES) FY25$24.6M
    IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Mar 19, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 1605C526C0002
  4. SFC FURNITURE/FIXTURE/EQUIPMENT WAYFINDING GRAPHICS PROCUREMENT$22.1M
    TALU LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2023 – Feb 6, 2026· 1605C523C0004
  5. NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS RECOMPETE$21.6M
    NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER· Cook County, IL· Professional services· May 11, 2021 – Dec 17, 2025· 1605C521C0001
  6. BLS NLSY97 RECOMPETE_26 NLSY97, R23$13.3M
    NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Jul 22, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026· 1605C526F00014
  7. DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING SERVICES FOR THE EDI PROJECT$12.7M
    TELAFORCE LLC· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Jun 10, 2019 – Sep 29, 2026· 1625DC19C0003
  8. NEW SEED REQUIREMENT TO BE AWARDED AGAINST BPA 1605C5-22-A-0001. POP TO START 6/22/2022. LINDA JACKSON WILL BE THE PRIMARY COR. JANET VOIGHT WILL BE THE ALTERNATE COR.$12.5M
    CONCEPTS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jun 21, 2022 – May 12, 2026· 1605C522F00016

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.