Contracting office · Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

EASTERN REGION

EASTERN REGION obligated $202.2K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 27 contract actions (−76% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was CATERPILLAR INC ($461.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$202.2K
Actions
27
New awards: 8
Sole-source
100%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 426.2KFY2017
  2. 627.2KFY2018
  3. 938.5KFY2019
  4. 1.3MFY2020
  5. 755.4KFY2021
  6. 489.8KFY2022
  7. 1.4MFY2023
  8. 2.1MFY2024
  9. 850.6KFY2025
  10. 202.2KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. CATERPILLAR INC$461.5K100%
  2. MACK DEFENSE LLC$248.8K100%
  3. AFFIGENT, LLC$79.6K39%
  4. IKBI, INCORPORATED$75.5K37%
  5. DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$47.6K24%
  6. CELLCO PARTNERSHIP$32.9K16%
  7. PEKIN FIRE COMPANY, INC.$19.2K9.5%
  8. LEWISTON FIRE COMPANY NO. 2., INCORPORATED$16.8K8.3%
  9. CASALE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC$2,7711.4%
  10. O-SI-YO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC-$22.500.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$115.3K43%
  2. Facilities & utilities$80.4K30%
  3. Professional services$75.5K28%

Where the work was performed

  1. Pennsylvania$248.8K100%
  2. Mississippi$75.5K37%
  3. Tennessee$37.7K19%
  4. New York$32.8K16%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $285.6K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $332.4K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$46.8K
  • Urgency justifications100%
    US 5.1% · $461.5K
  • Year-end rush100%
    US 5.6% · $789.9K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Contracts terminated for default: 3

Largest awards

  1. EO 14398: CATERPILLAR 275 XE COMPACT TRACK LOADER AND D3 FIREPLOW TRACTOR FOR ERO$461.5K
    CATERPILLAR INC· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 140A1526F0006
  2. EO 14398: MACK FR 84 GRANITE 6X4 W PUSHER AXLE WITH DOZER TRANSPORT FOR ERO, WFM$248.8K
    MACK DEFENSE LLC· Lehigh County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 140A1526P0003
  3. ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE AT CHEROKEE AGENCY$102.6K
    DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC· Swain County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Jan 28, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026· 140A1525F0003
  4. LAPTOPS FOR ERO WILDLAND FIRE$79.6K
    AFFIGENT, LLC· Swain County, NC· IT & telecom· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 140A1526F0005
  5. CHOCTAW AGENCY REPAIR BUILDING 33$75.5K
    IKBI, INCORPORATED· Neshoba County, MS· Professional services· Jun 8, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 140A1526P0002
  6. BASE YEAR OF SERVICES UNDER 140A1523A0002.$45K
    O-SI-YO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC· Dallas County, TX· Education & social services· Sep 17, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· 140A1523F0023
  7. WIRELESS SERVICE FOR EASTERN REGION$41.7K
    CELLCO PARTNERSHIP· Somerset County, NJ· IT & telecom· Jun 2, 2025 – Jun 15, 2026· 140A1525F0011
  8. ERO VERIZON BPA, OPTION YEAR 2$41.5K
    CELLCO PARTNERSHIP· Somerset County, NJ· IT & telecom· Jun 23, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026· 140A1523F0011

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.