Federal sub-agency · Department of Agriculture

Food and Nutrition Service

Food and Nutrition Service obligated $103.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 104 contract actions (+96% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MCLANE GROUP INTERNATIONAL, L.P. ($30.6M). It also awarded $126.9B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$103.1M
Actions
104
New awards: 23
Sole-source
3.5%
Small business
17%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 145.6MFY2017
  2. 123.3MFY2018
  3. 155.8MFY2019
  4. 133.7MFY2020
  5. 110.7MFY2021
  6. 96.1MFY2022
  7. 204.1MFY2023
  8. 86.7MFY2024
  9. 52.6MFY2025
  10. 103.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MCLANE GROUP INTERNATIONAL, L.P.$30.6M30%
  2. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$20.5M20%
  3. AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC$20.5M20%
  4. THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC$8.7M8.5%
  5. COVENTBRIDGE (USA) LLC$5.9M5.7%
  6. QLARANT INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LLC$4.7M4.6%
  7. FIELD DATA TECHNOLOGY LLC$2.8M2.8%
  8. THE LEONARD RESOURCE GROUP INC$2.8M2.7%
  9. JOHN J. YIM & ASSOCIATES, LLC$2.2M2.2%
  10. EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.$1.4M1.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$51.4M50%
  2. Transportation & logistics$51.3M50%
  3. IT & telecom$395K0.4%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$62.8K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$31.8M31%
  2. Texas$30.6M30%
  3. Georgia$22.1M21%
  4. Maryland$21.5M21%
  5. Florida$657.7K0.6%
  6. Missouri$43.7K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition28%
    US 39% · $29.2M
  • Sole-source awards3.5%
    US 30% · $3.6M
  • Single-offer competitions25%
    US 8.7% · $25.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.4%
    US 5.1% · $386.6K
  • Year-end rush58%
    US 6.1% · $60M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $52.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing73%
    US 4.2% · $75.1M

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. USDA FOOD AND NUTRITION ADMINISTRATION$3.6M3.5%

Largest awards

  1. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (DAFM) FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES (FSSS)$106.9M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· May 25, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 12319822F0019
  2. SUPPORT SERVICES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010504/4400002495/4300014559/3PL SERVICES$44.2M
    MCLANE GROUP INTERNATIONAL, L.P.· Harris County, TX· Transportation & logistics· Sep 12, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 12319825F0005
  3. RETAILER INVESTIGATIONS CONTRACT$41.8M
    COVENTBRIDGE (USA) LLC· Duval County, FL· Professional services· Jul 13, 2021 – Sep 11, 2026· 12319821C0004
  4. SUPPORT SERVICES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010504/4400002494/4300014558/3PL SERVICES$34M
    AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC· Fulton County, GA· Transportation & logistics· Sep 12, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 12319825F0006
  5. STORE VISITS$30.8M
    THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 28, 2022 – Aug 17, 2026· 12319822F0027
  6. NUTRITION PROMOTION SERVICES$11.2M
    URBAN EMU, LLC· Monmouth County, NJ· Professional services· Sep 22, 2023 – Feb 25, 2026· 12319823F0038
  7. THIS IS FOR THE FOURTH ACCESS, PARTICIPATION, AND ELIGIBILITY STUDY (APEC-IV)$10M
    WESTAT, INC.· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Sep 18, 2020 – Mar 31, 2026· 12319820F0062
  8. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM ON-SITE STORE VISITS AT RETAILER ESTABLISHMENTS SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL COLLECT AND PROVIDE DATA TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT O$8.6M
    THE MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 12319826F5011

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Food and Nutrition Service obligated $126.9B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10,083 actions (2,711 new awards), −6.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ($77.9B).

Assistance · FY2026
$126.9B
New awards
2,711
Actions
10.1K
Since FY2021
$915.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 174.5BFY2021
  2. 182.4BFY2022
  3. 163.5BFY2023
  4. 132.1BFY2024
  5. 136.1BFY2025
  6. 126.9BFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$80.9B64%
  2. Grants$46B36%

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$77.9B61%
  2. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$28B22%
  3. 10.557 · WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children$8.3B6.6%
  4. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$6.1B4.8%
  5. 10.566 · Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico$3B2.3%
  6. 10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children$2B1.5%
  7. 10.558 · Child and Adult Care Food Program$575M0.5%
  8. 10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition$401.2M0.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA$13.5B11%
    SACRAMENTO, CA
  2. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY & DISABILITY ASSISTANCE$7.1B5.6%
    ALBANY, NY
  3. HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX$7B5.5%
    AUSTIN, TX
  4. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$4.8B3.8%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL
  5. PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$4B3.2%
    HARRISBURG, PA
  6. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE$4B3.2%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL
  7. AGRICULTURE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF$3.6B2.8%
    AUSTIN, TX
  8. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$3.1B2.5%
    LANSING, MI

Where it went

  1. California$17.5B14%
  2. Texas$10.6B8.4%
  3. New York$9.8B7.8%
  4. Florida$7.5B5.9%
  5. Pennsylvania$5.1B4.0%
  6. Illinois$5B4.0%
  7. Georgia$4.6B3.6%
  8. Michigan$3.9B3.1%
  9. Ohio$3.9B3.1%
  10. North Carolina$3.9B3.1%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $18.8B (133,846 subawards)

18,986 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION$486.8M2.6%
    BROOKLYN, NY · 8 subawards
  2. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES$380M2.0%
    CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA · 4 subawards
  3. NYC DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES$221.8M1.2%
    NEW YORK, NY · 35 subawards
  4. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$216.8M1.2%
    TAMPA, FL · 4 subawards
  5. SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$199.6M1.1%
    WEST PALM BEACH, FL · 4 subawards
  6. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$180.6M1.0%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 11 subawards
  7. POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD$125.3M0.7%
    BARTOW, FL · 2 subawards
  8. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$123.9M0.7%
    MIAMI, FL · 2 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO$111.7M0.6%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 4 subawards
  10. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD$110.1M0.6%
    FORT MYERS, FL · 2 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.