Federal sub-agency · Department of Agriculture

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Food Safety and Inspection Service obligated $46.4M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 396 contract actions (+47% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was VCH PARTNERS LLC ($12.1M). It also awarded $82.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$46.4M
Actions
396
New awards: 170
Sole-source
21%
Small business
64%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 63.6MFY2017
  2. 61.2MFY2018
  3. 63.1MFY2019
  4. 70.9MFY2020
  5. 61.7MFY2021
  6. 60.1MFY2022
  7. 64.9MFY2023
  8. 45.1MFY2024
  9. 31.5MFY2025
  10. 46.4MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. VCH PARTNERS LLC$12.1M26%
  2. DIRECTVIZ SOLUTIONS, LLC$4.9M11%
  3. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION$3.3M7.1%
  4. ILLUMINA, INC.$2.1M4.5%
  5. DECISIONPOINT CORPORATION$2.1M4.4%
  6. CAMBIO CONSULTING GROUP LLC$1.8M3.9%
  7. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC$1.5M3.2%
  8. AMERISYS, INC.$1.3M2.8%
  9. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$1.3M2.7%
  10. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$1.3M2.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$24.3M52%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$13M28%
  3. Professional services$5.5M12%
  4. Equipment maintenance$2.9M6.2%
  5. Health & medical$668.3K1.4%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$294.4K0.6%
  7. Facilities & utilities$80.2K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$17.3M37%
  2. Virginia$7.1M15%
  3. Georgia$5.2M11%
  4. District of Columbia$3.7M7.9%
  5. Tennessee$3.3M7.2%
  6. California$2.3M4.9%
  7. Massachusetts$1.3M2.8%
  8. Missouri$918.2K2.0%
  9. Delaware$473K1.0%
  10. Michigan$445.3K1.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition46%
    US 39% · $21.3M
  • Sole-source awards21%
    US 30% · $9.6M
  • Single-offer competitions25%
    US 8.7% · $11.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$2,763
  • Year-end rush9.9%
    US 6.1% · $4.6M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$1.1M

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, FSIS, OAS PCMB$9.6M21%

Largest awards

  1. PHIS SUPPORT SERVICES V$14.7M
    HARMONIA HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC· Montgomery County, VA· IT & telecom· Nov 17, 2020 – Nov 14, 2025· 123A9421F0007
  2. PHIS OPTIMIZATION II$10.8M
    HARMONIA HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC· Montgomery County, VA· IT & telecom· Nov 17, 2020 – Dec 10, 2025· 123A9421F0006
  3. CONSOLIDATED BUSINESS APPLICATION SUPPORT (CBAS) 2.0$9.1M
    DIRECTVIZ SOLUTIONS, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 25, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026· 123A9425F0099
  4. A&A III SECURITY CONTRACT$6M
    DECISIONPOINT CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 18, 2024 – Feb 12, 2026· 123A9424F0099
  5. HUMAN RESOURCES APPLICATIONS SUPPORT AND OPTIMIZATION (HR APPS) UNDER DEPT CONTRACT 12314421A0012$4.9M
    WEEMS DESIGN STUDIO, INC.· DeKalb County, GA· IT & telecom· Aug 28, 2025 – Feb 17, 2026· 123A9425F0041
  6. SOFTWARE DEFECTS REPAIRS, TIER III SUPPORT, ENHANCEMENTS, BUGS/FIXES, MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES$4.5M
    VCH PARTNERS LLC· Howard County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 7, 2026 – May 19, 2026· 123A9426F0010
  7. ANET ICS MOBILE APPLICATION$3.5M
    SARA SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LLC· Johnson County, KS· IT & telecom· Sep 16, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· 123A9422C0013
  8. FEDEX LAB SAMPLE SHIPPING$3.1M
    FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION· Shelby County, TN· Professional services· Mar 12, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 123A9426F0020

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 Safety and Inspection Service obligated $82.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 92 actions (65 new awards), +2.1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.475 · Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection ($56.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$82.1M
New awards
65
Actions
92
Since FY2021
$426.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 62.9MFY2021
  2. 64.7MFY2022
  3. 65.9MFY2023
  4. 70.2MFY2024
  5. 80.4MFY2025
  6. 82.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$82.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 10.475 · Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection$56.2M68%
  2. 10.477 · Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection$25.9M32%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$10.4M13%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL
  2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES$9.3M11%
    AUSTIN, TX
  3. AGRICULTURE, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF$7.6M9.2%
    REYNOLDSBURG, OH
  4. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION$6.9M8.4%
    MADISON, WI
  5. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES$5.1M6.2%
    RALEIGH, NC
  6. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$4.6M5.7%
    ATLANTA, GA
  7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD & FORESTRY OKLAHOMA$3M3.7%
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
  8. BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH$2.8M3.5%
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Where it went

  1. Illinois$10.4M13%
  2. Texas$9.3M11%
  3. Ohio$7.6M9.2%
  4. Wisconsin$6.9M8.4%
  5. North Carolina$5.1M6.2%
  6. Georgia$4.6M5.7%
  7. Oklahoma$3M3.7%
  8. Indiana$2.8M3.5%
  9. Iowa$2.7M3.3%
  10. Alabama$2.7M3.3%

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-contracts: $8.4M (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

Largest sub-recipients

  1. HARMONIA HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC$8.4M100%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward

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.