Federal sub-agency · Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

Forest Service obligated $3.8B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 28,537 contract actions (+8.6% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO ($260.6M). It also awarded $1.8B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.8B
Actions
28.5K
New awards: 17.2K
Sole-source
7.1%
Small business
90%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6BFY2017
  2. 1.7BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 1.9BFY2021
  6. 2.8BFY2022
  7. 3.3BFY2023
  8. 3.8BFY2024
  9. 3.5BFY2025
  10. 3.8BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO$260.6M6.8%
  2. PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP$159.5M4.2%
  3. HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC$117.5M3.1%
  4. AERO-FLITE, INC.$113.6M3.0%
  5. HELICOPTER EXPRESS LLC$88.6M2.3%
  6. AERO AIR, LLC$74.2M1.9%
  7. BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC$73.1M1.9%
  8. NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.$66.3M1.7%
  9. COULSON AVIATION (USA), INC.$61.3M1.6%
  10. MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC$43.9M1.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$2.2B58%
  2. Construction & real property$817.2M21%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$234.3M6.1%
  4. IT & telecom$153.8M4.0%
  5. Transportation & logistics$125.4M3.3%
  6. Equipment maintenance$104.3M2.7%
  7. Professional services$82.9M2.2%
  8. Research & development$42.9M1.1%
  9. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$20.3M0.5%
  10. Health & medical$16.7M0.4%
  11. Education & social services$16.6M0.4%
  12. Fuel$505K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Idaho$528.6M14%
  2. Oregon$501M13%
  3. California$443.2M12%
  4. Virginia$415.7M11%
  5. Montana$321.3M8.4%
  6. Washington$271.6M7.1%
  7. Colorado$184.3M4.8%
  8. Utah$129.4M3.4%
  9. New Mexico$123.4M3.2%
  10. North Carolina$99.1M2.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition46%
    US 39% · $1.8B
  • Sole-source awards7.1%
    US 30% · $270.4M
  • Single-offer competitions39%
    US 8.8% · $1.5B
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $2.2M
  • Year-end rush7.2%
    US 5.6% · $275.6M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $8.1M
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.7%
    US 4.2% · $26.2M

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-FS, INCIDENT PROCUREMENT LOGISTICS$142.6M28%
  2. USDA-FS, AT-INCIDENT MGT SPT BRANCH$45.6M64%
  3. PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE$26.9M19%
  4. USDA FOREST SERVICE$9M5.9%
  5. INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH$7.6M0.6%

Contracts terminated for default: 15

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$99.8K
4 awards · 2 recipients

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 4, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 3, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION" BLI DDVAK725 HURRICANE HELENE VCT DISASTER RECON DESIGN-BUILD HURRICANE HELENE IN VA$260.6M
    KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO· Washington County, VA· Construction & real property· Nov 6, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· 12445126C0001
  2. SPIRIT G-Z STEWARDSHIP IRSC - 12363N24C4002 $85,643,865.96 TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE PLUMAS NF - BECKWOURTH, FEATHER RIVER, MT. HOUGH RDS CO [name removed] - COR GEOFF NEWSTED$85.8M
    SIERRA TAHOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, LLC· Plumas County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 18, 2023 – Jul 30, 2026· 12363N24C4002
  3. FAM RETARDANT - FULL SERVICE, 2026 IQ-NOCOMMIT CONTINUANCE OF TASK ORDER 1202SC26K2501$62.4M
    PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP· Ada County, ID· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 1202SC26K2503
  4. FAM RETARDANT - FULL SERVICE, 2026 IQ-NOCOMMIT$49.8M
    PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP· Ada County, ID· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 1, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· 1202SC26K2501
  5. FAM RETARDANT - FULL SERVICE, 2024 IQ-NOCOMMIT$47.3M
    PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP· Ada County, ID· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 22, 2024 – Jun 29, 2026· 1202SC24K2509
  6. FAM RETARDANT - FULL SERVICE, 2025 IQ-NOCOMMIT$46.5M
    PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP· Ada County, ID· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 7, 2025 – Jun 29, 2026· 1202SC25K2504
  7. AWARD - APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT: OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AGILE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION SERVICES: SERVICE DELIVERY SUPPORT$44.1M
    DYNAMO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jun 15, 2023 – Aug 28, 2026· 12760423F0176
  8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES (DAITSS)$39.8M
    ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 29, 2021 – Aug 3, 2026· 12760421F0181

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.

Forest Service obligated $1.8B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 11,304 actions (1,446 new awards), −52% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.703 · Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement ($615M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.8B
New awards
1,446
Actions
11.3K
Since FY2021
$15.5B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 990.3MFY2021
  2. 1.7BFY2022
  3. 3.2BFY2023
  4. 4.2BFY2024
  5. 3.6BFY2025
  6. 1.8BFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$1.3B75%
  2. Grants$435.2M25%

Top programs

  1. 10.703 · Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement$615M35%
  2. 10.665 · Schools and Roads - Grants to States$440.7M25%
  3. 10.720 · Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants$169.4M9.7%
  4. 10.664 · Cooperative Forestry Assistance$68.4M3.9%
  5. 10.699 · Partnership Agreements$67.7M3.9%
  6. 10.701 · Stewardship Agreements$56.5M3.2%
  7. 10.666 · Schools and Roads - Grants to Counties$52M3.0%
  8. 10.676 · Forest Legacy Program$41.7M2.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$95.5M5.4%
    WINDSOR, CO
  2. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OREGON DEPARTMENT$89.2M5.1%
    SALEM, OR
  3. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$85.9M4.9%
    OLYMPIA, WA
  4. CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURES OFF$59.4M3.4%
    SACRAMENTO, CA
  5. TREASURER OFFICE IDAHO STATE$44.9M2.6%
    BOISE, ID
  6. IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS$43.7M2.5%
    BOISE, ID
  7. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY$43.4M2.5%
    SALEM, OR
  8. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$38.1M2.2%
    FORT COLLINS, CO

Where it went

  1. Oregon$156.6M8.9%
  2. California$125.1M7.1%
  3. Idaho$93.6M5.3%
  4. Colorado$78.7M4.5%
  5. Washington$54.7M3.1%
  6. Montana$47.9M2.7%
  7. Arizona$47.5M2.7%
  8. North Dakota$43.6M2.5%
  9. New Mexico$39.1M2.2%
  10. Hawaii$35.9M2.0%

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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: $82.5M (60 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $188.6M (671 subawards)

638 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. QUALITY MECHANICAL CONTRACTING LLC$21.2M7.8%
    GLADE SPRING, VA · 1 subaward
  2. ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION$11.7M4.3%
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward
  3. STRUCTURECRAFT BUILDERS USA INC$10.8M4.0%
    ABBOTSFORD, BC · 1 subaward
  4. CIMARRON WATERSHED ALLIANCE, INC.$10M3.7%
    CIMARRON, NM · 1 subaward
  5. COUNTY OF LARIMER$9.9M3.6%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  6. JEFFERSON COUNTY OF$9.7M3.6%
    GOLDEN, CO · 1 subaward
  7. PECAN BAYOU SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT 553$9.2M3.4%
    BROWNWOOD, TX · 1 subaward
  8. WHACKEM AND STACKEM LLC$8.6M3.2%
    SUMMERVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
  9. W-L CONSTRUCTION & PAVING, INC.$7.9M2.9%
    CHILHOWIE, VA · 1 subaward
  10. CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS INC.$5.5M2.0%
    WEST CHESTER, OH · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$19.7M
Clients
153
Reports
282

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE$4.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  2. SEMPRA$1.3M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Transportation
  3. AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION$1.3M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Transportation, Agriculture
  4. Rio Tinto Services, Inc.AI match · 98%$1.1M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Transportation
  5. SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION$790K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Environment and Superfund, Real estate, land use and conservation
  6. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION$610K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED$583.8K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Transportation
  8. Northern California Power Agency$512.5K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Energy and nuclear
  9. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERSAI match · 100%$361K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Transportation
  10. THE CONSERVATION FUNDAI match · 95%$360K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Budget and appropriations, Real estate, land use and conservation
  11. AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL$270K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Agriculture, Environment and Superfund
  12. METREA LLCAI match · 93%$254.6K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Agriculture, Defense
  13. Association of California Water Agencies$250K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Transportation
  14. Trout Unlimited$240K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Clean air and water
  15. World Wildlife Fund, Inc.$220K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Agriculture

6 more clients ($152.5K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: AI name judgments (entity-match@1, jev-1.13.0), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.