Contracting office · International Boundary and Water Commission: U.S.-Mexico

INTL BOUNDARY WATER COMM US MEX

INTL BOUNDARY WATER COMM US MEX obligated $551.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 385 contract actions (+324% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was PCL CONSTRUCTION INC ($492.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$551.7M
Actions
385
New awards: 113
Sole-source
5.7%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 62.8MFY2017
  2. 48.5MFY2018
  3. 39.3MFY2019
  4. 31.3MFY2020
  5. 56MFY2021
  6. 107.9MFY2022
  7. 140.5MFY2023
  8. 159.7MFY2024
  9. 130MFY2025
  10. 551.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PCL CONSTRUCTION INC$492.3M89%
  2. VEOLIA WATER WEST OPERATING SERVICES INC$31.1M5.6%
  3. SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY$7.2M1.3%
  4. ZPROCIS SOLUTIONS INC.$3.1M0.6%
  5. G.S.E. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.$1.8M0.3%
  6. CITY OF SAN DIEGO$1.7M0.3%
  7. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$1.5M0.3%
  8. TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP$1.4M0.3%
  9. UNS ELECTRIC, INC.$1.1M0.2%
  10. AMERICAN MATERIAL HANDLING, INC.$1.1M0.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$496M90%
  2. Facilities & utilities$40M7.2%
  3. IT & telecom$6.2M1.1%
  4. Equipment maintenance$4.4M0.8%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$3.3M0.6%
  6. Professional services$983.5K0.2%
  7. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$433.9K0.1%
  8. Health & medical$314.2K0.1%
  9. Fuel$31.7K0.0%
  10. Transportation & logistics$15.4K0.0%
  11. Education & social services$8,2520.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$533M97%
  2. Texas$11.2M2.0%
  3. Arizona$7.3M1.3%
  4. Virginia$135.3K0.0%
  5. Ohio$34.7K0.0%
  6. Colorado$20.5K0.0%
  7. New Mexico$11.1K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition8.5%
    US 39% · $46.7M
  • Sole-source awards5.7%
    US 30% · $31.3M
  • Single-offer competitions2.8%
    US 8.7% · $15.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.4%
    US 5.1% · $2.2M
  • Year-end rush82%
    US 6.0% · $453.3M
  • 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: 1

Largest awards

  1. INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT$552.4M
    PCL CONSTRUCTION INC· San Diego County, CA· Construction & real property· Aug 20, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· 191BWC24C0008
  2. CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN CANAL LOWER REACH REPLACEMENT$90.6M
    ODIN ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC· El Paso County, TX· Construction & real property· Aug 22, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· 191BWC23C0006
  3. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SOUTH BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.$88M
    VEOLIA WATER WEST OPERATING SERVICES INC· San Diego County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 28, 2020 – Apr 30, 2026· 191BWC20C0003
  4. COMMENTS: THE USIBWC SEEKS SLUDGE DRYING/DEWATERING EFFORTS AT THE NIWTP THRU CURRENT OR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL REDUCE THE VOLUME OF SLUDGE THAT IS PRODUCED AND TRANSPORTED TO LANDFILLS, PROVIDING UNATTENDED OPERATING CAPABILITIE$17.5M
    SUNSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC· Santa Cruz County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 8, 2025 – Jun 5, 2026· 191BWC25C0102
  5. COMMENTS: THE SBIWTP IS A 25 MILLION GALLON PER DAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT TREATS WASTEWATER ORIGINATING FROM TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. THE TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDES AUXILIARY FACILITIES SUCH AS THE CANYON COLLECTION SYST$16.5M
    VEOLIA WATER WEST OPERATING SERVICES INC· San Diego County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Mar 31, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 191BWC26C0043
  6. EIS AT&T$9.2M
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· El Paso County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 2, 2021 – Aug 29, 2026· 191BWC21F0061
  7. PROVIDE ELECTRICAL UTILITY SERVICE AT THE SBIWTP AND PUMP STATIONS.$7.2M
    SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY· San Diego County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jan 29, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 191BWC26F0016
  8. URGENT THAT THE REPLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION OF JB1 BE STARTED AND COMPLETED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO CONTROL OF FLOWS INTO TH$7M
    VEOLIA WATER WEST OPERATING SERVICES INC· San Diego County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 10, 2023 – May 27, 2026· 191BWC23C0009

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.