Contracting office · Transportation Security Administration

MISSION ESSENTIALS

MISSION ESSENTIALS obligated $430.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 277 contract actions (+33% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC ($157.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$430.2M
Actions
277
New awards: 145
Sole-source
2.7%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 58.1MFY2017
  2. 35.3MFY2018
  3. 31.8MFY2019
  4. 22.8MFY2020
  5. 74.4MFY2021
  6. 146.6MFY2022
  7. 200MFY2023
  8. 308.3MFY2024
  9. 323.7MFY2025
  10. 430.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC$157.7M37%
  2. WORKWEAR OUTFITTERS, LLC$71.9M17%
  3. VMD SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS, LLC$58.4M14%
  4. AVIATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT LLC$51.3M12%
  5. JOHNSON SECURITY BUREAU, INC$14.3M3.3%
  6. DEFENSE CONSULTING SERVICES LLC$9.8M2.3%
  7. IGNITED LLC$7.1M1.7%
  8. DEV TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC$7M1.6%
  9. KR CONTRACTING INC$5.2M1.2%
  10. DEDRONE DEFENSE LLC$5.2M1.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$301.6M70%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$86.4M20%
  3. Professional services$19.4M4.5%
  4. IT & telecom$15.5M3.6%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$5.2M1.2%
  6. Construction & real property$1.9M0.4%
  7. Fuel$102.6K0.0%
  8. Research & development$87.7K0.0%
  9. Health & medical$45.3K0.0%
  10. Transportation & logistics$34K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$173M40%
  2. Tennessee$71.5M17%
  3. Florida$59.3M14%
  4. Missouri$27.2M6.3%
  5. Virginia$27M6.3%
  6. New York$17.8M4.1%
  7. Montana$14.3M3.3%
  8. New Jersey$9.8M2.3%
  9. Texas$7.6M1.8%
  10. South Dakota$6.2M1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.0%
    US 39% · $25.8M
  • Sole-source awards2.7%
    US 30% · $11.6M
  • Single-offer competitions3.3%
    US 8.8% · $14.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush31%
    US 5.6% · $132.4M
  • 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. TASK ORDER TO SUPPORT SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT SFO AIRPORT.$789.9M
    COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC· San Mateo County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Feb 5, 2021 – Sep 29, 2026· 70T05021F5900N002
  2. UNIFORMS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS$103.9M
    WORKWEAR OUTFITTERS, LLC· Davidson County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 14, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 70T05024F5900N002
  3. COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT SARASOTA BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ) IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA), SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (SPP).$64.4M
    AVIATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT LLC· Sarasota County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 70T05023F5900N001
  4. THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AND REQUIRED DELIVERABLES FOR THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI) KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.$63.6M
    VMD SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS, LLC· Platte County, MO· Facilities & utilities· May 14, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 70T05024F5900N006
  5. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICER (TSO) UNIFORMS, HONOR GUARD UNIFORMS FOR TSOS, AND FEDERAL SECURITY DIRECTOR (FSD) JACKETS$56M
    WORKWEAR OUTFITTERS, LLC· Davidson County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 70T05026F5900N032
  6. TASK ORDER FOR COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT FREDERICK DOUGLASS GREATER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.$51.3M
    VMD SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS, LLC· Monroe County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Sep 7, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· 70T05021F5900N038
  7. TASK ORDER FOR COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AND REQUIRED DELIVERABLES AT EIGHT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE STATE OF MONTANA IN SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.$37.9M
    JOHNSON SECURITY BUREAU, INC· Flathead County, MT· Facilities & utilities· Apr 29, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026· 70T05024F5900N005
  8. COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT (PGD) IN PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA IN SUPPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA), SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (SPP).$34.8M
    AVIATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT LLC· Charlotte County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Sep 20, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026· 70T05023F5900N015

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.