Contracting office · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER obligated $1.6B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 835 contract actions (+1.7% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. ($499.9M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.6B
- Actions
- 835
- New awards: 100
- Sole-source
- 6.9%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 822.7MFY2017
- 1.3BFY2018
- 1.4BFY2019
- 868.8MFY2020
- 1.3BFY2021
- 1.4BFY2022
- 1.7BFY2023
- 1.8BFY2024
- 1.5BFY2025
- 1.6BFY2026
- 12.4MFY2027
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$499.9M32%
- BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.$191.5M12%
- THE BOEING COMPANY$128.6M8.2%
- KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH CO$90.3M5.8%
- HEALTHEON, INC$79.9M5.1%
- AMENTUM SPACEPORT LLC$72.8M4.7%
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC$65.9M4.2%
- BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$41.1M2.6%
- CIVIL WORKS CONTRACTING LLC$30.9M2.0%
- PCI PRODUCTIONS LLC$29.2M1.9%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Transportation & logistics$728.8M47%
- Construction & real property$320.1M20%
- Research & development$201.3M13%
- Professional services$136.5M8.7%
- Facilities & utilities$101.1M6.5%
- Fuel$67.7M4.3%
- Other equipment & supplies$6M0.4%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.8M0.1%
- Equipment maintenance$564.3K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- Florida$1.3B84%
- Virginia$197.1M13%
- Texas$39.7M2.5%
- Pennsylvania$5.2M0.3%
- California$2.6M0.2%
- Mississippi$1.8M0.1%
- Alabama$999.9K0.1%
- Colorado$678.2K0.0%
- New Jersey$278.9K0.0%
- Georgia$105.1K0.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition13%US 39% · $199.6M
- Sole-source awards6.9%US 30% · $108.7M
- Single-offer competitions5.8%US 8.7% · $90.9M
- Urgency justifications0.8%US 5.1% · $12.6M
- Year-end rush53%US 6.0% · $836.5M
- Undefinitized contracts0.8%US 5.0% · $12M
- 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.
Largest awards
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.· Brevard County, FL· Transportation & logistics· Dec 30, 2016 – Sep 18, 2026· NNK17MA01T
- BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Jun 25, 2019 – Aug 20, 2026· 80KSC019C0013
- AMENTUM SPACEPORT LLC· Brevard County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Aug 6, 2018 – Oct 2, 2026· 80KSC018C0017
- THE BOEING COMPANY· Brevard County, FL· Transportation & logistics· Feb 16, 2017 – Sep 28, 2026· NNK15MA50T
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC· Brevard County, FL· Fuel· Dec 6, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· 80KSC023FA026
- THE BOEING COMPANY· Brevard County, FL· Transportation & logistics· Dec 30, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· NNK17MA02T
- THE BOEING COMPANY· Brevard County, FL· Transportation & logistics· Nov 8, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· NNK16MA04T
- AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.· Brevard County, FL· Professional services· Aug 1, 2017 – Jun 29, 2026· 80KSC017C0012
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.