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NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND

NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND obligated $34.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 64 contract actions (+20% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC ($32.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$34.2M
Actions
64
New awards: 44
Sole-source
2.9%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 29.5MFY2017
  2. 18.6MFY2018
  3. 24.4MFY2019
  4. 31.8MFY2020
  5. 27.6MFY2021
  6. 17.3MFY2022
  7. 17.8MFY2023
  8. 24MFY2024
  9. 28.5MFY2025
  10. 34.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC$32.8M96%
  2. INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, INC.$984.9K2.9%
  3. OFS BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.$184.6K0.5%
  4. CAPITAL RIVERFRONT HOTEL LLC$108.4K0.3%
  5. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$107.8K0.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$32.8M96%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1.2M3.4%
  3. Transportation & logistics$108.4K0.3%
  4. IT & telecom$107.8K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. New York$32.8M96%
  2. Tennessee$1.1M3.2%
  3. Virginia$171.2K0.5%
  4. District of Columbia$108.4K0.3%
  5. Ohio$13.3K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition3.2%
    US 39% · $1.1M
  • Sole-source awards2.9%
    US 30% · $984.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.3%
    US 8.8% · $108.4K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. OPT IV ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND ADVERTISING AND MARKETING PROGRAM$4.9M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· N6671526F0033
  2. OPT IV BASIC ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND NAVY MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM$4.9M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· N6671526F0015
  3. OPT IV BASIC ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND NAVY MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM.$3.3M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Dec 10, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· N6671526F0010
  4. FIELD EVENTS MARKETING ODES IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND ADVERTISING AND MARKETING PROGRAM$3.2M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· May 19, 2026 – May 29, 2026· N6671526F0040
  5. OPT IV FIELD EVENTS MARKETING IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM$2.8M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Oct 24, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· N6671526F0007
  6. OPT IV FIELD EVENTS MARKETING ODES (CLIN 4005) IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM$2.2M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Jan 23, 2026 – Jan 23, 2026· N6671526F0022
  7. OPT IV FIELD EVENTS MARKETING ODES (CLIN 4005) IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM$2.2M
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Mar 13, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· N6671526F0028
  8. OPT IV ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND ADVERTISING AND MARKETING PROGRAM$881.3K
    YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC· New York County, NY· Professional services· Oct 21, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· N6671526F0006

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.