Contracting office · Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

NORTHWEST REGION

NORTHWEST REGION obligated $5.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 109 contract actions (−20% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was YAKAMA POWER ($1.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.2M
Actions
109
New awards: 24
Sole-source
54%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.3MFY2017
  2. 3.9MFY2018
  3. 4.4MFY2019
  4. 3.6MFY2020
  5. 2.9MFY2021
  6. 4.5MFY2022
  7. 7.1MFY2023
  8. 11.7MFY2024
  9. 6.5MFY2025
  10. 5.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. YAKAMA POWER$1.5M29%
  2. MISSION VALLEY POWER$858.8K17%
  3. FIRM MISSION LLC$525.5K10%
  4. CLEARCHANNELVM, LLC$499.7K9.6%
  5. DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.$444K8.6%
  6. CHENHALL SEDONA SERVICES JOINT VENTURE, LLC$373.7K7.2%
  7. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COLVILLE RESERVATION$172.3K3.3%
  8. IDAHO POWER COMPANY$159.5K3.1%
  9. TANTYTUM SUPPLY, LLC$96.2K1.9%
  10. HEARTLAND ENERGY PARTNERS LLC$91.4K1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$3.1M60%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1.4M26%
  3. Professional services$507.4K9.8%
  4. IT & telecom$117K2.3%
  5. Equipment maintenance$39K0.8%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$32K0.6%
  7. Construction & real property$14.8K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Washington$2.4M47%
  2. Montana$1.1M22%
  3. Oregon$950.4K18%
  4. Idaho$726.5K14%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition67%
    US 39% · $3.5M
  • Sole-source awards54%
    US 30% · $2.8M
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $677.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.2%
    US 5.6% · $9,487
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$26.9K

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE, WIP$7.6M
    YAKAMA POWER· Yakima County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 20, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· 140A1222C0001
  2. EO 14398 ELECTRICAL UTILITY SERVICE FOR FLATHEAD INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT (FIIP)$858.8K
    MISSION VALLEY POWER· Lake County, MT· Facilities & utilities· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· 140A1226C0001
  3. NEW COLVILLE COMMERICAL DETENTION CONTR$632.9K
    CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COLVILLE RESERVATION· Okanogan County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 17, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026· 140A1223C0004
  4. SOCIAL WORKERS FOR NWRO$528.4K
    CHENHALL SEDONA SOLUTIONS JOINT VENTURE LLC· Scott County, IA· Professional services· Apr 24, 2023 – May 19, 2026· 140A1223F0005
  5. EO 14398 ROAD GRADER FOR WARM SPRINGS AGENCY$525.5K
    FIRM MISSION LLC· Jefferson County, OR· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 140A1226P0009
  6. NWR QUANTITATIVE WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT$498K
    VIBRANT PLANET, PBC· Multnomah County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jan 2, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· 140A1225F0001
  7. ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE FOR FORT HALL IRRIGATION PROJECT$464.4K
    IDAHO POWER COMPANY· Ada County, ID· Facilities & utilities· Nov 9, 2021 – Jul 29, 2026· 140A1222P0002
  8. EO 14398 TETON HERBICIDE FOR THE FORT HALL IRRIGATION PROJECT (FHIP)$444K
    DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.· Bingham County, ID· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· 140A1226P0007

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.