Contracting office · U.S. Agency for Global Media

OFFICE OF CONTRACTS

OFFICE OF CONTRACTS obligated $72.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 626 contract actions (+3.8% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC. ($8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$72.7M
Actions
626
New awards: 171
Sole-source
11%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 162.5MFY2017
  2. 164.1MFY2018
  3. 160.7MFY2019
  4. 145.8MFY2020
  5. 151MFY2021
  6. 126.8MFY2022
  7. 125MFY2023
  8. 112MFY2024
  9. 70MFY2025
  10. 72.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.$8M11%
  2. MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$7.2M10.0%
  3. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$4.4M6.1%
  4. PAYDESK LIMITED$4.1M5.6%
  5. CGI FEDERAL INC.$3.7M5.1%
  6. ALLTRANSPACK, INC.$3.7M5.0%
  7. REUTERS NEWS & MEDIA INC$2.7M3.7%
  8. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$2.4M3.3%
  9. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS$1.9M2.5%
  10. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES$1.7M2.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$34.2M47%
  2. Professional services$31.4M43%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$3.4M4.7%
  4. Facilities & utilities$1.2M1.7%
  5. Equipment maintenance$1.2M1.6%
  6. Construction & real property$600.2K0.8%
  7. Transportation & logistics$486.7K0.7%
  8. Education & social services$291.6K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$30.8M42%
  2. Virginia$12.5M17%
  3. Colorado$7.8M11%
  4. Abroad$7.6M10%
  5. New York$4.4M6.1%
  6. Florida$1.5M2.1%
  7. North Carolina$1.4M1.9%
  8. Texas$1.2M1.6%
  9. California$1.1M1.5%
  10. Maryland$1.1M1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition57%
    US 39% · $41.4M
  • Sole-source awards11%
    US 30% · $7.7M
  • Single-offer competitions46%
    US 8.7% · $33.6M
  • Urgency justifications1.5%
    US 5.1% · $1.1M
  • Year-end rush48%
    US 6.0% · $34.7M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $88.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing5.4%
    US 4.2% · $3.9M

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

Largest awards

  1. MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE FOR ANNUAL SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT$25.2M
    MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2023 – Sep 3, 2026· 95170023F0356
  2. ADD FUNDING$16.4M
    CGI FEDERAL INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Feb 11, 2020 – Jul 15, 2026· 95170020F0050
  3. CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN)$15.7M
    CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 16, 2022 – Aug 27, 2026· 95170022F0386
  4. SATELLITE CAPACITY, MANAGED TELEPORT SERVICES, DEDICATED MEDIA FIBER (DMF) CONNECTIVITY, DIRECT INTERNET ACCESS (DIA) CONNECTIVITY, AND SIGNAL MONITORING SERVICES$13.2M
    SES SPACE & DEFENSE, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 28, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· 95170023F0253
  5. KUWAIT TRANSMITTING STATION SHORT WAVE (SW) ANTENNA EXPANSION$10.8M
    BRICE BUILDERS, LLC· Anchorage Municipality, AK· Construction & real property· Sep 1, 2020 – Jan 2, 2026· 95170020C0131
  6. DELL POWERSCALE H710 HYBRID SCALE-OUT NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE SOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE MODERNIZATION OF THE USAGM VOA$6.6M
    COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.· Jefferson County, CO· IT & telecom· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 95170026F0366
  7. A-123 IC ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND GRANTS MONITORING FOR THE BASE YEAR WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF MARCH 20, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 19, 2024$4.7M
    CASTRO & COMPANY, LLC· Alexandria city, VA· Professional services· Mar 21, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026· 95170023F0108
  8. KU-BAND SATELLITE VIDEO AND AUDIO CONTENT DELIVERY$4.5M
    SES SPACE & DEFENSE, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 10, 2020 – Feb 12, 2026· 95170020F0035

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.

No committee is mapped to this agency.

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.