Federal sub-agency · Department of Health and Human Services

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources obligated $2.8B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3,254 contract actions (+58% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE ($265.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8B
Actions
3,254
New awards: 1,456
Sole-source
14%
Small business
43%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4MFY2017
  2. 6.9MFY2018
  3. 12.3MFY2019
  4. 45.9MFY2020
  5. 205.9MFY2021
  6. 585.3MFY2022
  7. 631.3MFY2023
  8. 1.3BFY2024
  9. 1.8BFY2025
  10. 2.8BFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE$265.8M9.6%
  2. OUR RESCUE$158.1M5.7%
  3. VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC$100.8M3.6%
  4. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$90.3M3.3%
  5. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$83M3.0%
  6. WESTAT, INC.$58.2M2.1%
  7. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$55.4M2.0%
  8. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$45.7M1.7%
  9. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$43.5M1.6%
  10. NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$41.1M1.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.4B50%
  2. IT & telecom$1.2B43%
  3. Education & social services$62.5M2.3%
  4. Health & medical$39.9M1.4%
  5. Research & development$39.4M1.4%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$22.4M0.8%
  7. Facilities & utilities$18.3M0.7%
  8. Construction & real property$8.6M0.3%
  9. Equipment maintenance$3.2M0.1%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$233.2K0.0%
  11. Transportation & logistics$84.9K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$899.1M32%
  2. District of Columbia$815.9M29%
  3. Virginia$541.1M20%
  4. Georgia$86.3M3.1%
  5. Texas$62.5M2.3%
  6. New York$49.9M1.8%
  7. Illinois$48.2M1.7%
  8. North Carolina$43.2M1.6%
  9. Colorado$28.8M1.0%
  10. California$25M0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition48%
    US 39% · $1.3B
  • Sole-source awards14%
    US 30% · $378.1M
  • Single-offer competitions35%
    US 8.7% · $961.9M
  • Urgency justifications16%
    US 5.1% · $431M
  • Year-end rush25%
    US 6.1% · $691.1M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.8%
    US 5.0% · $23.3M
  • Time-and-materials pricing39%
    US 4.2% · $1.1B

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - HHS MISSION$267.7M23%
  2. OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES$59.2M13%
  3. OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY$51.2M4.5%

Largest awards

  1. CENTRALIZED HHS EIS REQUIREMENT$497.6M
    VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 12, 2020 – Sep 25, 2026· 75P00120F80177
  2. UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN (UAC) LEGAL SERVICES BRIDGE$356.3M
    ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 30, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· 75P00125C00016
  3. TASK ORDER 1 FOR CORE SURVEY WORK (CLIN0001) AND OPTIONAL SURVEY ADD-ONS (CLIN0002)$181.8M
    WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 8, 2020 – May 7, 2026· 75Q80120F32001
  4. LEGAL SERVICES BRIDGE 2.0$158.1M
    OUR RESCUE· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 7571MN26C00029
  5. NIH MS ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT$108.4M
    DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P· Williamson County, TX· IT & telecom· Feb 27, 2024 – Aug 7, 2026· 75N92024F90001
  6. HHS HSPD-12 SIS BPA TASK ORDER 1 OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE$86.4M
    DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Nov 29, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· 75P00124F37001
  7. CANCER THERAPY EVALUATION PROGRAM INFORMATICS & COMPUTER SUPPORT$85.6M
    CTIS, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· 75N91022F00001
  8. NEXT GENERATION IT SERVICES (NGITS) ENGINEERING TASK ORDER SERVICES$76.6M
    LEIDOS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 31, 2018 – Mar 5, 2026· HHSP23337001

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $52.2M (45 subawards)

38 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC.$12.9M25%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  2. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON$12.1M23%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. MICROSOFT CORPORATION$4.6M8.8%
    REDMOND, WA · 1 subaward
  4. AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$4.1M7.9%
    SEATTLE, WA · 5 subawards
  5. CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES, ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK$3.4M6.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  6. FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES, INC$2.4M4.6%
    NEWBERRY, FL · 1 subaward
  7. PUBLIC COUNSEL$1.8M3.5%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  8. IMMIGRATION PROJECT INC$1.8M3.4%
    NORMAL, IL · 1 subaward
  9. BLU OMEGA LLC$1.2M2.2%
    ASHBURN, VA · 1 subaward
  10. PRISONERS LEGAL SERVICES$882.6K1.7%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.