Contracting office · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources

OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES obligated $464.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 694 contract actions (+26% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was WESTAT, INC. ($55.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$464.6M
Actions
694
New awards: 301
Sole-source
13%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.7MFY2020
  2. 49.4MFY2021
  3. 159.3MFY2022
  4. 152MFY2023
  5. 318.9MFY2024
  6. 367.4MFY2025
  7. 464.6MFY2026
  8. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. WESTAT, INC.$55.7M12%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$438.8M94%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$11.7M2.5%
  3. IT & telecom$4.6M1.0%
  4. Education & social services$3.4M0.7%
  5. Research & development$2.2M0.5%
  6. Equipment maintenance$1.5M0.3%
  7. Construction & real property$1.1M0.2%
  8. Facilities & utilities$851.9K0.2%
  9. Health & medical$399.9K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$246.8M53%
  2. Georgia$55.5M12%
  3. Virginia$39.1M8.4%
  4. North Carolina$12.8M2.8%
  5. Alaska$7.4M1.6%
  6. New Jersey$4.6M1.0%
  7. Alabama$3.3M0.7%
  8. Michigan$3.2M0.7%
  9. Abroad$1.8M0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition31%
    US 39% · $145.7M
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $59.2M
  • Single-offer competitions19%
    US 8.7% · $86.5M
  • Urgency justifications1.3%
    US 5.1% · $6M
  • Year-end rush23%
    US 6.0% · $106.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts1.3%
    US 5.0% · $6.2M
  • Time-and-materials pricing25%
    US 4.2% · $114.1M

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

Largest awards

  1. WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 8, 2020 – May 7, 2026· 75Q80120F32001
  2. WESTAT, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Dec 5, 2024 – May 28, 2026· 75Q80125F32002
  3. TRUE NORTH COMMUNICATIONS INC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 23, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026· 75F40125F19005
  4. LCG SYSTEMS LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 13, 2022 – Jul 31, 2026· 75N95022F00002
  5. IRON VINE SECURITY LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 28, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 75N97021F00077
  6. DEPLOYED RESOURCES LLC· Dimmit County, TX· Professional services· May 26, 2022 – Sep 25, 2026· 75ACF122F59001
  7. WALTER R MCDONALD & ASSOCIATES, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 30, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· 75ACF123F80040
  8. JBS INTERNATIONAL, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Aug 27, 2024 – Nov 18, 2025· 75ACF124F80023

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.