Contracting office · Forest Service

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION, REGION 5

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION, REGION 5 obligated $1.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 22 contract actions (−90% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was INTENTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE LLC ($580K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6M
Actions
22
New awards: 17
Sole-source
100%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 21.5MFY2017
  2. 11.1MFY2018
  3. 19MFY2019
  4. 14.6MFY2020
  5. 76.6MFY2021
  6. 35.2MFY2022
  7. 29.5MFY2023
  8. 14.4MFY2024
  9. 16MFY2025
  10. 1.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. JTS, INC.$95K6.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$1.2M80%
  2. Construction & real property$163.5K11%
  3. Facilities & utilities$130.1K8.4%
  4. Transportation & logistics$13K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$1.6M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.8%
    US 5.1% · $13K
  • Year-end rush48%
    US 6.1% · $737.8K
  • 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. INTENTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE LLC· Santa Barbara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 1291S826K5012
  2. CREWZERS FIRE CREW TRANSPORT INC· Santa Barbara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 1291S826K5002
  3. JTS, INC.· Santa Barbara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 23, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026· 1291S826K5005
  4. ESSELEN TRIBE OF MONTEREY COUNTY· Santa Barbara County, CA· Construction & real property· Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026· 1291S826K4009
  5. ANCHOR POINT FUELS & SERVICES, LLC· Santa Barbara County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 29, 2026 – Aug 29, 2026· 1291S826K5008
  6. ALPHA SITE SERVICES, LLC· Santa Barbara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 1291S826K5031
  7. INTENTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE LLC· Santa Barbara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 1291S826K5011
  8. CANDLE OF THE BELLY LLC· Santa Barbara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 1291S826K5017

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.