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RPO EAST (36C24E)

RPO EAST (36C24E) obligated $125.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 930 contract actions (+54% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was PERSONALIS, INC. ($18.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$125.1M
Actions
930
New awards: 309
Sole-source
69%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 98.8MFY2017
  2. 115.7MFY2018
  3. 113.5MFY2019
  4. 139.2MFY2020
  5. 127.3MFY2021
  6. 132.5MFY2022
  7. 123.4MFY2023
  8. 96.2MFY2024
  9. 81.1MFY2025
  10. 125.1MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PERSONALIS, INC.$18.3M15%
  2. TEMPUS AI, INC$13.6M11%
  3. PATHFINDER CONSULTANTS, LLC$13.2M11%
  4. INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC$11.5M9.2%
  5. IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC$10.8M8.6%
  6. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$7.9M6.3%
  7. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$6.7M5.4%
  8. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$5.3M4.2%
  9. THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$3.2M2.6%
  10. BALLARD SPAHR LLP$3.2M2.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$51.8M41%
  2. Research & development$36.5M29%
  3. Professional services$30.2M24%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$3M2.4%
  5. Equipment maintenance$1.6M1.3%
  6. IT & telecom$1.6M1.3%
  7. Education & social services$223K0.2%
  8. Facilities & utilities$159.3K0.1%
  9. Transportation & logistics$26.6K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$30.3M24%
  2. Massachusetts$23.1M18%
  3. Illinois$15.6M12%
  4. New Jersey$13M10%
  5. Virginia$8.3M6.6%
  6. District of Columbia$5.5M4.4%
  7. Maryland$4.2M3.3%
  8. Florida$4.2M3.3%
  9. South Carolina$3.4M2.7%
  10. New York$3.2M2.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition70%
    US 39% · $87.8M
  • Sole-source awards69%
    US 30% · $86.4M
  • Single-offer competitions1.2%
    US 8.7% · $1.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $45.6K
  • Year-end rush13%
    US 6.0% · $15.7M
  • Undefinitized contracts2.3%
    US 5.0% · $2.8M
  • 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. EO 14398$18.3M
    PERSONALIS, INC.· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 36C24E26N0234
  2. GENOMIC ANALYSIS$12.5M
    INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Health & medical· Sep 6, 2022 – Mar 16, 2026· 36C24E22N0188
  3. PRINT, MAIL AND SCAN SERVICES$11.8M
    IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Jan 21, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 36C24E26N0044
  4. TASSO+ ASSAY TESTING FOR MVP PROGRAM$8.4M
    TEMPUS AI, INC· Cook County, IL· Research & development· Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 36C24E26N0165
  5. GENOMIC SUPPORT SERVICES$8.1M
    THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· 36C24E26N0092
  6. LONG READ SEQUENCING FOR MVP PROGRAM$7.8M
    INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC· Middlesex County, NJ· Health & medical· Jun 29, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 36C24E26N0159
  7. WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING$7.5M
    PERSONALIS, INC.· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Sep 18, 2024 – Nov 5, 2025· 36C24E24N0268
  8. GENOMIC ANALYSIS$6.3M
    INFINITY BIOLOGIX LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Health & medical· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 8, 2026· 36C24E25N0264

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.