Contracting office · Department of Energy

SC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTER

SC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTER obligated $4.4B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 211 contract actions (−3.4% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ($1.3B).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.4B
Actions
211
New awards: 0
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.8BFY2017
  2. 3.2BFY2018
  3. 3.3BFY2019
  4. 3.7BFY2020
  5. 3.6BFY2021
  6. 4.5BFY2022
  7. 4.3BFY2023
  8. 4.3BFY2024
  9. 4.5BFY2025
  10. 4.4BFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$1.3B30%
  2. UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC$1.2B27%
  3. BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC$843.4M19%
  4. FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC$774.3M18%
  5. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$196.2M4.5%
  6. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$62.2M1.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$4.4B100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Illinois$2B45%
  2. California$1.3B30%
  3. New York$843.4M19%
  4. New Jersey$196.2M4.5%
  5. Iowa$62.2M1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition63%
    US 39% · $2.7B
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions63%
    US 8.7% · $2.7B
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush5.5%
    US 6.0% · $240M
  • 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. THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (PBMC) IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY (LBNL). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSIGNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LABORATORY. THE LABORATORY IS ONE OF THE DOE?S OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC) MULTI-PROGRAM LABORATORIES. THE LABORATORY IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 35 AND OPERATED UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING (M&O) CONTRACT, AS DEFINED IN FAR 17.6 AND DEAR 917.6.$20B
    THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA· Alameda County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0205CH11231
  2. PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY$17.6B
    UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC· DuPage County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0206CH11357
  3. M&O CONTRACT FOR BNL$8.6B
    BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC· Suffolk County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DESC0012704
  4. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY (FNAL)$2.5B
    FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC· Kane County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· 89243024CSC000002
  5. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$2.2B
    THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY· Middlesex County, NJ· Facilities & utilities· Oct 11, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0209CH11466
  6. MULTI-PROGRAM NATIONAL PHYSICAL RESEARCH INCLUDING RARE EARTHS AND USE OF AMES MPC.$1.2B
    IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY· Story County, IA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Oct 6, 2026· DEAC0207CH11358

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.