Contracting office · Drug Enforcement Administration

SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION

SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION obligated $29.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,940 contract actions (−14% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was METLANG LLC ($29.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$29.7M
Actions
1,940
New awards: 920
Sole-source
99%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 74.5MFY2017
  2. 70.1MFY2018
  3. 70.5MFY2019
  4. 66.1MFY2020
  5. 53.3MFY2021
  6. 49.4MFY2022
  7. 45.6MFY2023
  8. 43.3MFY2024
  9. 34.5MFY2025
  10. 29.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. METLANG LLC$29.2M98%
  2. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA$405.1K1.4%
  3. THE KINETIC GROUP SALES LLC$21.8K0.1%
  4. GOVSMART, INC.$18.5K0.1%
  5. SILVER EAGLE GROUP NORTHERN VIRGINIA LLC$17.7K0.1%
  6. DOMAINTOOLS LLC$17.3K0.1%
  7. HORNADY MANUFACTURING COMPANY$11K0.0%
  8. ULTRA COMPANY, INC.$9,5920.0%
  9. BSNB LLC$8,0000.0%
  10. ISOFT SOLUTIONS, LLC$7,4820.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$29.6M99.6%
  2. Construction & real property$38.5K0.1%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$32.8K0.1%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$18.5K0.1%
  5. IT & telecom$17.3K0.1%
  6. Equipment maintenance$13.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Florida$9.7M33%
  2. California$7.8M26%
  3. Arizona$2.3M7.7%
  4. Georgia$2M6.7%
  5. Colorado$1.8M6.0%
  6. Texas$1.7M5.7%
  7. Massachusetts$653.2K2.2%
  8. Kentucky$570.1K1.9%
  9. New York$525.8K1.8%
  10. Pennsylvania$460.9K1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99.5%
    US 39% · $29.6M
  • Sole-source awards99%
    US 30% · $29.4M
  • Single-offer competitions0.8%
    US 8.8% · $233K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush8.5%
    US 5.6% · $2.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing99.5%
    US 4.2% · $29.6M

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

Largest awards

  1. TRANSLATION SERVICES$198.2K
    METLANG LLC· Fulton County, GA· Professional services· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 15DD0S26F00000807
  2. TRANSLATION SERVICES$181.5K
    METLANG LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 15DD0S26F00000951
  3. TRANSLATION SERVICES$144.6K
    METLANG LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Professional services· Jul 17, 2026 – Jul 17, 2026· 15DD0S26F00000785
  4. TRANSLATION SERVICES$142.8K
    METLANG LLC· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Jul 8, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025· 15DD0S25F00000820
  5. TRANSLATION SERVICES$139.6K
    METLANG LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 26, 2025 – Jan 9, 2026· 15DD0S25F00001029
  6. TRANSLATION SERVICES$136.6K
    METLANG LLC· Broward County, FL· Professional services· Sep 2, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025· 15DD0S25F00000971
  7. TRANSLATION SERVICES$135.3K
    METLANG LLC· Fulton County, GA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 15DD0S26F00000927
  8. TRANSLATION SERVICES$131K
    METLANG LLC· Fulton County, GA· Professional services· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 15DD0S26F00000862

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.