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TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER AUSTIN (36C10A)

TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER AUSTIN (36C10A) obligated $71.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 288 contract actions (−41% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP ($31M).

Obligations · FY2026
$71.7M
Actions
288
New awards: 4
Sole-source
3.6%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 373.3MFY2017
  2. 455.5MFY2018
  3. 455.2MFY2019
  4. 539.4MFY2020
  5. 741.4MFY2021
  6. 668.2MFY2022
  7. 326.3MFY2023
  8. 269.4MFY2024
  9. 121.6MFY2025
  10. 71.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$31M43%
  2. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$11M15%
  3. FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.$4.5M6.3%
  4. SALIENT CRGT, INC.$4.3M6.0%
  5. LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC$2.8M3.9%
  6. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$2.4M3.3%
  7. DOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.$2.2M3.1%
  8. GARTNER, INC.$2M2.8%
  9. A & T SYSTEMS, INC.$1.7M2.4%
  10. MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$1.5M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$68.9M96%
  2. Professional services$2M2.8%
  3. Transportation & logistics$473.3K0.7%
  4. Health & medical$178.9K0.2%
  5. Equipment maintenance$157K0.2%
  6. Education & social services$10K0.0%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$9,3160.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$23.1M32%
  2. Texas$17.3M24%
  3. Illinois$10.8M15%
  4. District of Columbia$6.4M9.0%
  5. Connecticut$2.9M4.0%
  6. Maryland$1.6M2.2%
  7. 72$1.4M2.0%
  8. California$1.2M1.7%
  9. North Carolina$1.2M1.7%
  10. Washington$1.2M1.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $8.5M
  • Sole-source awards3.6%
    US 30% · $2.6M
  • Single-offer competitions8.2%
    US 8.7% · $5.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush39%
    US 6.0% · $27.8M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.4%
    US 4.2% · $253K

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

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$3,040
1 award · 1 recipient

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 8, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. ENTERPRISE MEASUREMENT AND CONFIGURATION SERVICES (EMACS)$95.9M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 22, 2026· 36C10A23F0115
  2. CO-LOCATED HOSTING SERVICES FOR COMBINATION B - DALLAS, TX AND SAN JOSE, CA$46.8M
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Dallas County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 26, 2019 – Aug 25, 2026· 36C10A19F0321
  3. RESEARCH AND ADVISORY SERVICES$42.9M
    GARTNER, INC.· Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Professional services· Aug 1, 2022 – Aug 27, 2026· 36C10A22F0165
  4. CISCO SECURITY ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT$40.5M
    FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.· Travis County, TX· IT & telecom· Jul 1, 2022 – Jul 21, 2026· 36C10A22F0143
  5. CO-LOCATED HOSTING SERVICES - COMBINATION A CHICAGO, IL AND STERLING, CA$38.5M
    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· Sep 25, 2019 – Jul 27, 2026· 36C10A19F0320
  6. TIC CAGE EXPANSION EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION$38.4M
    THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 12, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· 36C10A22F0162
  7. NLEC-NG TASK ORDER 7$37.9M
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· 36C10B21N0004ATT
  8. CISCO LAN EQUIPMENT AND AN ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT$33.3M
    VETERAN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC· Madison County, IL· IT & telecom· Aug 26, 2020 – Jan 9, 2026· 36C10A20F0285

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.