Federal sub-agency · Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection obligated $37.8B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 5,729 contract actions (+272% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO ($13.4B).

Obligations · FY2026
$37.8B
Actions
5,729
New awards: 1,614
Sole-source
5.6%
Small business
7.4%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.6BFY2017
  2. 3BFY2018
  3. 3.3BFY2019
  4. 3.9BFY2020
  5. 3.5BFY2021
  6. 4.7BFY2022
  7. 6.7BFY2023
  8. 5.8BFY2024
  9. 10.2BFY2025
  10. 37.8BFY2026
  11. -1.3MFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$13.4B35%
  2. BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$4.6B12%
  3. SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO$2.5B6.7%
  4. SLS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$2.4B6.3%
  5. SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC$2.4B6.2%
  6. AMI METALS, INC$2B5.3%
  7. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$734.3M1.9%
  8. COCHRANE USA INC$641.3M1.7%
  9. CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$572.6M1.5%
  10. GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY$537M1.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$29.6B78%
  2. Professional services$4.4B12%
  3. IT & telecom$1.8B4.8%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$992.7M2.6%
  5. Equipment maintenance$394.4M1.0%
  6. Facilities & utilities$241.2M0.6%
  7. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$178M0.5%
  8. Health & medical$112.8M0.3%
  9. Transportation & logistics$87.3M0.2%
  10. Education & social services$48.7M0.1%
  11. Research & development$6.7M0.0%
  12. Fuel$185.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Texas$20.3B54%
  2. Arizona$6.3B17%
  3. California$4.6B12%
  4. Virginia$2.3B6.2%
  5. New Mexico$2.1B5.5%
  6. District of Columbia$594.5M1.6%
  7. Indiana$273.5M0.7%
  8. Maryland$179M0.5%
  9. Florida$173.4M0.5%
  10. Montana$146.9M0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition15%
    US 39% · $5.7B
  • Sole-source awards5.6%
    US 30% · $2.1B
  • Single-offer competitions9.6%
    US 8.7% · $3.6B
  • Urgency justifications74%
    US 5.1% · $27.9B
  • Year-end rush11%
    US 6.1% · $4B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $30.9M
  • Time-and-materials pricing2.4%
    US 4.2% · $924.3M

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. AIR AND MARINE CONTRACTING DIVISION$1.4B49%
  2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTING DIVISION$245.2M13%
  3. MISSION SUPPORT CONTRACTING DIVISION$244.2M6.1%
  4. ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES TRAINING CONTRACTING DIVISION$182.7M0.6%
  5. BORDER ENFORCEMENT CONTRACTING DIVISION$77.2M12%

Contracts terminated for default: 2

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCT VERTICAL BORDER BARRIER$2.8B
    FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Santa Cruz County, AZ· Construction & real property· Dec 17, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026· 70B01C26F00000017
  2. BORDER BARRIER DESIGN BUILD FOR BBT-5$2.6B
    FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Brewster County, TX· Construction & real property· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 70B01C26F00000405
  3. BULK STEEL FOR SOUTHWEST BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS$2B
    AMI METALS, INC· El Paso County, TX· Professional services· Feb 11, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 70B01C26C00000006
  4. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT NEW VERTICAL BARRIER AND POWER DISTRIBUTION, LIGHTING, CAMERAS, EQUIPMENT SHELTERS AND LINEAR GROUND DETECTION SYSTEM (LGDS) IN HILDAGO COUNTY, NM.$1.8B
    FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Hidalgo County, NM· Construction & real property· Jan 6, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026· 70B01C26F00000073
  5. AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION TASK ORDER FOR BORDER WALL IN BIG BEND TEXAS, SEGMENT IDENTIFIED AS BBT-4.$1.7B
    SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO· Brewster County, TX· Construction & real property· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· 70B01C26F00000345
  6. YUM-2 VERTICAL BORDER AND WATERBORNE BARRIER CONSTRUCTION$1.7B
    FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Maricopa County, AZ· Construction & real property· Dec 23, 2025 – Mar 9, 2026· 70B01C26F00000044
  7. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR EL PASO SECTOR - EPT-5$1.6B
    BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED· El Paso County, TX· Construction & real property· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 70B01C26F00000292
  8. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR TCA-5 TON.$1.3B
    SLS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC· Pima County, AZ· Construction & real property· Jun 26, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 70B01C26F00000385

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $475.4M (588 subawards)

233 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. PVP ADVANCED EO SYSTEMS, INC.$55.2M12%
    LAKE FOREST, CA · 10 subawards
  2. TEXTRON, INC$30.8M6.5%
    AUGUSTA, GA · 1 subaward
  3. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$26.7M5.6%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  4. AF STEEL FABRICATORS, L.L.C.$24.4M5.1%
    CHANDLER, AZ · 1 subaward
  5. SRCTEC, LLC$23.9M5.0%
    SYRACUSE, NY · 9 subawards
  6. OTTO TRUCKING INC$22.8M4.8%
    MESA, AZ · 1 subaward
  7. HUITT - ZOLLARS, INC$21.1M4.4%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  8. TOWER SOLUTIONS LLC$19.1M4.0%
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 4 subawards
  9. ARROWHEAD CONTRACTING, LLC$19M4.0%
    OVERLAND PARK, KS · 7 subawards
  10. VAMONOS IT LLC$18.4M3.9%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$117.2M
Clients
152
Reports
270

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Budget and appropriations
  2. Amazon.com Services LLCAI match · 100%$8.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Budget and appropriations
  3. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$6.8M
    0.6% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Homeland security
  4. GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95%$4.6M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Homeland security, Defense, Energy and nuclear
  5. National Retail Federation$4.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  6. RAI Services Company$3.8M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. UPS (UNITED PARCEL SERVICE)$3.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Homeland security
  8. Delta Air Lines, Inc.AI match · 100%$3.2M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations, Homeland security
  9. UNION PACIFIC CORP.$2.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Homeland security
  10. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVESAI match · 100%$2.4M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Homeland security, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  11. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION$2.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Homeland security
  12. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS$2.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Homeland security
  13. Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America)$2.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Aviation, aircraft and airlines
  14. ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS$2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  15. SIEMENS CORPORATIONAI match · 98%$1.8M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Trade (domestic and foreign), Transportation, Budget and appropriations

3 more clients ($40K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.