Federal sub-agency · Department of the Interior

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service obligated $266M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 4,446 contract actions (−15% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was VIP STRUCTURES, INC. ($12.5M). It also awarded $1.7B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$266M
Actions
4,446
New awards: 1,923
Sole-source
11%
Small business
81%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 247.3MFY2017
  2. 236.1MFY2018
  3. 328.8MFY2019
  4. 351.1MFY2020
  5. 324.7MFY2021
  6. 334.6MFY2022
  7. 347.9MFY2023
  8. 409.1MFY2024
  9. 313.7MFY2025
  10. 266MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. VIP STRUCTURES, INC.$12.5M4.7%
  2. AHTNA GLOBAL LLC$11M4.1%
  3. MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC$10.2M3.8%
  4. DOFINE SPRINKLER REBUILDERS INC$9.8M3.7%
  5. OAC ACTION CONSTRUCTION CORP.$9.4M3.5%
  6. CATERPILLAR INC$8.1M3.0%
  7. ALEUT CONSTRUCTION LLC$7M2.6%
  8. HYDRA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, LLC$6M2.3%
  9. CHUGACH SOLUTIONS ENTERPRISE, LLC$5M1.9%
  10. MIDNIGHT SUN-CENTENNIAL SUNNLIAQ JV, LLC$5M1.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$114.5M43%
  2. Facilities & utilities$45.6M17%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$35.2M13%
  4. IT & telecom$28.7M11%
  5. Professional services$15.1M5.7%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$15.1M5.7%
  7. Equipment maintenance$7.3M2.8%
  8. Transportation & logistics$2.2M0.8%
  9. Fuel$1.3M0.5%
  10. Education & social services$560.6K0.2%
  11. Health & medical$399.1K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$25.8M9.7%
  2. Washington$22.8M8.6%
  3. California$19.5M7.3%
  4. Florida$16.4M6.2%
  5. Oregon$13.5M5.1%
  6. New York$13.1M4.9%
  7. Alaska$12.4M4.7%
  8. North Carolina$12.2M4.6%
  9. Nevada$12.1M4.5%
  10. Colorado$11.8M4.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition27%
    US 39% · $72M
  • Sole-source awards11%
    US 30% · $29.9M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.7% · $42.1M
  • Urgency justifications1.0%
    US 5.1% · $2.6M
  • Year-end rush32%
    US 6.0% · $84.6M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $655.3K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$204.7K

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. FWS, SAT TEAM 1$5.8M33%
  2. FWS, IT SERVICES$5.8M22%
  3. FWS, OVER SAT G/S$4.4M11%
  4. FWS, CONSTRUCTION A/E TEAM 3$4M15%
  5. FWS SAT TEAM 3$2.8M8.2%

Contracts terminated for default: 8

Largest awards

  1. HI-MIDWAY ATOLL - BOSS CONTRACT 2022$23.1M
    CHUGACH SOLUTIONS ENTERPRISE, LLC· Anchorage Municipality, AK· Facilities & utilities· Jun 17, 2022 – Jul 22, 2026· 140F0422C0005
  2. NCTC GUEST SERVICES$19.6M
    ARAMARK SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, LLC· Jefferson County, WV· Facilities & utilities· Aug 31, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· 140F0422C0011
  3. GAOA WATER AND SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT AT CRAB ORCHARD NWR$17.9M
    CITY OF MARION· Williamson County, IL· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2021 – Mar 12, 2026· 140F0821C0004
  4. EO 14398: MONTEZUMA NWR & NY ECOLOGICAL SERVICES NEW MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY$12.5M
    VIP STRUCTURES, INC.· Seneca County, NY· Construction & real property· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 140FGA26C0029
  5. SOUTH TEXAS ENDANGERED OCELOT PROTECTION AND RECOVERY SERVICES$12.2M
    TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE· Kleberg County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jul 28, 2023 – Jul 13, 2026· 140F0S23C0008
  6. THIS PROJECT UTILIZES FUNDING OF THE GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT (GAOA) ALLOCATED TO THE IZEMBEK NWR. THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED TO: 1) REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE; 2) REDUCE ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS; 3) REMOVE, REPLACE, OR DISPOSE OF ASSET$12.1M
    UIC NAPPAIRIT LLC· Aleutians East Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Aug 3, 2023 – Feb 26, 2026· 140FGA23C0002
  7. WV-NCTC-FACILITY OP-O&M SERVICES$12M
    CMI MANAGEMENT, LLC· Jefferson County, WV· Facilities & utilities· Aug 20, 2021 – May 20, 2026· 140F0421F0057
  8. ATTACHED FOR PUBLIC POSTING IS A COPY OF THE BID ABSTRACT AND BID ABSTRACT CONTINUATION SHEET (2 PGS TOTAL) FOR SOLICITATION NUMBER 140FC323B0002.$11.7M
    DIVERSIFIED CONTRACTORS, INC.· Klamath County, OR· Construction & real property· Aug 10, 2023 – Aug 11, 2026· 140FC323C0020

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service obligated $1.7B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 8,618 actions (2,123 new awards), −20% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety ($910.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7B
New awards
2,123
Actions
8,618
Since FY2021
$12.4B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.7BFY2021
  2. 2.1BFY2022
  3. 2.3BFY2023
  4. 2.4BFY2024
  5. 2.1BFY2025
  6. 1.7BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.7B99.9%
  2. Other assistance$917K0.1%

Top programs

  1. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$910.1M53%
  2. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$380.5M22%
  3. 15.623 · North American Wetlands Conservation Fund$88.8M5.2%
  4. 15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund$79.6M4.7%
  5. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$54.3M3.2%
  6. 15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species$45.3M2.7%
  7. 15.662 · Great Lakes Restoration$28.7M1.7%
  8. 15.661 · Lower Snake River Compensation Plan$26.2M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT$68M4.0%
    AUSTIN, TX
  2. ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME$65M3.8%
    JUNEAU, AK
  3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS$50.5M3.0%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL
  4. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE$49.2M2.9%
    SACRAMENTO, CA
  5. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$47.1M2.8%
    LANSING, MI
  6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$44.5M2.6%
    ATLANTA, GA
  7. FISH & WILDLIFE, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF$42.9M2.5%
    OLYMPIA, WA
  8. IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH GAME$40.7M2.4%
    BOISE, ID

Where it went

  1. California$85.8M5.0%
  2. Texas$78.1M4.6%
  3. Alaska$71.4M4.2%
  4. Illinois$61.8M3.6%
  5. Michigan$52M3.0%
  6. Pennsylvania$49.3M2.9%
  7. Idaho$47.5M2.8%
  8. Georgia$46.8M2.7%
  9. Washington$46.7M2.7%
  10. Oregon$45.5M2.7%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

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: $2.8M (26 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $188.6M (591 subawards)

376 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. CONTRACTING AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, DIVISION OF$13.7M7.1%
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 8 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$9.9M5.2%
    URBANA, IL · 23 subawards
  3. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$5.4M2.8%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 12 subawards
  4. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY$5M2.6%
    LANSING, MI · 1 subaward
  5. PENOBSCOT INDIAN NATION$4.7M2.5%
    INDIAN ISLAND, ME · 1 subaward
  6. TETRA TECH, INC.$3.5M1.8%
    CHICAGO, IL · 4 subawards
  7. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$3.5M1.8%
    RALEIGH, NC · 3 subawards
  8. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COLVILLE RESERVATION$3.4M1.8%
    NESPELEM, WA · 1 subaward
  9. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$3.3M1.7%
    LINCOLN, NE · 3 subawards
  10. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$3.1M1.6%
    CARBONDALE, IL · 13 subawards

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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
$54.8M
Clients
109
Reports
196

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 · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Transportation
  2. NEXTERA ENERGY, INCAI match · 95%$4.4M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS$2.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund
  4. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 100%$1.5M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Agriculture
  5. PHILLIPS 66AI match · 100%$1.3M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Environment and Superfund, Transportation, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  6. The Nature ConservancyAI match · 100%$640K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Agriculture
  7. NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS$630K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Agriculture
  8. AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED$583.8K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Agriculture
  9. AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION$445.6K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund
  10. THE CONSERVATION FUNDAI match · 95%$360K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Budget and appropriations, Real estate, land use and conservation
  11. World Wildlife Fund, Inc.AI match · 100%$350K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund
  12. GATX CORPORATION$300K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  13. Association of California Water Agencies$250K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Agriculture
  14. Center for Sportfishing Policy$230K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries
  15. National Water Resources Association$230K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund

6 more clients ($307K) 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.