Federal sub-agency · Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey obligated $420.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3,565 contract actions (+13% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC ($74.2M). It also awarded $164.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$420.6M
Actions
3,565
New awards: 1,603
Sole-source
10%
Small business
31%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 327.6MFY2017
  2. 385.2MFY2018
  3. 409.6MFY2019
  4. 402.1MFY2020
  5. 420.2MFY2021
  6. 601.1MFY2022
  7. 534.7MFY2023
  8. 604.9MFY2024
  9. 373.5MFY2025
  10. 420.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$74.2M18%
  2. NV5 GEOSPATIAL, INC.$33.9M8.1%
  3. WOOLPERT, INC.$28.8M6.9%
  4. FUGRO USA LAND, INC.$25.2M6.0%
  5. PERATON INC.$21M5.0%
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$11.7M2.8%
  7. CHEROKEE UNITED SERVICES, L.L.C.$9.9M2.4%
  8. DEWBERRY ENGINEERS INC.$9.2M2.2%
  9. NATIONWIDE IT SERVICES INC$8.5M2.0%
  10. INALAB CONSULTING, INC.$7.5M1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$137.4M33%
  2. Construction & real property$134.6M32%
  3. IT & telecom$76.1M18%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$33.8M8.0%
  5. Facilities & utilities$19.1M4.5%
  6. Equipment maintenance$12.4M2.9%
  7. Transportation & logistics$2.7M0.6%
  8. Research & development$2.3M0.6%
  9. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.9M0.5%
  10. Education & social services$234.8K0.1%
  11. Health & medical$65.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$81.6M19%
  2. South Dakota$79.7M19%
  3. Colorado$45M11%
  4. Florida$38.4M9.1%
  5. Texas$35.2M8.4%
  6. Ohio$32.7M7.8%
  7. California$16.1M3.8%
  8. Maryland$13.7M3.3%
  9. Abroad$12.3M2.9%
  10. Missouri$8.4M2.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition14%
    US 39% · $56.9M
  • Sole-source awards10%
    US 30% · $43.5M
  • Single-offer competitions3.2%
    US 8.7% · $13.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $74K
  • Year-end rush11%
    US 6.0% · $44.4M
  • Undefinitized contracts3.1%
    US 5.0% · $12.8M
  • Time-and-materials pricing23%
    US 4.2% · $98.1M

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. OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL$29.7M14%
  2. OFFICE OF ACQUISITON GRANTS$8.2M20%
  3. OFC OF ACQUISITION GRANTS-DENVER$5.5M3.2%
  4. HAWAII VOLCANO OBSERVATORY(00087)$24.4K33%

Contracts terminated for default: 2

Largest awards

  1. CONSTRUCTION OF USGS FACILITIES ON BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII$118M
    HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO· Honolulu County, HI· Construction & real property· Sep 6, 2022 – Jul 24, 2026· 140G0322C0005
  2. CONSTRUCT HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTATION FACILITY IN TUSCALOOSA, AL$90.2M
    JCCBG· Tuscaloosa County, AL· Construction & real property· Dec 30, 2021 – Apr 22, 2026· 140G0122C0002
  3. CHS O&M_TO2.2$19.7M
    PERATON INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 15, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· 140G0125F0284
  4. ALBUQUERQUE SEISMIC LAB TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES$18.1M
    KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC· Bernalillo County, NM· Equipment maintenance· Jun 2, 2022 – Jul 24, 2026· 140G0222C0008
  5. CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUSTAINED OPERATIONS OF THE LANDSAT 8 (L8) AND THE LANDSAT 9 (L9) SATELLITES AND THE SUSTAINMENT OF THE LANDSAT MULTI-SATELLITE OPERATIONS CENTER (LMOC) AND THE BACKUP LMOC (BLMOC)$16.6M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jun 16, 2022 – Feb 19, 2026· 140G0122F0162
  6. LMO TO 10 - SUSTAINED OPERATIONS OF THE L8 AND L9 SATELLITES AND THE SUSTAINMENT OF THE LANDSAT MULTI-SATELLITE OPERATIONS CENTER (LMOC) AND THE BACKUP LMOC$16.3M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.· Prince George's County, MD· Professional services· Jul 7, 2023 – Feb 19, 2026· 140G0123F0196
  7. FY23-27 SERVICE DESK CONTRACT$16.1M
    A3 TECH SOLUTIONS LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 22, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026· 140G0122F0313
  8. TRANSITION FROM CHS II TO CHS III - PHASE 2$15.9M
    PERATON INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 16, 2024 – Jan 29, 2026· 140G0124F0187

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. Geological Survey obligated $164.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,513 actions (307 new awards), +17% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection ($68.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$164.1M
New awards
307
Actions
1,513
Since FY2021
$1.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 166.6MFY2021
  2. 178.1MFY2022
  3. 396.8MFY2023
  4. 256.4MFY2024
  5. 139.8MFY2025
  6. 164.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$164.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$68.6M42%
  2. 15.807 · Earthquake Hazards Program Assistance$21.2M13%
  3. 15.820 · National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers$17M10%
  4. 15.073 · Earth Mapping Resources Initiative$16.4M10.0%
  5. 15.805 · Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes$14.1M8.6%
  6. 15.810 · National Cooperative Geologic Mapping$13.1M8.0%
  7. 15.978 · Upper Mississippi River Restoration Long Term Resource Monitoring$4.6M2.8%
  8. 15.812 · Cooperative Research Units$3.5M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$9.6M5.9%
    JUNEAU, AK
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$9.5M5.8%
    FAIRBANKS, AK
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$8.3M5.1%
    SEATTLE, WA
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$5.8M3.5%
    TUCSON, AZ
  5. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$5.5M3.3%
    PASADENA, CA
  6. PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$5.3M3.2%
    PORTLAND, OR
  7. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$4.6M2.8%
    CHAMPAIGN, IL
  8. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$4.4M2.7%
    BERKELEY, CA

Where it went

  1. Alaska$19.7M12%
  2. California$17.6M11%
  3. Washington$10.8M6.6%
  4. Oregon$10.2M6.2%
  5. Colorado$8.7M5.3%
  6. Arizona$6.6M4.0%
  7. Alabama$5.2M3.2%
  8. Virginia$5.1M3.1%
  9. Illinois$4.8M2.9%
  10. Massachusetts$4.4M2.7%

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: $59.5M (55 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $4M (62 subawards)

81 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. C2G LLC$21M33%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
  2. INNOVATE! INC$9.5M15%
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 1 subaward
  3. COREONYX GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$3.4M5.4%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  4. MONTECH INC$3.2M5.1%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  5. CONSULTIGENCE CORPORATION$2.9M4.5%
    SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL · 2 subawards
  6. ANAKIM CONSULTING INCORPORATED$2.8M4.4%
    BELMONT, NC · 1 subaward
  7. THE HAMMERS COMPANY$2.2M3.4%
    GREENBELT, MD · 1 subaward
  8. EARTH SPACE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE LLC$2.1M3.3%
    UPPER MARLBORO, MD · 1 subaward
  9. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$1.6M2.5%
    RESTON, VA · 9 subawards
  10. INNOVATIVE IMAGING & RESEARCH CORP$1.6M2.5%
    STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS · 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 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
$7.2M
Clients
20
Reports
38

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)$3.9M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Energy and nuclear
  2. University of WashingtonAI match · 100%$630K
    0.6% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Science and technology, Environment and Superfund
  3. THE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE$540.3K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  4. American Society of Civil EngineersAI match · 100%$473.5K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Science and technology, Energy and nuclear
  5. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. formally known as Arconic, Inc.$360K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Environment and Superfund
  6. Association of California Water Agencies$250K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Science and technology
  7. COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION$220K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  8. Essential Minerals Association (FKA Industrial Minerals Association-North Ameri)$150K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Energy and nuclear
  9. NV5 GeospatialAI match · 100%$150K
    35% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Science and technology
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISAI match · 99%$140K
    0.3% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Science and technology, Defense
  11. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$120K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Science and technology
  12. Securing America's Future Energy Alliance$80K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Science and technology, Energy and nuclear
  13. Dewberry EngineersAI match · 100%$60K
    28% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries
  14. TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT$60K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources, Energy and nuclear, Environment and Superfund
  15. American Exploration & Mining Association$30K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Natural resources

1 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 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.