Federal sub-agency · Department of Commerce
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office obligated $1.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 998 contract actions (+23% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC ($218.1M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.1B
- Actions
- 998
- New awards: 172
- Sole-source
- 13%
- Small business
- 39%
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 837.8MFY2017
- 872.4MFY2018
- 853.4MFY2019
- 875.2MFY2020
- 974.4MFY2021
- 969MFY2022
- 952.9MFY2023
- 932.9MFY2024
- 858.5MFY2025
- 1.1BFY2026
- 2.3MFY2027
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$54.2M5.1%
- HALVIK LLC$45.6M4.3%
- ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$41.6M3.9%
- STEAMPUNK, INC.$25.8M2.5%
- BLACKWATCH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$25.3M2.4%
- CGI FEDERAL INC.$25.2M2.4%
- CPA GLOBAL (LANDON IP) INC$25M2.4%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$521.2M49%
- Professional services$500.1M47%
- Other equipment & supplies$9.7M0.9%
- Equipment maintenance$8M0.8%
- Facilities & utilities$6.5M0.6%
- Education & social services$6M0.6%
- Transportation & logistics$1.5M0.1%
- Health & medical$1M0.1%
- Construction & real property$281.9K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- Virginia$609.6M58%
- Pennsylvania$218.5M21%
- Maryland$37.4M3.6%
- Michigan$29.1M2.8%
- Ohio$27.3M2.6%
- Illinois$18M1.7%
- California$17.9M1.7%
- Texas$16.4M1.6%
- District of Columbia$15.6M1.5%
- North Carolina$13.9M1.3%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition22%US 39% · $229.3M
- Sole-source awards13%US 30% · $134.8M
- Single-offer competitions9.0%US 8.7% · $94.5M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $51.3K
- Year-end rush3.8%US 6.1% · $40.5M
- Undefinitized contracts0.0%US 5.0% · $0
- Time-and-materials pricing37%US 4.2% · $394.7M
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
- DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO$134.8M13%
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
- $807
- 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 9, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.
Largest awards
- REED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES LLC· Montgomery County, PA· Professional services· Jun 15, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· 1333BJ21C00151002
- PATENT COOPERATION TREATY.$191.9MCARDINAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Cook County, IL· Professional services· Oct 13, 2016 – Jul 16, 2026· DOC50PAPT1200041
- GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2021 – Mar 9, 2026· 1333BJ21F00280055
- PATENT TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPETITION FOR A CONTRACT AWARD OF A BASE PERIOD AND 4 OPTIONAL PERIODS.$128.4MLHDTSV LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 30, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 1333BJ21C00150003
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2020 – Sep 22, 2026· 1333BJ21F00280021
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 27, 2024 – May 15, 2026· 1333BJ24F00280007
- MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Apr 5, 2021 – Oct 27, 2025· 1333BJ21F00280029
- GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2020 – Sep 1, 2026· 1333BJ21F00280024
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: $62.8M (127 subawards)
67 sub-recipients
Largest sub-recipients
- AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$19.6M31%SEATTLE, WA · 3 subawards
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$7.7M12%STERLING, VA · 2 subawards
- GOVCIO, LLC$3.8M6.0%FAIRFAX, VA · 5 subawards
- SKY TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.$3.4M5.5%ALEXANDRIA, VA · 2 subawards
- S2 TECHNOVATIONS INC$2.7M4.3%ASHBURN, VA · 1 subaward
- COGNIZANCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$2.2M3.5%CLARKSBURG, MD · 5 subawards
- HICKS CONSULTING GROUP, INC.$1.9M3.0%WALNUT CREEK, CA · 6 subawards
- KEYLOGIC TECHNOLOGIES CORP$1.8M2.8%OAK RIDGE, TN · 1 subaward
- KEYLOGIC ASSOCIATES, INC.$1.7M2.6%OAK RIDGE, TN · 5 subawards
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION$1.5M2.5%REDMOND, WA · 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
- $127.6M
- Clients
- 60
- Reports
- 111
The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.
Organizations lobbying it, 2026
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA$19.6MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- No FY2026 contracts in its family · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.$4.4MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign)
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION$4MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)$3.9MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)$2.5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
- Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.$2.5MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- 0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
- NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.6MNot matched to a contract recipient · Copyright, patent and trademark, Trade (domestic and foreign), Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
8 more clients ($527K) 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.
