Federal sub-agency · Department of Agriculture

Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services obligated $61.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,072 contract actions (−9.7% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was PITNEY BOWES INC. ($4.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$61.3M
Actions
1,072
New awards: 421
Sole-source
4.5%
Small business
83%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 31.7MFY2017
  2. 53.8MFY2018
  3. 233.6MFY2019
  4. 230.9MFY2020
  5. 246.7MFY2021
  6. 246.3MFY2022
  7. 291.3MFY2023
  8. 300.6MFY2024
  9. 67.9MFY2025
  10. 61.3MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PITNEY BOWES INC.$4.9M7.9%
  2. BAIRD-STANTEC JOINT VENTURE$3.7M6.0%
  3. DP GEORGE & COMPANY, LLC$3.5M5.8%
  4. RJH CONSULTANTS, INC.$2.3M3.8%
  5. CHICKASAW STRATEGIC POINTE, LLC$2.1M3.4%
  6. PEMBROKE PARTNERS LLC$2.1M3.4%
  7. KPMG LLP$1.8M3.0%
  8. CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC$1.5M2.4%
  9. BLUESTONE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC.$1.3M2.2%
  10. SUMMIT CONSULTING LLC$1.3M2.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$22.5M37%
  2. Construction & real property$15.8M26%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$10.8M18%
  4. Facilities & utilities$7.8M13%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.1M1.8%
  6. Education & social services$988.5K1.6%
  7. Equipment maintenance$857.7K1.4%
  8. IT & telecom$846K1.4%
  9. Transportation & logistics$517.6K0.8%
  10. Research & development$51.1K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$10M16%
  2. Virginia$7M11%
  3. Louisiana$5.4M8.7%
  4. Wisconsin$4.2M6.9%
  5. Texas$3.3M5.5%
  6. Oregon$2.6M4.3%
  7. Montana$2.4M3.9%
  8. Nebraska$2M3.3%
  9. Iowa$1.9M3.1%
  10. Massachusetts$1.9M3.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition16%
    US 39% · $9.8M
  • Sole-source awards4.5%
    US 30% · $2.7M
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.7% · $7M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush19%
    US 6.0% · $11.9M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · -$141.4K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$171.5K

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. FPAC BUS CNTR-ACQ DIV-IT_ENTERP SEC$2.9M72%
  2. FPAC BUS CNTR-ACQ DIV-CENTRAL SEC$559.5K2.8%
  3. FPAC BUS CNTR-ACQ DIV-WESTERN SEC$419.7K2.4%

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
1 award · 1 recipient
All loaded years
$0
1 award · 1 recipient

Recipients · FY2026

  1. PRESCIENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$0
    1 award · Debarred or declared ineligible · DOL · May 28, 2025

Awards · FY2026

  1. PURCHASE ORDER TO COMPLETE A RATIFIED/APPROVED UNAUTHORIZED COMMITMENT (UAC), CONTROL NUMBER FY26-FPAC-UAC-026, DATED 5MAY26. THIS ORDER IS FOR ADMINISTRATION PURPOSES ONLY; NO INVOICES NEED SUBMITTED.12FPC326P0020 · PRESCIENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · New award$0May 5, 2026

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. CREDIT REFORM ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES$18.3M
    CHICKASAW STRATEGIC POINTE, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 27, 2022 – Jan 28, 2026· 12FPC222C0002
  2. ACQUISITIONS DIVISION SUPPORT CONTRACT. CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES TO INCLUDE CRADLE-TO-GRAVE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, AUDIT, AND MICRO-PURCHASE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. FUNDS SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM CONTRAC$12.9M
    OCT CONSULTING LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 27, 2021 – Aug 19, 2026· 12FPC221F0214
  3. MAINTENANCE SERVICES ON PITNEY BOWES MAIL METERING EQUIPMENT AND DATA HOSTING SERVICES.$7.8M
    PITNEY BOWES INC.· Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 14, 2022 – Sep 29, 2026· 12FPC223F0001
  4. CONSTRUCTION - PRINCE'S POINT WETLAND RESTORATION, JEFFERSON COUNTY, WI$6.7M
    WONDRA CONSTRUCTION INC· Jefferson County, WI· Construction & real property· Aug 16, 2024 – Aug 25, 2026· 12FPC324C0012
  5. FY22 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE IMAGERY PROGRAM (NAIP) IMAGERY. FURNISH ORTHORECTIFIED IMAGERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS$6.6M
    SURDEX CORPORATION· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 18, 2022 – Mar 25, 2026· 12FPC222F0020
  6. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) AND FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION/RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FCIC/RMA) FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITS$5.8M
    KPMG LLP· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Feb 14, 2024 – Feb 6, 2026· 12FPC424F0024
  7. 2024 NATIONAL RESOURCE INVENTORY (NRI) AERIAL IMAGERY SURDEX$5.7M
    SURDEX CORPORATION· St. Louis County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 8, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 12FPC224F0017
  8. REMEDIATION AND SECTION 508 COMPLIANCE TESTING/CERTIFICATION OF ONLINE AND WEB-BASED TRAINING FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS)$5.5M
    VARNERMILLER LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· May 1, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 12FPC424F0052

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.