Federal sub-agency · United States Trade and Development Agency

United States Trade and Development Agency

United States Trade and Development Agency obligated $12.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 94 contract actions (−17% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ASCENDANT PROGRAM SERVICES, LLC ($2.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.3M
Actions
94
New awards: 21
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
20%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 32.7MFY2017
  2. 24.9MFY2018
  3. 24.2MFY2019
  4. 26.9MFY2020
  5. 17.7MFY2021
  6. 18.1MFY2022
  7. 25.8MFY2023
  8. 20.2MFY2024
  9. 14.9MFY2025
  10. 12.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ASCENDANT PROGRAM SERVICES, LLC$2.9M24%
  2. TUATARA GROUP LLC$1.8M15%
  3. MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER$1.1M9.0%
  4. VERNONBURG GROUP LLC$892.2K7.3%
  5. WEBSTER GROUP INC, THE$832.6K6.8%
  6. BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING INC$750K6.1%
  7. IOS PARTNERS, INC.$744.9K6.1%
  8. TECHTRANS INTERNATIONAL INC$650K5.3%
  9. KHULISA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$553K4.5%
  10. Q-Q RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY$527.5K4.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$12M98%
  2. IT & telecom$259K2.1%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$16.6K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$11.4M92%
  2. Maryland$622.2K5.1%
  3. Florida$527.5K4.3%
  4. New Jersey$243.6K2.0%
  5. Colorado$125K1.0%
  6. Minnesota$49.5K0.4%
  7. Massachusetts$34K0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition2.5%
    US 39% · $312.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $2,674
  • Single-offer competitions2.5%
    US 8.7% · $309.8K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush5.6%
    US 6.1% · $691.7K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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. US TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY$2,6740.0%

Largest awards

  1. WORLDWIDE - RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES$8.1M
    ASCENDANT PROGRAM SERVICES, LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Feb 23, 2024 – Jul 9, 2026· 1131PL24CCP91077
  2. PHILIPPINES - SUBIC-CLARK-MANILA-BATANGAS RAILWAY TA$3.9M
    THE CADMUS GROUP LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jun 18, 2025 – Jul 22, 2026· 1131PL25CCP31009
  3. OUTSIDE EVALUATION TEAM (OET) 8(A) SERVICES$2.7M
    Q-Q RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY· Miami-Dade County, FL· Professional services· Aug 29, 2022 – Aug 20, 2026· 1131PL22CCP71301
  4. REGIONAL ASIA - SMART AND SECURE PORT TECHNOLOGIES RTM$1.8M
    TUATARA GROUP LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 23, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· 1131PL26F0018
  5. USTDA OUTSIDE EVALUATION TEAM CONTRACT (KHULISA)$1.1M
    KHULISA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 9, 2025 – Aug 21, 2026· 1131PL25FCP71068
  6. REGIONAL ASIA 2026 INDO-PACIFIC ENERGY SECURITY MINISTERIAL AND BUSINESS FORUM IPBF$987.4K
    WEBSTER GROUP INC, THE· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· 1131PL26F0003
  7. REG'L AFRICA - USTDA ACCRA PSC$965.1K
    JILLIAN L FOERSTER· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· May 15, 2023 – Aug 20, 2026· 1131PL23CCP11042
  8. REG'L ASIA - USTDA BANGKOK PSC$955.8K
    KEVIN TOOHERS· Morris County, NJ· Professional services· Sep 6, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· 1131PL23CCP31008

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
$41.9M
Clients
18
Reports
29

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), Defense, Energy and nuclear
  2. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.AI match · 100%$3.3M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Trade (domestic and foreign), Defense, Energy and nuclear
  3. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN$398K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Defense, Foreign relations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  4. FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.$370K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Foreign relations, Natural resources
  5. Nokia of America CorporationAI match · 100%$370K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Trade (domestic and foreign), Defense, Science and technology
  6. ArcelorMittal North America Holdings LLC$220K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Energy and nuclear, Foreign relations
  7. Africa Finance Corporation$150K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Financial institutions, investments and securities
  8. CCMA, LLC$120K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Defense, Natural resources
  9. Hartree Partners LP$80K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Agriculture
  10. I Squared Capital Advisors (US) LLC$80K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Manufacturing
  11. Pasha Holding LLCAI match · 90%$50K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Banking
  12. Securing America's Future Energy Alliance$40K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Defense, Energy and nuclear
  13. THE WENDYS COMPANY$0
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Miscellaneous tariff bills
  14. A. Halper Ltd.$0
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trade (domestic and foreign), Budget and appropriations
  15. DELTA OFFSHORE ENERGY AMERICA'S LLC$0
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Fuel, gas and oil

1 more clients ($20K) 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.