Contracting office · Rural Housing Service

USDA/RD/CONTRACT OPERATIONS BRANCH

USDA/RD/CONTRACT OPERATIONS BRANCH obligated $20.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 45 contract actions (+134% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was 11TH HOUR SERVICE LLC ($12.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$20.8M
Actions
45
New awards: 13
Sole-source
1.5%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 27.1MFY2017
  2. 6.8MFY2018
  3. 21.1MFY2019
  4. 3.4MFY2020
  5. 21.1MFY2021
  6. 21.8MFY2022
  7. 16.7MFY2023
  8. 16.8MFY2024
  9. 8.9MFY2025
  10. 20.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. FLATTER, INC$592.1K2.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$20.2M97%
  2. Education & social services$315.5K1.5%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$297.4K1.4%
  4. Construction & real property$16.4K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Missouri$13.5M65%
  2. Virginia$6.8M33%
  3. Michigan$315.5K1.5%
  4. North Dakota$68.5K0.3%
  5. Illinois$59.7K0.3%
  6. California$52.6K0.3%
  7. Minnesota$50K0.2%
  8. Maryland$25K0.1%
  9. Florida$11.3K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.0%
    US 39% · $1.3M
  • Sole-source awards1.5%
    US 30% · $319.2K
  • Single-offer competitions4.5%
    US 8.8% · $936.8K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush1.0%
    US 5.6% · $216.1K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. 11TH HOUR SERVICE LLC· St. Louis city, MO· Professional services· Mar 10, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 12C0BA26F0004
  2. BLAKE WILLSON GROUP LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Dec 15, 2025 – Mar 2, 2026· 12C0BA26F0001
  3. CORELOGIC SOLUTIONS, LLC· St. Louis city, MO· Professional services· Sep 26, 2023 – Aug 25, 2026· 12C0BA23F0015
  4. BLAKE WILLSON GROUP LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jan 29, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 12C0BA26F0002
  5. CHICKASAW BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC· St. Louis city, MO· Professional services· Sep 23, 2025 – May 5, 2026· 12C0BA25F0007
  6. CHICKASAW BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC· St. Louis city, MO· Professional services· Sep 23, 2025 – May 5, 2026· 12C0BA25F0008
  7. PROCTOR FINANCIAL INC.· Oakland County, MI· Education & social services· Dec 29, 2020 – Dec 18, 2025· 12C0BA21C0001
  8. RMA ASSOCIATES LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Dec 21, 2022 – Sep 22, 2026· 12C0BA23F0001

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.