Contracting office · Department of Veterans Affairs

VETERANS CANTEEN SERVICE (36C785)

VETERANS CANTEEN SERVICE (36C785) obligated $45M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 11 contract actions (−10% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was US FOODS INC ($45M).

Obligations · FY2026
$45M
Actions
11
New awards: 11
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 50.2MFY2025
  2. 45MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. US FOODS INC$45M100%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$45M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Illinois$45M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • 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. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 MARCH$4.5M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 1, 2026 – Mar 1, 2026· 36C78526K0106
  2. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 DECEMBER$4.4M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025· 36C78526K0103
  3. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 OCTOBER$4.3M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C78526K0101
  4. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 APRIL$4.2M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· 36C78526K0107
  5. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 JUNE$4.2M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· 36C78526K0109
  6. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 JULY$4.1M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 36C78526K0110
  7. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 AUGUST$4.1M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2026 – Aug 1, 2026· 36C78526K0111
  8. EXPRESS REPORT: CANTEEN SUBSISTENCE PRIME VENDOR (SPV)FY2026 MAY$4M
    US FOODS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 36C78526K0108

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.