Federal contractor · BIG SPRING, TX
CITY OF BIG SPRING
CITY OF BIG SPRING received $41.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−67% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.3M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($41.9K). It also received $2.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $41.9K
- New awards
- 5
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
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Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 601.2KFY2017
- 604.7KFY2018
- 765.6KFY2019
- 646.8KFY2020
- 633.9KFY2021
- 539KFY2022
- 744.1KFY2023
- 565.8KFY2024
- 128.4KFY2025
- 41.9KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 5 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Facilities & utilities$34.1K81%
- Equipment maintenance$7,83019%
Where the work was performed
- Howard County, TX$41.9K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $41.9K
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $41.9K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of Justice · 4 awards
Largest awards
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Howard County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Apr 14, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 15B50326P00000051
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Howard County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Jul 16, 2025 – Oct 29, 2025· 15B50325P00000079
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Howard County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Mar 12, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· 15B50326P00000037
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Howard County, TX· Equipment maintenance· May 5, 2026 – May 5, 2026· 15B50326P00000073
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Howard County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 15B50326P00000102
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
CITY OF BIG SPRING received $2.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 17 actions (17 new awards), −12% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($2.1M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $2.1M
- New awards
- 17
- Actions
- 17
- Since FY2021
- $14.5M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 1.6MFY2021
- 5MFY2022
- 1.9MFY2023
- 1.6MFY2024
- 2.3MFY2025
- 2.1MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$2.1M100%
Top programs
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$2.1M100%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
Largest awards
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· TX485VO0193
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· TX485VO0189
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· TX485VO0192
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 23, 2025· TX485VO0187
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· TX485AF0169
- 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 21, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025· TX485VO0186
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $3.5M (3 subawards)
2 primes
- TEXAS DOT - AVIATION$3.1M87%AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
- TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD$449K13%AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $51K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $355.6K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $350K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $78.8K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $375.9K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.5M received
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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
5 companies · $4.7M reported
- AUSTIN, TX · 3 subawards
- AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
- TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD$449KAUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- ILLINOIS-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY$621.7K+15% in FY2026PEKIN, IL · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Water, sewage and other systems
- CITY OF FORREST CITY$717.9KFORREST CITY, AR · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Water, sewage and other systems
- TEXAS WATER UTILITIES, L.P.$387.8K−100% in FY2026AUSTIN, TX · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Water, sewage and other systems
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
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 · FY2024–FY2026.
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.