Federal contractor · DENVER, CO

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT received $12.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+33% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $31.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($12.4M). It also received $177.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$12.4M
New awards
2
Sole-source
33%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 835.5FY2017
  2. 1.3KFY2018
  3. 658FY2019
  4. 1.7MFY2020
  5. 804.5KFY2021
  6. 2.5MFY2022
  7. 2.2MFY2023
  8. 2.6MFY2024
  9. 9.3MFY2025
  10. 12.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$12.4M100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$12.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. El Paso County, CO$12.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $4M
  • Sole-source awards33%
    US 30% · $4M
  • 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

  1. Department of the Air Force$4M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACT AWARD TO THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT FOR FULL SERVICE AT HIGH COUNTRY INN DINING FACILITY$24.1M
    Department of the Air Force· El Paso County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Feb 28, 2022 – Feb 24, 2026· FA700022C0009
  2. THE CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE ALL PERSONNEL, SUPERVISION, AND ANY ITEMS AND SERVICES NECESSARY TO PERFORM FULL FOOD SERVICES AT THE SCHRIEVER SFB DINING FACILITY (DFAC).$4M
    Department of the Air Force· El Paso County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Dec 3, 2025 – Apr 10, 2026· FA255026C0001

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.

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT received $177.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 101 actions (25 new awards), −20% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States ($62.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$177.2M
New awards
25
Actions
101
Since FY2021
$1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 145.8MFY2021
  2. 151.4MFY2022
  3. 188.2MFY2023
  4. 153.8MFY2024
  5. 221.1MFY2025
  6. 177.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$177.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$62.6M35%
  2. 17.225 · Unemployment Insurance$43.4M24%
  3. 93.566 · Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs$16.3M9.2%
  4. 17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities$14.5M8.2%
  5. 17.207 · Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities$12.8M7.2%
  6. 17.278 · Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants$12.4M7.0%
  7. 17.258 · Wioa Adult Program$10.6M6.0%
  8. 17.801 · Jobs for Veterans State Grants$3.5M2.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Employment and Training Administration$100.9M57%
    Department of Labor
  2. Department of Education$63.4M36%
  3. Administration for Children and Families$18.3M10%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Veterans Employment and Training Services$3.7M2.1%
    Department of Labor
  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics$1.5M0.9%
    Department of Labor
  6. Environmental Protection Agency$1.2M0.7%
  7. Administration for Community Living$322.7K0.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE$115.6M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Oct 27, 2020 – Jun 3, 2026· UI347052055A8
  2. STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)$54.9M
    84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States· Department of Education· Formula grant· Nov 24, 2025 – Aug 26, 2026· H126A260091
  3. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$44.1M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Oct 23, 2024 – Dec 19, 2025· 25A55UI000072
  4. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADMINISTER THE STATE?S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$42.6M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Dec 8, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 26A55UI000158
  5. AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA YOUTH GRANTS IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS TO DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE…$42.2M
    17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Jun 13, 2022 – Jan 14, 2026· AA385192255A8
  6. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE$39.4M
    17.225 · Unemployment Insurance· Employment and Training Administration· Formula grant· Oct 27, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· UI372132255A8

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

  • Sub-grants: $51.8M (112 subawards)

28 sub-recipients

  1. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF COLORADO$7.8M15%
    DENVER, CO · 4 subawards
  2. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON HUMAN SERVICES$6.3M12%
    GOLDEN, CO · 14 subawards
  3. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO$6M12%
    LITTLETON, CO · 9 subawards
  4. DENVER, CITY & COUNTY OF$5.6M11%
    DENVER, CO · 9 subawards
  5. PIKES PEAK WORK FORCE CENTER$5.4M10%
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 11 subawards
  6. ADAMS, COUNTY OF$4.1M7.8%
    BRIGHTON, CO · 9 subawards
  7. COUNTY OF LARIMER$2.7M5.3%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 9 subawards
  8. WELD, COUNTY OF$2.7M5.1%
    GREELEY, CO · 9 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF BOULDER$2.3M4.5%
    BOULDER, CO · 9 subawards
  10. COUNTY OF MESA$2.2M4.2%
    GRAND JUNCTION, CO · 10 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $37.2M (15 subawards)

2 primes

  1. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$35.7M96%
    DENVER, CO · 10 subawards
  2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLORADO$1.5M4.1%
    DENVER, CO · 5 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $45K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $95.6M paid out · $19.1M received
  • FY2023: $59.2M paid out · $32M received
  • FY2024: $54.6M paid out · $24.3M received
  • FY2025: $38.7M paid out · $42.2M received
  • FY2026: $51.8M paid out · $37.2M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

29 companies · $251M reported

  1. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO$45.1M
    LITTLETON, CO · 70 subawards
  2. PIKES PEAK WORK FORCE CENTER$39.4M
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 76 subawards
  3. DENVER, CITY & COUNTY OF$36M
    DENVER, CO · 65 subawards

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $105.8M reported

  1. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$97.2M
    DENVER, CO · 41 subawards
  2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLORADO$8.4M
    DENVER, CO · 20 subawards
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO$145K
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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.

  1. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICE$43.6M+3.4% in FY2026
    MADISON, MS · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Special food servicesArmy · Special food services
  2. PALMETTO GOODWILL SERVICES$35M−30% in FY2026
    NORTH CHARLESTON, SC · 2 entities · 87% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Special food services
  3. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$18.6M+5% in FY2026
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 entities · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Special food servicesArmy · Special food services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.