Federal contractor · HARRISBURG, PA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PENNSYLVANIA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PENNSYLVANIA received $1.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (+19% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.9M. Its largest customer was Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ($897.5K). It also received $22.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.3M
New awards
14
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Other than small businessGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 563.7KFY2017
  2. 206.6KFY2018
  3. 60.6KFY2019
  4. 64.3KFY2020
  5. 257.6KFY2021
  6. 308.2KFY2022
  7. 1.2MFY2023
  8. 845.5KFY2024
  9. 1.1MFY2025
  10. 1.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$897.5K71%
    10 awards
  2. Food and Drug Administration$367.5K29%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dauphin County, PA$677K54%
  2. Story County, IA$437.9K35%
  3. Larimer County, CO$150.1K12%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1.3M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $1.3M
  • 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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$897.5K
    Department of Agriculture · 9 awards
  2. Food and Drug Administration$367.5K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. HUMAN FOOD INSPECTION - PENNSYLVANIA$982.6K
    Food and Drug Administration· Dauphin County, PA· Professional services· Sep 12, 2023 – Mar 16, 2026· 75F40123C00170
  2. PENNSYLVANIA ANIMAL FOOD INSPECTION CONTRACT$386.6K
    Food and Drug Administration· Dauphin County, PA· Professional services· Aug 19, 2021 – Apr 15, 2026· 75F40121C00099
  3. HUMAN FOOD PENNSYLVANIA INSPECTIONS 2026$301.2K
    Food and Drug Administration· Dauphin County, PA· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 75F40126C00190
  4. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI TESTING SERVICES.$300K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Dauphin County, PA· Professional services· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· 12639526F0470
  5. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR HPAI AVIAN INFLUENZA TESTING$300K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Mar 6, 2026 – Mar 6, 2026· 12639526F0292
  6. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR HPAI AVIAN INFLUENZA TESTING$150.1K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Larimer County, CO· Professional services· Feb 20, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· 12639526F0266
  7. MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES HPAI CATTLE EMERGING EVENT TESTING$75K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 9, 2026· 12639526F0294
  8. ANIMAL FOOD PENNSYLVANIA INSPECTIONS 2026$66.3K
    Food and Drug Administration· Dauphin County, PA· Professional services· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 75F40126C00109

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.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PENNSYLVANIA received $22.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 92 actions (32 new awards), +920% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS) ($6.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$22.9M
New awards
32
Actions
92
Since FY2021
$200.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 31.9MFY2021
  2. 35.9MFY2022
  3. 67.2MFY2023
  4. 40.5MFY2024
  5. 2.2MFY2025
  6. 22.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$22.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)$6.7M29%
  2. 10.031 · Plant Pest and Disease Management (PPDM)$4.9M21%
  3. 10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program$4M18%
  4. 10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition$2.3M10%
  5. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research$1.9M8.3%
  6. 10.576 · Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program$1.5M6.6%
  7. 10.572 · WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)$1.3M5.5%
  8. 66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants$750.4K3.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$15.8M69%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$4.4M19%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Food and Drug Administration$1.9M8.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$750.4K3.3%
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service$50K0.2%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. AWARD PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO SUPPORT PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S (PDA) SPOTTED LANTERNFLY COMPLIANCE AND…$4.3M
    10.025 · Animal Disease and Animal Care· Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Cooperative agreement· Jul 25, 2025 – May 7, 2026· AP25PPQFO000C412
  2. AWARD PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO SLOW THE EXPANSION OF SPOTTED LANTERNFLY INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AND COUNTRY. THEY…$4.1M
    10.031 · Plant Pest and Disease Management (PPDM)· Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Cooperative agreement· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· AP26PPQFO000C392
  3. CAP CSFP-ADMIN GRANTS TO STS$4M
    10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 17, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· 261PA825Y8005
  4. PATH B CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCE SAFETY PROGRAM - PROJECT…$3.6M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 21, 2026· U2FFD007441
  5. SNAP TEFAP - GRANTS TO STATES$3.4M
    10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Mar 4, 2026 – Mar 4, 2026· 261PA445Q2204
  6. SNAP TEFAP - GRANTS TO STATES$3.2M
    10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2025 – Mar 4, 2026· 251PA445Q2204

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: $9.8M (117 subawards)

103 sub-recipients

  1. HERBERT ROWLAND & GRUBIC INC$2.3M24%
    HARRISBURG, PA · 3 subawards
  2. ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, INC.$2.3M23%
    ANNAPOLIS, MD · 1 subaward
  3. CONSERVATION DISTRICT$1.4M14%
    BELLEFONTE, PA · 2 subawards
  4. THE FOOD DIGNITY PROJECT, INC.$723.8K7.4%
    FORTY FORT, PA · 1 subaward
  5. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$700.4K7.2%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 7 subawards
  6. LEBANON COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT$500K5.1%
    LEBANON, PA · 1 subaward
  7. FRANKLIN COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT$300K3.1%
    CHAMBERSBURG, PA · 1 subaward
  8. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA$130K1.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  9. PA CO-OPERATIVE POTATO GROWERS$124.2K1.3%
    HARRISBURG, PA · 1 subaward
  10. THE RODALE INSTITUTE$121.3K1.2%
    KUTZTOWN, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $12M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $12.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $12M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $7.4M paid out · $3M received
  • FY2025: $11.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $9.8M paid out · $0 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

204 companies · $65.3M reported

  1. PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL FOOD BANKS$18.7M
    CANONSBURG, PA · 5 subawards
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$3.9M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 41 subawards
  3. SHARE FOOD PROGRAM$3.7M
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 13 subawards

Primes that pay it

1 company · $3M reported

  1. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$3M
    FORT COLLINS, 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TEXAS A&M VETERINARY MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY$2M−31% in FY2026
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES FLORIDA$1.8M−53% in FY2026
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs
  3. AGRICULTURE, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF$4.1M−49% in FY2026
    REYNOLDSBURG, OH · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programsAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical 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.