Federal contractor · RALEIGH, NC

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES received $445.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−42% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.1M. Its largest customer was Food and Drug Administration ($422.9K). It also received $35.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$445.9K
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).

  1. -299.4KFY2017
  2. 237KFY2018
  3. 261KFY2019
  4. 347KFY2020
  5. 578.3KFY2021
  6. 408.4KFY2022
  7. 747.1KFY2023
  8. 654.6KFY2024
  9. 767KFY2025
  10. 445.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Food and Drug Administration$422.9K95%
    2 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$23K5.2%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$445.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wake County, NC$422.9K95%
  2. Story County, IA$23K5.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $445.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $445.9K
  • 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

  1. Food and Drug Administration$422.9K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$23K
    Department of Agriculture · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. NC ANIMAL FOOD$1.1M
    Food and Drug Administration· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Aug 11, 2021 – Jun 9, 2026· 75F40121C00077
  2. HUMAN FOOD NORTH CAROLINA STATE INSPECTIONS$422.9K
    Food and Drug Administration· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 75F40126C00211
  3. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR ASF-CSF TESTING$20K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 12639526F0634
  4. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR FAD TESTING$2,000
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· 12639526F0432
  5. NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES FOR AMR AST TESTING$1,000
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Story County, IA· Professional services· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 12639526F0583

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.

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES received $35.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 112 actions (46 new awards), −22% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.676 · Forest Legacy Program ($12.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$35.4M
New awards
46
Actions
112
Since FY2021
$246.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 30.4MFY2021
  2. 48.4MFY2022
  3. 55.1MFY2023
  4. 31.9MFY2024
  5. 45.6MFY2025
  6. 35.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$35.1M99%
  2. Other assistance$285.9K0.8%

Top programs

  1. 10.676 · Forest Legacy Program$12.4M35%
  2. 10.664 · Cooperative Forestry Assistance$3.9M11%
  3. 10.477 · Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection$3.5M9.9%
  4. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)$2.9M8.2%
  5. 10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition$2.5M7.2%
  6. 10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program$1.6M4.6%
  7. 10.475 · Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection$1.6M4.5%
  8. 10.025 · Animal Disease and Animal Care$1.3M3.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Forest Service$18.7M53%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Food and Nutrition Service$7.1M20%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Food Safety and Inspection Service$5.1M14%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$2.5M7.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Food and Drug Administration$1.2M3.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Environmental Protection Agency$902.4K2.5%

Largest awards

  1. ACQUIRING STATE LANDS ON 2,059 ACRES OF FORESTLAND FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ACTING THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT PF PARKS…$8.8M
    10.676 · Forest Legacy Program· Forest Service· Project grant· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· 26DG11083137002
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO PURCHASE LOCAL FOOD TARGETING PURCHASES FROM SMALL BUSINESSES AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND…$5.7M
    10.185 · Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program· Agricultural Marketing Service· Cooperative agreement· Nov 17, 2022 – Apr 3, 2026· AM22CPLFS000C003
  3. PATH C NCDA&CS NATIONAL PRODUCE SAFETY CAP - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE NCDA&CS PRODUCE SAFETY PROGRAM CHOOSES PROGRAM PATH C TO FOLLOW…$4.4M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 23, 2026· U2FFD007440
  4. CNP MEAL REIMBURSEMENT$3.7M
    10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 15, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· 255NC909N2533
  5. ACQUIRING A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON 3,000 ACRES FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND PUBLIC BENEFITS.$3.6M
    10.676 · Forest Legacy Program· Forest Service· Project grant· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· 26DG11083137021
  6. CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS GRANT$3.4M
    10.664 · Cooperative Forestry Assistance· Forest Service· Project grant· Nov 30, 2022 – Mar 10, 2026· 20DG11083137001

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: $5.2M (9 subawards)

3 primes

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$4.3M84%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  2. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC$711.7K14%
    RALEIGH, NC · 7 subawards
  3. GYPSY MOTH SLOW THE SPREAD FOUNDATION INC$107.9K2.1%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $182K paid out · $107.5K received
  • FY2022: $1.6M paid out · $507.6K received
  • FY2023: $8.2M paid out · $7,975 received
  • FY2024: $1.2M paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $7.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $5.2M 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 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

12 companies · $10.8M reported

  1. CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION$7.6M
    PITTSBORO, NC · 1 subaward
  2. FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INC$968.8K
    RALEIGH, NC · 6 subawards
  3. SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF METROLINA, INC$448.7K
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 6 subawards

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $14.2M reported

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES$6M
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  2. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$4.3M
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  3. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$2.3M
    RALEIGH, NC · 12 subawards

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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 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HEALTH, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF$1.7M
    KAPOLEI, HI · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs
  2. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, MISSISSIPPI$1.6M−113% in FY2026
    JACKSON, MS · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs
  3. MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION SERVICES CONNE$1.9M−173% in FY2026
    HARTFORD, CT · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Administration of human resource programs

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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 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.