Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is an independent civilian agency that regulates and enforces rules governing derivatives and commodity futures markets; it procures contracts primarily for facility services, IT infrastructure, market surveillance systems, and professional support to execute its regulatory mission.

The CFTC has awarded 3,265 federal contracts cumulatively since 1986, with combined potential value of $1.81 billion and $1.36 billion obligated to date. Recent award volume declined from 143 in 2022 to 116 in 2024, recovered to 125 in 2023, then declined again to 58 in 2025 before rising to 77 year-to-date in 2026. The agency transacts with a highly fragmented vendor base — the top five prime contractors by award count account for only 13 percent of recent awards over the last five years. Fcn, Inc. and Software Information Resource Corp. lead by frequency with 16 awards each, though their combined potential value is modest ($836 thousand and $2.3 million respectively). By potential value, the concentration is even more dispersed at just 3 percent of combined potential dollars among the top five, with Dev Technology Group Inc. dominating by value at $41.1 million across 5 awards. The CFTC awards heavily through no set-aside mechanism — 87 percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 7 percent of awards, with 8(a) sole-source awards at 3 percent, service-disabled veteran-owned small business at 2 percent, and HUBZone at 1 percent.

Recent contract opportunities reflect the agency's operational footprint in Washington, DC. A pre-solicitation notice posted October 9, 2026 (due October 16, 2026) seeks miscellaneous building services including key duplication, lock installation, and carpet repair for CFTC headquarters at 1155 21st Street, NW, proposed as a sole source to LCPC Lafayette Property LLC through September 30, 2027. Earlier solicitations include sole-source contracts for WMATA transit benefits (due September 1, 2026), Commodity Exchange Act regulatory books from CCH, Inc. (due September 2, 2026), and parking services from LAZ Parking Ltd. LLC (due September 15, 2026). A July 30 pre-solicitation notice sought sole-source access to the Halo platform from Solidus Labs for on-chain cryptocurrency surveillance and traditional futures-market monitoring, with a one-year base period and four optional years (due August 14, 2026). All recent opportunities post-July 2026 are pre-solicitation notices without competitive provisions.

The mission of the CFTC is to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and financial futures and options, and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound futures and option markets. In pursuit of its mission, the CFTC investigates and prosecutes commodities fraud, including foreign currency schemes, energy manipulation and hedge fund fraud, and works with other federal and state agencies to bring criminal and other actions. The CFTC also engages in public education and outreach by participating in consumer groups and issuing Consumer Advisories and other educational materials.