Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC
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- USDA
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- 1200
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USDA
- Contract obligations
- $9,567,411,353 In FY2025
- Website
- usda.gov
Agency codes and contract spending come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $52,790,777 |
| FY2026 | $10,118,910,912 |
| FY2025 | $9,567,411,353 |
| FY2024 | $11,823,271,713 |
| FY2023 | $11,603,514,616 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiewit Infrastructure South Co | $260,562,777 | |
| 2 | Perimeter Solutions LP | $259,404,081 | |
| 3 | Tyson Foods Inc. | $180,037,886 | |
| 4 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | $134,968,530 | |
| 5 | Aero-Flite, Inc. | $131,449,412 | |
| 6 | Pacific Coast Producers | $122,839,715 | |
| 7 | Carahsoft Technology Corp | $114,102,657 | |
| 8 | Helicopter Transport Services, LLC | $98,721,528 | |
| 9 | Central Valley Meat Co., Inc. | $93,376,824 | |
| 10 | Helicopter Express LLC | $91,796,993 |
See the full FY2025 ranking of Department of Agriculture contractors, by parent company.
Top contract vehicles by obligations
| Rank | Vehicle | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) | $1,054,197,194 | |
| 2 | Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 | $482,099,453 | |
| 3 | Forest Service Airtanker Services 2023 | $301,225,036 | |
| 4 | Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V) | $175,987,233 | |
| 5 | Forest Service National Mobile Food Service Unit 2025 - 2029 | $141,445,928 | |
| 6 | Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3, Small Business (CIO-SP3 SB) | $125,389,824 | |
| 7 | Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (LMIR) | $118,071,487 | |
| 8 | Nationwide Default Management Services (NDMS) | $113,522,180 | |
| 9 | Helicopter Support Services - Type 2 | $94,717,149 | |
| 10 | Great American Outdoors Act MATOC | $82,413,380 |
10 of 77 vehicles listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract opportunities
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Contracting staff
| Rank | Person | SAM.gov records, last 2 years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Batty | 3,095 |
| 2 | Nathan Stampke | 2,750 |
| 3 | Cristina Heaney | 2,088 |
| 4 | Ryan Ellers | 1,167 |
| 5 | Francoies Morman | 917 |
| 6 | Sally Neale | 805 |
| 7 | Dana Price | 713 |
| 8 | Kennetta Shay Boone | 683 |
| 9 | Travis Cathey | 683 |
| 10 | Valerie Dinkel | 676 |
| 11 | Jenny Babiuch | 662 |
| 12 | Jennifer Travis | 658 |
| 13 | LaShawne Brown | 578 |
| 14 | Ashley Train | 546 |
| 15 | Samantha Klagenberg | 527 |
| 16 | Kerry Dodd | 523 |
| 17 | Wendy Penn | 507 |
| 18 | Luma Kale | 498 |
| 19 | Nicholas Cavazos | 490 |
| 20 | Jermain Compton | 429 |
About this agency
The Department of Agriculture is a cabinet-level civilian agency that procures and funds across a vast operational portfolio spanning the Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and National Institute of Food and Agriculture, among other sub-offices. The Department executes substantial contract and grant activity, making it one of the largest civilian transactors in the federal system.
The Department awarded 809,077 federal contracts cumulatively with combined potential value of $253.17 billion and $179.05 billion in obligated dollars as of October 2026. Recent contract volume stands at 32,547 awards in 2023, 37,321 in 2024, 23,913 in 2025, 24,237 in 2026, and 94 year-to-date in 2027. The most recent recorded contract award date falls in September 2027. Contract competition is highly fragmented among prime contractors: the top five primes by award count hold only 4 percent of recent awards, with Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc. leading at 1,696 awards ($215.9 million combined potential value), followed by Transnow Inc. (1,435 awards, $7.1 million), and GPC Consolidated Reporting (1,198 awards, $29.9 million). By potential value, Helicopter Express LLC ranks first ($328.1 million across 554 awards), but the top five vendors capture 0 percent of combined potential value due to heavy transacting through Schedule task orders, BPA calls, and modifications—a structural signal that dollar-based concentration metrics understate the prevalence of large indefinite-quantity vehicles. Roughly 73 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides account for 19 percent of awards, with 8(a) sole-source, Emerging Small Business, and Partial Small Business each representing 2 percent or less of the portfolio.
The Department awarded 533,140 federal grants cumulatively with $866.08 billion in federal dollars obligated and $905.95 billion in total obligated dollars (federal plus non-federal share) across portfolio history. Recent grant volume stands at 29,934 awards in 2023, 28,562 in 2024, 20,545 in 2025, 13,326 in 2026, and 3,962 year-to-date in 2027. Grant competition is highly fragmented: the top five recipients by award count hold only 1 percent of recent awards, led by North Carolina State University (348 awards, $314.2 million federal dollars), University of Florida (319 awards, $230.1 million), and Colorado State University (304 awards, $321.1 million). By federal dollars, the top five recipients also hold 1 percent, with Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida dominating at $6.84 billion across 217 awards, followed by Texas A&M Agrilife Research ($355.4 million across 236 awards) and Colorado State University ($321.1 million across 304 awards). Grant assistance is predominantly Project Grants at 75 percent of awards, with Formula Grants at 13 percent and Cooperative Agreements at 12 percent.
Recent contract opportunities span diverse operational needs. The Forest Service issued a small-business total set-aside (Solicitation 12760426Q0213, due October 27, 2026) for 1,008 VM Ware VCF licenses. The Food and Nutrition Service posted a partial small-business set-aside (Solicitation 12-3J14-27-B-0014, due October 30, 2026) for frozen beef coarse ground products for domestic food assistance. The Forest Service opened a total small-business set-aside (Solicitation 1240BE27Q0011, due November 5, 2026) for road maintenance and reconditioning at Sheyenne National Grassland. Multiple small-business RFQs cover maintenance and construction tasks at National Forests, including septic pumping, parking lot repairs, access control panel repair, and campground gate replacement. Two pre-solicitations with no set-aside designation seek office and warehouse lease space in Albemarle, North Carolina and Pasco, Washington. BPA call-order special notices (Solicitations 12443927Q0007 and 12443927Q0003, due November 9 and October 31, 2026 respectively) target approved vendors on the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA for fuels reduction and environmental analysis work across National Forests.
Recent grant opportunities reflect USDA's agricultural, natural-resource, and rural-development mandate. The Solid Waste Management Grant Program (SWMFY27, due December 31, 2026) funds technical assistance and training for solid waste reduction and landfill management, limited to private nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes. The SBIR/STTR Phase II program (USDA-NIFA-SBIR-012221, due November 17, 2026) provides grants exclusively to Phase I recipients meeting small-business criteria for R&D commercialization. The Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program (TAT-FY27, due December 31, 2026) funds water and waste infrastructure assistance through 501(c)(3) nonprofits. The Affordable Rural Cooperative Energy Program (RUS-ARC-2026, due November 20, 2026) makes approximately $175 million available to rural electric cooperatives for transmission infrastructure and nuclear power supply projects under the Inflation Reduction Act. The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (USDA-FS-2026-CFP, due October 13, 2026) awards grants to federally recognized tribes, local governments, and qualified nonprofits for community forest acquisition. The Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (USDA-AMS-TM-DBI-G-26-0011, due December 1, 2026) allocates approximately $12.65 million to existing university-led initiatives supporting dairy product diversification and market development.
Description
The Department of Agriculture provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues.
Quick answers
What is Department of Agriculture?
Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a federal agency.
What offices are part of Department of Agriculture?
Department of Agriculture has 43 sub-agencies and offices with their own GovTribe pages, including Administration, Agricultural Marketing Service and Agricultural Research Service.
How much does Department of Agriculture spend on contracts?
Contracts funded by Department of Agriculture and its offices obligated $9,567,411,353 in fiscal year 2025 and $43,165,899,370 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are Department of Agriculture's largest contractors?
The contractors Department of Agriculture and its offices obligated the most to in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Kiewit Infrastructure South Co ($260,562,777), Perimeter Solutions LP ($259,404,081) and Tyson Foods Inc. ($180,037,886).
Which contract vehicles does Department of Agriculture use most?
The contract vehicles Department of Agriculture and its offices obligated the most through in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) ($1,054,197,194), Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 ($482,099,453) and Forest Service Airtanker Services 2023 ($301,225,036). Orders through any contract vehicle obligated $3,157,522,285 in those years, 31% of its contract obligations.
What is Department of Agriculture's latest contract opportunity?
The latest contract opportunity from Department of Agriculture is USFS, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Little Missouri NG Road Maintenance, solicitation, posted by Forest Service on November 3, 2026.
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