New solicitations, fresh awards, and the moves shaping the federal market.
HITT Contracting, Inc. has been awarded a $51,830,842 task order by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the first order issued under the CUP IDIQ vehicle, with performance beginning October 1, 2026.
The General Services Administration proposed a rule on September 22, 2026 to move Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures from the Federal Acquisition Regulation into a new part of the GSA Acquisition Regulation, directing ordering activities to follow the GSA-set procedures.
The Department of Energy proposed a rule on September 22, 2026 to revise the procedures its Office of Hearings and Appeals uses to resolve retaliation claims from DOE contractor employees, clarifying filing deadlines and tolling practices.
The Maritime Administration published a proposed rule on September 22, 2026 that would extend Capital Construction Fund eligibility to all U.S.-built vessels in domestic or foreign commerce, remove geographic trade restrictions, and create a process to terminate inactive or zero-balance accounts.
Walsh Federal LLC has been awarded a $148,798,000 firm design-build contract by the Federal Aviation Administration to replace the air traffic control tower serving Sacramento International Airport (SMF), with work running through early 2030.
The FAR Council — OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — proposed a rule on September 18, 2026 revising seven parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement Executive Order 14275, "Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement." It is the first of twelve planned rules to streamline the FAR; comments close October 19, 2026.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finalized a rule on September 18, 2026 amending its acquisition regulation to codify compliance with the Make Personal Protective Equipment in America Act. The rule, effective October 19, 2026, is meant to sustain and expand domestic PPE manufacturing capacity.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on September 18, 2026 proposed sweeping updates to excepted-service hiring regulations, including formal procedures for converting Pathways Program participants to Schedule Policy/Career. The rule preserves veterans' preference and injury-restoration rights, and public comments are due November 17, 2026.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting public comment through October 15, 2026 on a new process to recognize organizations and individuals that help veterans, families, and caregivers navigate VHA programs, as required by Section 129 of the Dole Act.
The Defense Health Agency's R&D activity at Fort Detrick adopted a final Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory personnel plan on September 17, 2026, taking effect with no public comment period.
The Treasury Department and IRS published proposed regulations on September 11 requiring Qualified Opportunity Funds to file new information returns and furnish investor statements, while clarifying penalties and self-certification procedures. Comments close October 16, 2026.
The General Services Administration submitted a Paperwork Reduction Act request to OMB on September 11 for a new SAM.gov annual certification requiring registered Higher Education Institutions to certify compliance with Executive Order 14400. Comments close October 13, 2026.
The National Institutes of Health published a draft biosafety policy on September 14 that would replace its current Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules. Public comments are open through October 19, 2026.
DOE published a request for information on restricting foreign-made bulk-power equipment, with comments due October 9 and Federal Acquisition Regulation changes to follow.
FEMA awarded Fluor Federal Services Inc. a $39,062,722 task order on September 5, 2026 for claims-review technical support at the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office. The award runs under FEMA's PATAC V IDIQ and covers a roughly six-month period of performance.
The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration has obligated $7.7 billion to date under its management-and-operations contract with Mission Support & Test Services LLC for the Nevada National Security Site, a Honeywell International Inc. subsidiary running the deal under a $11.3 billion base-and-options ceiling.
The Department of Veterans Affairs opened a 60-day public comment period, closing November 2, 2026, on renewing without changes its rule requiring offerors on management-support and consulting solicitations to disclose organizational conflicts of interest.
OMB's Cost Accounting Standards Board finalized a rule raising the dollar threshold for full CAS coverage and Disclosure Statement requirements from $50 million to $100 million, effective October 1, 2026, following unanimous support in public comments.
The Office of Management and Budget's Cost Accounting Standards Board finalized a rule rescinding Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 407, effective October 1, 2026, to bring the requirement in line with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
The Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and Federal Transit Administration finalized a rule on September 1, 2026 rewriting their NEPA implementing regulations, effective the same day.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has obligated $32,059,025.55 to Phoenix Oversight Group LLC, a small business, for FHA Catalyst platform development support running through May 21, 2027.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has obligated $35,745,283.59 to Procentrix, LLC for IT support across three ICE case-management systems, with a ceiling of $45.8 million and performance running through March 31, 2027.
The Internal Revenue Service has obligated $134,457,569 to Coast Professional, Inc. under a private debt-collection delivery order awarded through GSA's Federal Supply Schedule, with performance running through September 22, 2026.
The Maritime Administration cut the Title XI shipyard financing program's application fee from $5,000 to $1,000 and eliminated 14 of 34 regulatory sections, effective August 28, 2026, with a 60-day public comment window.
Booz Allen Hamilton's GSA OASIS task order for Army threat analysis, training, and readiness support has reached $1,066,387,866 in total obligations after an August 24, 2026 modification, well above the $937 million ceiling reported at award in 2020.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope science operations contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy has reached $2.53 billion in total obligations, following an August 24, 2026 modification extending performance through October 31, 2026.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Dell Federal Systems L.P. a $27,780,623.73 blanket purchase agreement call for Microsoft Enterprise Software Licenses and unified specialized support, running through March 2027.
NASA has obligated $822,965,672 to the California Institute of Technology under a sole-source task order supporting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid, with a period of performance running through September 2028.
Federal spending records show a $4.4 billion NASA contract held by Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Ares I first-stage development — signed in 2007 for a Constellation program launch vehicle NASA cancelled in 2010 — received a recorded modification this week.
The Department of Labor's OFCCP has finalized a rule rescinding federal contractors' disability self-identification, related data collection, and utilization-goal analysis requirements under Section 503, effective September 21, 2026.
The Department of Labor's OFCCP has published a final rule, effective September 21, 2026, that removes cross-references to the revoked Executive Order 11246 from VEVRAA veteran-hiring regulations and updates the contractor coverage threshold to $200,000.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC, a Fluor Corporation subsidiary, holds a $27,583,176,865 Department of Energy contract to manage and operate the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, running through September 30, 2027.
The Small Business Administration proposed new size standards for 338 industry groups on August 20, a change SBA estimates would make roughly 37,002 additional firms eligible as small businesses. Those firms held more than $71 billion in FY 2025 federal contracts. Comments are due September 21, 2026.
FEMA has obligated $19.8 million to Ranger Land Systems Inc. for temporary support facilities, bunk trailers, and wrap-around services tied to Washington State wildfire response. The one-month task order was signed August 8, 2026, following competition with source exclusions.
The U.S. Forest Service has obligated $30 million to Perimeter Solutions LP for 2026 national bulk fire retardant supply under a sole-source delivery order. The award runs January through December 2026 under the agency's existing single-award IDIQ for retardant chemicals.
Leidos, Inc. received a $7,600,059.72 funding modification on August 14, 2026 on its Future Flight Services Program contract with the FAA, an air traffic control services vehicle that has drawn $666.8 million in total obligations against a $1.08 billion ceiling since 2019.
PTSI Managed Services Inc. received a $3,573,108.69 funding modification on August 14, 2026 on its FAA T5 task order, following a $7,191,597.44 modification just a week earlier. The task order has now drawn $683.6 million in total obligations against a $1.23 billion ceiling.
The Department of Energy obligated $169.4 million to Savannah River Mission Completion, LLC on August 13, 2026, for liquid-waste operations under its Savannah River Site cleanup task order — the second large funding modification to the task order in four days.
Dell Federal Systems L.P. has been obligated $11,774,667 on a Department of Commerce call order for other computer-related services, with a $15,087,624 ceiling and a potential period of performance running to May 2029.
ITC Federal, LLC has been obligated $65,526,105 on a Department of Homeland Security task order for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement IT operations support, with a total contract ceiling of $82,798,439 through May 2027.
BCCG A Joint Venture has obligated $873,510,389 under a U.S. Customs and Border Protection task order for construction of a border barrier wall system. The task order was signed September 24, 2025, and runs through October 31, 2028.
HII Mission Technologies Corp has obligated $876,771,741 to date under a General Services Administration task order funding Air Force network engineering work, against a ceiling of $1.36 billion. The task order runs through July 2027 with a potential extension to 2028.
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. has obligated $1,608,568,595.20 to date under a Department of State contract for global security engineering and supply chain services, per USAspending.gov. The award carries a base-and-all-options ceiling of roughly $2.45 billion and runs through August 2029.
The Department of Energy's Hanford Site tank farms management contract with Washington River Protection Solutions LLC has obligated $10,560,504,771.54 to date, per USAspending.gov. The definitive contract, signed May 29, 2008, carries a base-and-all-options ceiling of roughly $11.31 billion.
NASA's long-running contract supporting joint US/Russian human space flight activities has reached $4,682,328,998.90 in cumulative obligations, with a period of performance extending through December 31, 2028.
The U.S. Coast Guard has obligated more than $2.07 billion to date on its Fast Response Cutter Phase II contract with Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, after a $13.7 million economic price adjustment posted August 5, 2026.
NASA has obligated $1,987,372,021 to Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC under contract 80MSFC23CA014 for development of a Human Landing System lunar lander, against a total contract ceiling of $3.71 billion. The award was signed May 18, 2023, and remains active with modifications through August 2026.
The Department of Veterans Affairs obligated $983,897,123.99 to TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp on August 3, 2026, under the Region 5 Community Care Network delivery order managed by VA's Strategic Acquisition Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has obligated a cumulative $1.42 billion to Oracle Health Government Services under its Electronic Health Record Modernization contract, with a $276.2 million June 24, 2026 modification formally incorporating a revised, de-scoped performance work statement for deployments at VISN 23 and VISN 15 facilities.
The Department of Energy has obligated a cumulative $1.63 billion to Idaho Environmental Coalition LLC under the Idaho Cleanup Project End State Contract, including a $73.9 million funding action on July 9, 2026, for ongoing nuclear waste remediation work at the Idaho National Laboratory site.
The U.S. Forest Service obligated $11,328,521.21 on a fiscal year 2026 on-demand fire retardant blanket purchase agreement with Perimeter Solutions LP, awarded through full and open competition after exclusion of sources — a contrast to a separate $50 million sole-source retardant order to the same company.
The U.S. Forest Service awarded Perimeter Solutions LP a $50 million sole-source task order for full-service fire retardant on January 1, 2026, continuing a prior order under FAR 6.302-1 'only one source' authority with no competition.
WidePoint Integrated Solutions Corp's mobile-device-as-a-service task order with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has reached $67,100,803.97 in total obligations, driven by a steady stream of small wireless-services funding modifications running through early August 2026.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) exercised Option Year IV on its $73.1 million Complete Facilities Maintenance contract with EMCOR Government Services on August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2027 — while a separate modification days earlier deobligated $76,000 in penalty fees for non-performance.
The U.S. Coast Guard obligated an additional $2,542,993,077.68 on July 31, 2026, against its $3.5 billion contract with Davie Defense Inc. for five Arctic Security Cutters — bringing cumulative obligations on the sole-source, firm-fixed-price deal to roughly $3.5 billion just three months after the underlying letter contract was definitized.
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC's management-and-operation contract for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has reached $41,316,801,717.75 in total obligations from the Department of Energy, with three funding modifications posted July 30-31, 2026.
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC has obligated $26,114,643,336 to date under its Department of Energy contract to manage and operate Idaho National Laboratory, with $362.6 million added via two funding actions on June 29, 2026.
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC's contract to manage and operate the Kansas City National Security Campus has reached roughly $17,573,487,505 in total obligations, per USAspending.gov transaction records, following two July 28, 2026 funding modifications worth about $84.8 million combined.
Triad National Security, LLC's contract to manage and operate Los Alamos National Laboratory has reached $35,040,435,873.75 in total obligations, per USAspending.gov, following two June 29, 2026 funding modifications worth about $37.4 million combined.
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC's contract to manage and operate Sandia National Laboratories has reached $42,571,358,867.68 in total obligations, per USAspending.gov, following two June 2026 funding modifications worth about $201 million combined.
Cumulative obligations under NASA's GOES-R next-generation weather satellite contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. have reached $2.03 billion, per USAspending records last updated July 27, 2026, against a $2.13 billion contract ceiling that runs through 2039.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. a $2.83 billion delivery order to construct vertical border barrier, signed December 17, 2025, with work running through August 2028 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Patriot Contract Services, LLC has been obligated $12,732,714 by the Maritime Administration to cover fiscal year 2025 operation costs for the vessel Cape Henry, according to USAspending.gov contract data.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has been awarded $13,578,924 by the General Services Administration for securitized transaction financial advisor services supporting the Government National Mortgage Association, per USAspending.gov data.
28 Trans, LLC has been obligated $14,126,762 by the Department of Veterans Affairs for special mode transportation services, according to USAspending.gov contract data.
MPF-Zai Solutions LLC has been obligated $23,761,345 under a delivery order from the Food and Drug Administration for records information management support, according to USAspending.gov contract data.
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC has drawn $2,404,483,872.69 in obligations under its Department of Energy contract to manage and operate the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a full-and-open-competition award with a reported ceiling of up to $5 billion over a maximum 20-year term.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection signed a $1,313,227,200 delivery order with SLS Federal Services LLC on June 26, 2026, for border wall construction in Arizona's Tucson Sector. The firm-fixed-price task order was issued under CBP's multiple-award Smart Wall IDIQ vehicle.
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC's contract to manage the Y-12 National Security Complex and Pantex Plant has reached $34,256,470,772.89 in total obligations, per USAspending.gov, following June funding modifications totaling about $191.3 million.
The FAA obligated an additional $21.47 million to Harris Corporation on July 20 under its long-running FTI telecommunications delivery order, bringing cumulative funding on the vehicle to roughly $2.1 billion.
The Department of Energy obligated a combined $17.9 million more to Brookhaven Science Associates' management-and-operating contract for Brookhaven National Laboratory in late June, part of routine incremental funding on the 15-year, $8.9 billion-ceiling award.
USAspending records show the Department of Energy has obligated more than $2.17 billion to date under its management-and-operating contract with Princeton University for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, with two funding actions posted in the past two months and an administrative modification adding a new FAR clause on July 20.
NASA obligated an additional $22.46 million to Lockheed Martin Corp. under the original Orion spacecraft prime contract via a funding-only modification recorded July 20, 2026, bringing cumulative obligations on the 2006-vintage award to roughly $15.56 billion, USAspending.gov data show.
The U.S. Marshals Service has obligated $24,006,240 to Saliense Consulting LLC, a woman-owned small business, for IT security support services. The time-and-materials task order was awarded through full and open competition against a GSA Federal Acquisition Service schedule contract.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has obligated $30,995,241 to Blue Cord Design and Construction, LLC to renovate Sterile Processing Services at its Fayetteville, Arkansas facility. The firm-fixed-price contract was set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and drew a single offer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has obligated $33,191,884 to 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC for exclusive-use airtanker services under its wildfire aviation program. The firm-fixed-price task order was competed among five offerors.
NASA has obligated $85,316,136 to the California Institute of Technology under a sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract supporting the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow On (GRACE-FO) mission. The award is managed through Caltech's operation of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
KBR Wyle Services' Mission Systems Operations Contract at NASA's Johnson Space Center, which has obligated $1.06 billion since 2017, reaches its period-of-performance end date on July 31, 2026, following a GAO-upheld recompete loss to the Ascend joint venture of Amentum and Aerodyne Industries.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's NASA NextSTEP contract has obligated a cumulative $1.61 billion since 2015, USAspending.gov records show, funding Cygnus-derived exploration habitation concepts under an award that remains active through 2029.
USAspending.gov records show Leidos Biomedical Research Inc.'s non-competed NIH contract to run the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research has obligated a cumulative $4.81 billion since 2008. The lab's operation is also the subject of a still-unresolved recompete fight.
The Department of Energy published a final rule on July 16, 2026 establishing conflict-of-interest and conflict-of-commitment policy requirements for non-federal entities applying for or receiving DOE financial assistance awards. The rule takes effect August 17, 2026.
Austal USA, LLC has reached $1.4 billion in cumulative obligations on its Department of Homeland Security contract for the Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter Stage 2 program, USASpending.gov records show. The fixed-price-incentive contract, signed in July 2022, has a base-and-options ceiling of $3.3 billion.
Bechtel National, Inc. holds a Department of Energy contract at the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington that has reached $17.32 billion in cumulative obligations against an $18.92 billion ceiling, according to USASpending.gov records. The definitive contract was originally signed in December 2000 and runs through April 2027.
Federal contracting records show NASA has obligated $1,604,628,076 to the California Institute of Technology under a task order for Mars Sample Return Phase A work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The order runs through September 2028 under JPL's FFRDC contract vehicle; Congress's FY2026 appropriations bill, passed in January 2026, ended funding for the existing MSR program structure.
NASA has obligated a cumulative $3,055,729,526.07 to date under its Human Landing System (HLS) contract with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), according to USAspending.gov. The definitive, firm-fixed-price contract, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, was signed May 13, 2020 and carries a potential value of $4,549,695,247.92 if all options are exercised, with performance running through December 6, 2027.
A NASA task order (award ID 80NM0018F0615) issued to the California Institute of Technology under its FFRDC sponsoring agreement to operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reached $2,967,636,551.98 in total obligations for the Europa Clipper mission. The task order, issued under parent IDIQ 80NM0018D0004, has a period of performance from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2028, with a base-and-all-options value of $3,889,273,743.00.
A blanket purchase agreement call between Deloitte & Touche LLP and the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research reached $38,889,552.06 in total obligations before its period of performance closed in June 2024.
Perimeter Solutions LP has been awarded a $50 million task order from the U.S. Forest Service for full-service fire retardant supply, running through December 2026, as the agency positions retardant stock ahead of this year's wildfire season.
The California Institute of Technology, which operates NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been awarded a $101,362,042 NASA task order for Formulation Phase A/B work on the CRISTAL project. The award runs through September 2028.
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. has been awarded a $217,129,989 delivery order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for border infrastructure construction in Youngtown, Arizona. The award runs through September 2027 under an existing CBP construction IDIQ vehicle.
Covenant Aviation Security, LLC has received $773,033,270 in cumulative obligations from the Transportation Security Administration for a task order supporting security screening services at San Francisco International Airport, with a ceiling of roughly $788 million.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC has received $1,334,597,995 in cumulative obligations from NASA for the Dragonfly Extended Phase B Mission task order, issued under the Aerospace Research, Development and Engineering Support II indefinite-delivery vehicle.
Cumulative obligations under the Department of Energy's management-and-operating contract with Stanford University for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reached $14.88 billion, per USAspending.gov federal award data. The contract, awarded on a sole-source basis, has an all-options ceiling of nearly $25 billion.
A CDM DEFEND Group BD bridge task order awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton has reached more than $650 million in cumulative obligations, with a total contract ceiling exceeding $1.1 billion through April 2027.
TechFlow, Inc. has received more than $710 million in obligations to date under a Transportation Security Administration contract to maintain and support explosive detection systems used to screen checked baggage at U.S. airports.
The Office of Management and Budget's Cost Accounting Standards Board has finalized a rule wholly rescinding CAS 408 and 411 and stripping most provisions from CAS 404 and 409 to conform with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, effective August 7, 2026.
Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC has recorded $14.78 billion in cumulative obligations under its Department of Energy contract to manage and operate the Naval Nuclear Laboratory and support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, according to USAspending.gov data.
DAV Energy Solutions, Inc. was awarded a $1,392,916 contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs for an HVAC system improvement study, designated project number 663-25-900. The contract was signed in September 2025 with a period of performance running through July 2026.
Al Walker Electric LLC was awarded a $2,538,682 contract by the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service for boiler operator services at the Heating Operation and Transmission Districts Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant in Washington, D.C. The contract runs from March 2026 through February 2027, with options extending to February 2028.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed its calendar year 2027 update to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, including a request for information on standardizing hospital price transparency data and a potential separate payment for domestic procurement of PPE and essential medicines. Comments are due August 31, 2026.
Commdex, LLC has reached $3,796,568 in cumulative obligations under a Department of Homeland Security contract supporting fifth-generation (5G) network security integration for the Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure project. The contract was originally signed in September 2020 with a period of performance that ran through January 2025.
The Department of Energy is requesting public comment on the assumptions, models, and methodologies it uses to set energy conservation standards for covered products and equipment, including recommendations from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review. Comments are due by September 8, 2026.
Link Technologies Inc. was awarded a $1,970,000 task order from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration for support services tied to nuclear materials management and safeguards systems. The delivery order was issued under a GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle with a performance period running through March 2027.
Scientific Research Corporation has been obligated $12,526,440 to date under a State Department delivery order providing a civil engineer to Beirut, Lebanon for a 60-month period, federal spending records show.
Accenture Federal Services LLC was awarded an $18,479,344 blanket purchase agreement (BPA) call by the Internal Revenue Service on July 3 for enterprise case selection and anomaly detection foundation services, part of the IRS Document Management Modernization program.
EQM Services, LLC has been obligated $23,052,787 to date under an Environmental Protection Agency remediation contract covering the Havertown Groundwater Treatment Facility. The contract was signed in September 2023 under a competed solicitation.
Chenega IT Enterprise Services, LLC has been obligated $48,656,887 to date under a sole-source contract with the Environmental Protection Agency for data-processing and compliance-related IT services. The contract, signed in 2021, carries a ceiling value of $51.7 million.
The Department of Health and Human Services has obligated $696,665,954 to Phlow Corp. under a contract for domestic advanced manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, supporting essential medicines and future public health threats.
CACI, Inc. - Federal has been awarded a $792,496,989 bridge task order by the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service to continue Group A work under the CDM DEFEND cybersecurity program.
Federal spending records show Leidos, Inc. has received more than $1 billion in obligations under a Department of Energy contract for research support services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
AT&T Enterprises, LLC received a $1,291,242,179 contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for enterprise data network services. The award, identified as CONT_AWD_36C10A20F0309, was issued through the VA's Technology Acquisition Center in Austin, Texas, with a period of performance that began September 30, 2020.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published its required quarterly Federal Register notice listing regulatory waivers it approved between July 1 and September 30, 2025.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule updating Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates on July 6, 2026. The agency is accepting public comments through August 31, 2026.
The Department of Defense (DoD) is asking for public input to help draft a revision to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) implementing statutory restrictions on acquiring printed circuit boards from covered nations. Comments are due August 31, 2026.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a rule to implement automatic-revocation provisions of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, affecting immigrant investor petitions tied to the EB-5 Regional Center Program. Comments are due August 31, 2026.
The Rural Housing Service is proposing to let owners of USDA-financed multifamily housing use Direct Multifamily Housing loans and grants to finance acquisition in preservation deals, not just rehabilitation. Comments are due August 31, 2026.
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund published a Notice of Funds Availability on June 30, 2026, opening the FY 2026 Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program. FDIC-insured depository institutions that increased qualifying activities in economically distressed communities during specified assessment periods are eligible to apply.
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund published a Notice of Funds Availability on June 30, 2026, opening the FY 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program funding round. Certified CDFIs may apply for grants to establish or expand small dollar consumer loan programs serving underserved communities.
The Department of the Treasury published a notice on June 30, 2026, announcing submission of multiple information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Public comments are due by July 30, 2026.
The Department of Labor awarded Alternate Perspectives Inc $35,217,438 to operate the Wind River Job Corps Center in Wyoming. The contract, active from September 2020 through August 2023, fell under NAICS 611519 and was administered by DoL's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.
The Department of Labor has awarded Human Learning Systems LLC $44,119,412 to operate the Shreveport Job Corps Center in Louisiana, including outreach and admissions and career transition services. The contract is a total small business set-aside running through August 2026.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded California Institute of Technology $258,697,495 to conduct pre-Phase A and Phase A planning for the Surface Biology and Geology mission, a next-generation Earth-observing satellite targeting ecosystem and geological monitoring.
The Department of Energy's Hanford Field Office has obligated $945,862,222 under a remediation services contract with Central Plateau Cleanup Company, LLC. Task Order 7 covers end-states and base operations under an undefinitized task order with a not-to-exceed value of $98 million.
Peraton Inc. is under a $1.5 billion contract with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to provide integrated management and network solutions for NASA's space communications and navigation infrastructure. The contract runs through September 30, 2027.
The Department of Energy has obligated $3.08 billion on its management contract with Oak Ridge Associated Universities for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. The contract expires September 30, 2026, potentially signaling a recompete in the near term.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has obligated $22.4 billion under its prime contract with The Boeing Company for the International Space Station, according to federal contract records. The contract, awarded in November 1993, remains one of NASA's largest individual contract obligations.
UChicago Argonne, LLC holds the performance-based management and operations contract for Argonne National Laboratory under a Department of Energy agreement with cumulative obligations of $17.3 billion. The contract is scheduled to expire September 30, 2026.
The Regents of the University of California hold the management and operations contract for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under a Department of Energy performance-based agreement with cumulative obligations of $19.7 billion. The contract runs through May 31, 2030.
Battelle Memorial Institute operates the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory under a Department of Energy management and operations contract with cumulative obligations of $30.5 billion. The contract expires September 30, 2027, a timeline GovCon firms should track.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed regulations that would require foreign tobacco establishment owners and operators to register with the agency and list their products, closing a gap in current law that applies only to domestic producers. Comments are due by September 14, 2026.
UT-Battelle LLC operates Oak Ridge National Laboratory under a Department of Energy management and operations contract with cumulative obligations of $41.8 billion. The contract, award ID DEAC0500OR22725, runs through March 31, 2030.
Federal contracting records on USASpending.gov show a $10.5 billion NASA contract held by The Boeing Company for developmental hardware, test articles, and manufacture and assembly of Ares I upper stages under NASA's Constellation program, which developed the Ares I launch vehicle.
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board published a notice on June 26, 2026 tentatively approving TBL Group, Inc.'s application to acquire control of Escot Bus Lines, L.L.C., a federally regulated motor passenger carrier, with the transaction set to become effective July 28, 2026.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina is managed under a $1.58 billion definitive contract with Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC, according to federal contracting records on USASpending.gov.
The Federal Transit Administration published a proposed rule on June 26, 2026 that would amend bus testing regulations under 49 CFR Part 665, aiming to streamline the testing program, improve bus test report quality, and remove outdated test certifications from the federal system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule on June 26, 2026 that would update the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2027, revise AKI dialysis payment rates, and modify ESRD Quality Incentive Program requirements.
The U.S. Department of Energy has recorded a $10.7 billion management and operating contract with Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC to manage and operate the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, federal contracting records on USASpending.gov show.
The Department of Defense proposed amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add a certification requirement for contractors providing military recruitment advertising services. The proposed rule (DFARS Case 2024-D022) implements provisions from three consecutive National Defense Authorization Acts. Comments are due August 24, 2026.
The California Institute of Technology holds a $1.47 billion total obligation under NASA contract 80NM0018F0850 to operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a federally funded research and development center. The contract includes management of NASA's Deep Space Network and runs through September 2028.
The General Services Administration published a notice on June 25, 2026 inviting public comment on a new information collection requirement under Executive Order 14398, which addresses DEI discrimination by federal contractors. The collection covers contract-like instruments using FAR Clause 52.222-90. Comments are due August 24, 2026.
The Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule on June 25, 2026 to amend its National Environmental Policy Act implementing procedures. The rule incorporates changes required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, Executive Order 14154, and the Supreme Court's May 2025 Seven County decision. Public comments are due July 27, 2026.
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council has proposed changes to FAR Parts 5, 24, 29, and 52 as part of a twelve-rule package implementing Executive Order 14275 to streamline federal procurement.
The Boeing Company holds a $2.53 billion NASA contract for Space Launch System stages production and evolution, covering core stage manufacturing for the agency's deep-space exploration program.
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council has proposed revisions to FAR Parts 3 and 49 as part of a twelve-rule package implementing Executive Order 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.
Leidos, Inc. is the awardee of a $3.09 billion National Science Foundation contract for science operation and maintenance support for the United States Antarctic Program.
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing revised oil and gas leasing regulations to implement the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, multiple executive orders, and the Royalty Resiliency Act.
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC has been awarded $3.12 billion by the Department of Energy to manage and operate the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
The FAR Council released the first of three batches of proposed rules implementing EO 14275, shifting federal procurement from a prescriptive rulebook to a principle-based framework. Comments are due July 23, 2026.
KBR Mission Technology Solutions has been awarded an $8 billion, 20-year IDIQ by the National Science Foundation to provide operations, logistics, and science support at all three U.S. Antarctic stations — displacing Leidos after 12 years.
NASA has selected 1,490 vendors for 2,115 contract slots on the SEWP VI GWAC — a $60 billion, ten-year vehicle covering hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, and a new category for program-level IT services.
The Department of Homeland Security released a draft solicitation for a multi-award blanket purchase agreement covering enterprise cybersecurity services. Responses are due in 45 days.
GSA pushed the Polaris proposal deadline by three weeks following an amendment clarifying self-scoring requirements for emerging technology projects.
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a five-year health IT modernization recompete, displacing the prior incumbent on a closely watched program.
A new SBA final rule raises the documentation bar for 8(a) sole-source awards above the competitive threshold, effective in 60 days.