What the Department of Agriculture buys, who it buys from, and what's open for bid — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 1,816 | $1.1B | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 7,831 | $1.4B | +23% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 5,993 | $2.3B | +65% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 16,419 | $3.7B | +58% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LP | $311.9M | 3.6% |
| 2 | KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE WEST CO | $260.6M | 3.0% |
| 3 | TYSON FOODS INC. | $192.2M | 2.2% |
| 4 | PACIFIC COAST PRODUCERS | $133.1M | 1.6% |
| 5 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | $132.3M | 1.5% |
| 6 | CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC. | $107.4M | 1.3% |
| 7 | LEPRINO FOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY | $103.4M | 1.2% |
| 8 | ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC | $99.8M | 1.2% |
| 9 | BONGARDS CREAMERIES | $95.6M | 1.1% |
| 10 | AERO-FLITE, INC. | $94.3M | 1.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| NAICS | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 115310 · Support Activities for Forestry | $931.9M | 10.9% |
| 311611 · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering | $634.2M | 7.4% |
| 481212 · Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | $597.8M | 7.0% |
| 311421 · Fruit and Vegetable Canning | $562.2M | 6.6% |
| 237310 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction | $530.7M | 6.2% |
| 311615 · Poultry Processing | $502.4M | 5.9% |
| 311513 · Cheese Manufacturing | $406.7M | 4.7% |
| 325998 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing | $312.7M | 3.7% |
| 311999 · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing | $294.1M | 3.4% |
| 236220 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | $268.9M | 3.1% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $2.0B | 44.6% |
| 8(a) | $32.5M | 0.7% |
| SDVOSB | $31.0M | 0.7% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $9.8M | 0.2% |
| HUBZone | $13.0M | 0.3% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $2.4B | 53.5% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 51% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 172. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.