What the Department of Veterans Affairs 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 | 9,741 | $19.1B | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 8,731 | $22.3B | +17% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 9,334 | $17.4B | -22% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 12,043 | $14.5B | -17% |
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 | OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC. | $22.5B | 30.7% |
| 2 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | $13.2B | 18.0% |
| 3 | TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP | $11.2B | 15.4% |
| 4 | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | $2.4B | 3.2% |
| 5 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | $2.3B | 3.1% |
| 6 | LOYAL SOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC | $1.8B | 2.5% |
| 7 | VETERANS EVALUATION SERVICES, INC | $1.7B | 2.3% |
| 8 | MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP | $771.7M | 1.1% |
| 9 | FEDEX CORP | $609.4M | 0.8% |
| 10 | THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY LLC | $509.8M | 0.7% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $301.9M | 4.0% |
| 8(a) | $3.2M | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $5.0B | 66.1% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $9.7M | 0.1% |
| HUBZone | $4.5M | 0.1% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $18.7M | 0.2% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $2.2B | 29.5% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 10% 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 698. 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.