Who buys Product and Service Code 7A21 (IT and Telecom – Business Application Software (Perpetual License Software)), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — 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 | 890 | $728.2M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 1,265 | $781.5M | +7% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 1,292 | $1.1B | +44% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 2,040 | $918.9M | -18% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 41% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRANCISCO PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, L.P. | $711.2M | 20.0% |
| 2 | CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP | $422.0M | 11.9% |
| 3 | WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LLC | $241.8M | 6.8% |
| 4 | FCN INC | $149.4M | 4.2% |
| 5 | THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY LLC | $144.1M | 4.1% |
| 6 | COMPUTABLE INSIGHTS LLC | $104.5M | 2.9% |
| 7 | MYTHICS, INC. | $77.3M | 2.2% |
| 8 | NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC. | $70.4M | 2.0% |
| 9 | CDW GOVERNMENT LLC | $69.4M | 2.0% |
| 10 | CMA TECHNOLOGY INC | $64.7M | 1.8% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $1.4B | 40.7% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $548.6M | 15.4% |
| Department of State | $220.2M | 6.2% |
| Social Security Administration | $185.4M | 5.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $170.2M | 4.8% |
| Department of Transportation | $152.6M | 4.3% |
| Department of Energy | $148.7M | 4.2% |
| Department of Justice | $118.3M | 3.3% |
| Department of Agriculture | $99.8M | 2.8% |
| General Services Administration | $78.5M | 2.2% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | BROADCOM MAINFRAME CONSUMPTION LICENSE (MCL), PORTFOLIO LICENSE AGREEMENT (PLA), AND SUPPORT SERVICES CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP · Social Security Administration | $60.5M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS FOR THE PROVISION OF VMWARE SOFTWARE LICENSES AND RELATED MAINTENANCE. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC · Department of State | $21.8M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | SERVICENOW (SNOW) LICENSES IN SUPPORT OF OCIO CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP · Department of Homeland Security | $17.3M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | DELIVERY ORDER FOR FY26 DOS ELA SPLUNK SOFTWARE RENEWAL ISSUED UNDER NASA SEWP V DEPARTMENT OF STATE AGENCY CATALOG. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP · Department of State | $17.3M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | SERVICE NOW LICENSE RENEWAL CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP · Department of Homeland Security | $14.8M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2027 | EHRM LICENSES AND FEES ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. · Department of Veterans Affairs | $502.4M |
| Dec 22, 2026 | THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO EXERCISE THE SERVICENOW OY3, TERM 1 OPTION PERIOD. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP · Department of Defense | $243.6M |
| Feb 28, 2027 | EXERCISE OPTION YEAR 2 - MICROSOFT LICENSES. DELL MARKETING L.P. · Department of Defense | $229.8M |
| Apr 23, 2027 | THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR GLOBAL ENTERPRISE MODERNIZATION AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT 2.1 (GEMSS 2.1) WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC · Department of Defense | $225.3M |
| Jan 26, 2027 | RED HAT ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT OPTION YEAR 4 DLT SOLUTIONS, LLC · Department of Defense | $167.5M |
4,444 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $417.9M | 51.6% |
| 8(a) | $16.8M | 2.1% |
| SDVOSB | $27.9M | 3.4% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $9.2M | 1.1% |
| HUBZone | $11.8M | 1.5% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $485K | 0.1% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $325.4M | 40.2% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 23% 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 18. 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.