Mid-Year FY 2026 YTD Federal Spending Report -NAICS, PSC, UEI (April 2026)

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The SAMradar FY2026 Year-to-Date Spending Report captures federal contract activity from October 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, drawing from FPDS.gov and SAM.gov data. Across seven tabs, it paints a detailed picture of how the government is awarding and spending taxpayer dollars halfway through the fiscal year.

Summary

The Summary tab provides a top-level snapshot of federal contracting activity for the first half of FY2026. During this period, the government executed approximately 1.76 million contract actions totaling roughly $235 billion in obligations.

A striking feature of the data is how concentrated awards are among sole-source or limited-competition contracts: over 1.1 million actions (about 63.6% of all contracts) had no reported number of offers, and another 206,571 (11.8%) received just a single offer — together accounting for nearly $123 billion, or more than half of all dollars spent.

Contracts that attracted two or more offers made up a smaller share by count but still represented significant spending, with four-offer contracts alone pulling in over $24 billion. The tab also notes that 62,858 opportunities were posted on SAM.gov during this window, and flags that Department of Defense contract reporting in FPDS is typically delayed by 90 days, meaning the true spending figures are likely higher.

Agencies

The Agencies tab ranks 162 federal agencies and sub-agencies by contract dollars obligated. The Department of Energy leads all agencies at approximately $31.3 billion across just 4,610 contracts, followed closely by the Department of Veterans Affairs at $30.3 billion spread over a much larger volume of nearly 49,000 actions. The three military departments — Navy ($27.7B), Air Force ($23.0B), and Army ($18.0B) — collectively account for roughly $69.7 billion, underscoring the dominance of defense spending.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection stands out among civilian agencies with $18.8 billion on only 1,903 contracts, suggesting a handful of very large awards. The Defense Logistics Agency and the Federal Acquisition Service each processed enormous volumes of transactions (833,000 and 606,000 respectively), though their total dollar figures were comparatively modest. At the bottom of the list, a few agencies show negative obligation balances — notably FEMA at roughly negative $195 million — reflecting contract de-obligations or funding clawbacks.

NAICS

The NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) tab breaks spending across 1,024 industry codes, revealing which sectors of the economy benefit most from federal procurement. Facilities Support Services (NAICS 561210) tops the list at $21.0 billion, driven largely by the operation of government-owned, contractor-operated facilities such as the national laboratories.

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220) follows at nearly $20.0 billion, and Aircraft Manufacturing (336411) comes in third at $19.1 billion. Health-related industries feature prominently as well, with Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers (524114) at $12.1 billion and Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (325412) at $7.1 billion. The data highlights the government's heavy reliance on the private sector for R&D, engineering services, and IT systems design, each exceeding $8 billion in the period.

PSC

The Product and Service Code tab offers a more granular view across 2,099 codes describing what the government is actually buying. The leading category, Operation of Miscellaneous Buildings (M1JZ), totals $14.4 billion — closely tied to the national laboratory operations seen in the NAICS data. Construction of Non-Building Facilities (Y1PZ) accounts for $13.0 billion, while Fixed-Wing Aircraft procurement (1510) reaches $9.1 billion.

Healthcare spending surfaces through multiple codes: Drugs and Biologicals (6505) at $8.8 billion across over 117,000 transactions, Medical Evaluation and Screening (Q403) at $7.6 billion, and Managed Healthcare (Q201) at $7.3 billion. IT and telecom services also make a strong showing, with application development labor (DA01) at $6.0 billion and software-as-a-service (DA10) at $3.1 billion. The breadth of PSC codes — over 2,000 — reflects the extraordinary diversity of goods and services the federal government procures.

Vendor Wins

The Vendor Wins tab lists 69,621 unique vendors who received contract awards during the period. Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. leads the dollar rankings at approximately $7.0 billion, driven by large-scale construction projects, followed closely by TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp. at $7.0 billion for military healthcare administration.

McKesson Corporation ranks third at $4.9 billion, reflecting its role as a major pharmaceutical distributor to federal health systems. Traditional defense primes appear prominently — Lockheed Martin ($4.6B), Boeing ($3.2B under one UEI, with an additional $2.3B under another), and several national laboratory operators including Triad National Security ($4.6B), Sandia's operator ($3.4B), and Lawrence Livermore ($2.9B).

The presence of construction firms like Barnard Construction ($3.0B) and Spencer Construction ($2.4B) among the top vendors highlights the scale of federal infrastructure investment during this period.

Vendors (Detailed)

The Vendors (Detailed) tab expands on the previous tab by pairing each vendor's awards with their specific NAICS and PSC codes, resulting in 171,218 line items. This granularity reveals how a single vendor's total can be composed of very different types of work. For example, Boeing's $3.0 billion in Aircraft Manufacturing under fixed-wing aircraft procurement is separate from its $2.3 billion in weapon system hardware. ]

Similarly, TriWest's total splits between government health insurance programs ($5.0B) and managed healthcare ($1.8B). The tab is particularly useful for competitive intelligence, allowing analysts to see not just who is winning, but precisely what categories of work they are winning in — a critical distinction for companies looking to identify and pursue specific contract opportunities.

Winnable Opportunity Matrix

The Winnable Opportunity Matrix tab provides a template for future pursuit analysis. It walks through every dimension of customer interaction for a specific project or opportunity — the opportunity intelligence factors, the structural acquisition dimensions, and the full relationship scoring scale — then translates each into actionable guidance for business development teams. A few highlights:

• It explains why "Days Known Before Release" and the relationship columns are the most critical factors, since both reflect how early and deeply you've engaged before the RFP drops.

• It unpacks the -5 to +5 relationship scale with practical definitions, and emphasizes the matrix's rule that "Unknown" stakeholders are automatically scored red.

• The closing sections lay out a step-by-step approach for using the matrix as a living pipeline management tool — identifying gaps, converting unknowns into contacts, and using negative scores as competitive intelligence emphasizing the need for creating and enhancing relationships.

About This Government Spending Report:

Report Sources

FPDS.gov is the repository of data. SAM.gov is where contracting officers post opportunities, it is also where the public can run reports on FPDS data using Ad Hoc reports. SAMradar has proprietary intelligence algorithms that provide additional information including deep intelligence on buyer and prime activity that is not available on fpds.gov or SAM.gov.

Why Date Signed vs Date Modified?

There is good reason to care about both, and exactly why SAMradar operates on modifications because contract modifications show spending and prime activity that is also hidden like IDIQ, GWAC, and BPA sales that never show up on SAM.gov. Now, most of the new contract activity (by date signed) is significant because most never post on SAM.gov, therefore most contractors never know of federal sales happening in their NAICS/PSC or niche market.

Report Anatomy and Use Cases

Each Tab includes the ability to sort by the number of Contracts (activity) and Dollars. This provides your insight into activity as well as overall spending. The key for SAMradar members is to utilize this report to find and categorize competitor activity. and add the competitor to your SAMradar vendor monitor.

1. Find competitors in your space, and add them to your SAMradar monitoring.

2. See competitor activity in real-time.

3. Choose your response strategy (see SAMradar templates)

4. Inject your company into the conversation – especially future procurements.

Reconciling Inaccuracies

Federal contract data contains hundreds of data points per contract and data entry is performed by contracting officers and specialists. As a result, the data is not perfect. When assembling federal contract data, there are regular corrections, deletions, and other nuances (including agencies using fields differently) that can create anomalies in the outcome of summarized reports. SAMradar data analyzers are consistently reviewing the data for these anomalies – but we do not correct them because it would challenge the integrity of the reports.