Department of Agriculture Contract Opportunities
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) has 140 open contract opportunities today, 59 posted in the last 7 days and 32 due within a week. Most are for support activities for forestry, lessors of nonresidential buildings (except miniwarehouses) and highway, street, and bridge construction. In the last 12 months it awarded $10.8 billion in contracts; the biggest winner was Kiewit Infrastructure South Co with $260.6 million.
What USDA is buying now
- Support Activities for Forestry 9
- Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) 9
- Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 8
- Logging 6
- Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction 5
- Roofing Contractors 5
- All Other Specialty Trade Contractors 5
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors 5
- Other Computer Related Services 4
- All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 3
Where the USDA work is
Idaho (16), California (10), Montana (8), Colorado (7), Arizona (6), District of Columbia (6), New Mexico (5), North Carolina (4)
USDA small business set-asides
99 of the 140 open notices are reserved for a kind of small business: Small business 83, NONE 12, 8(a) sole source 1, Small business (partial) 1, Women-owned 1. See the set-aside pages for every agency.
USDA buying offices with open notices
- USDA Ams 3J14: 19 open
- USDA Forest Service: 13 open
- Usda-Fs, Stewardship Contracting Branch: 8 open
- Fpac Bus Cntr-Mgmt Svs Div: 7 open
- USDA, Ocp-Pod-Acq-Mgmt-Branch-Ftc: 7 open
- Mrpbs Minneapolis MN: 6 open
- Usda-Fs, Csa East 8: 4 open
- Usda-Fs, Csa Southwest 7: 4 open
20 of the open notices are sources sought or presolicitation notices. Answering them tells the contracting officer you exist before the bid comes out, and can shape whether it is set aside.
Who won USDA contracts in the last 12 months
USDA obligated $10.8 billion in contracts from Oct 18, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026, across about 33,852 contract awards. The ten companies that received the most:
- Kiewit Infrastructure South Co: $260.6 million
- Tyson Foods Inc.: $226.3 million
- Perimeter Solutions LP: $160.2 million
- Palantir Technologies Inc.: $135.0 million
- Pacific Coast Producers: $133.1 million
- Carahsoft Technology Corp: $132.4 million
- Aero-Flite, Inc.: $129.7 million
- Central Valley Meat Co., Inc.: $107.4 million
- Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company: $102.0 million
- Helicopter Express LLC: $101.2 million
The trades it spent the most on: Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation ($1.1 billion), Support Activities for Forestry ($977.8 million), Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering ($632.2 million), Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction ($554.0 million), Poultry Processing ($539.1 million), Other Computer Related Services ($524.8 million).
Award figures: contract obligations reported to USAspending.gov, read Oct 18, 2026.
Open USDA contract opportunities
The 40 newest of 140. The trade pages above list all of them.
How to bid on USDA contracts
Register your business in the federal contractor system at SAM.gov under the NAICS codes you work in; the ones USDA posts the most under right now are 115310, 531120, 237310, 113310, 237110. If you qualify for a set-aside, check its certification: 99 of USDA's 140 open notices are set aside. Then read each notice in full on its official page before the deadline. Our guide how to get government contracts walks through it step by step.
USDA contract questions
How many USDA contracts are open right now?
140 on Oct 18, 2026, 59 of them posted in the last 7 days and 32 due within a week.
Who wins the most USDA contracts?
In the last 12 months the biggest winners were Kiewit Infrastructure South Co ($260.6 million), Tyson Foods Inc. ($226.3 million) and Perimeter Solutions LP ($160.2 million), out of $10.8 billion in USDA contracts.
What does USDA buy?
Right now its open notices are mostly for support activities for forestry, lessors of nonresidential buildings (except miniwarehouses) and highway, street, and bridge construction. By dollars over the last year: nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation, support activities for forestry and animal (except poultry) slaughtering.