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Department of Education contracts
What the Department of Education buys, from whom, and where. Contract obligations in fiscal year 2026 (Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026), from USAspending.gov. Contract award types A to D (BPA calls, purchase orders, delivery orders and definitive contracts). Obligations can be negative when an agency takes money back. Data saved from USAspending.gov on Oct 23, 2026.
$2.85 billion$2,845,856,670 in contract obligations
#15of 70 agencies by contract spending
0.4%of all federal contract dollars
828contract awards with money in the year
Buying offices (sub-agencies)
- 1. Department of Education$2.85 billion · 100.0%
Top companies (recipients)
- 1. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$550.4 million · 19.3%
- 2. NELNET SERVICING LLC$305.4 million · 10.7%
- 3. EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC$271.1 million · 9.5%
- 4. MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC$247.4 million · 8.7%
- 5. MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY$213.4 million · 7.5%
- 6. MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.$132.0 million · 4.6%
- 7. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$90.9 million · 3.2%
- 8. CENTRAL RESEARCH INC$72.6 million · 2.6%
- 9. WESTAT, INC.$63.2 million · 2.2%
- 10. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$49.7 million · 1.7%
What it buys (NAICS)
- 1. 522390 Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation$1.09 billion · 38.3%
- 2. 541512 Computer Systems Design Services$882.8 million · 31.0%
- 3. 541519 Other Computer Related Services$219.9 million · 7.7%
- 4. 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities$163.2 million · 5.7%
- 5. 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services$113.3 million · 4.0%
- 6. 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services$109.0 million · 3.8%
- 7. 522320 Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities$63.0 million · 2.2%
- 8. 561440 Collection Agencies$36.2 million · 1.3%
- 9. 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services$35.6 million · 1.2%
- 10. 511210 Software Publishers$25.1 million · 0.9%
Where the work is (states)
- 1. Virginia$1.16 billion · 40.7%
- 2. District Of Columbia$878.0 million · 30.9%
- 3. Nebraska$293.2 million · 10.3%
- 4. Tennessee$271.5 million · 9.5%
- 5. Utah$43.3 million · 1.5%
- 6. Maryland$42.4 million · 1.5%
- 7. Massachusetts$37.6 million · 1.3%
- 8. North Carolina$33.1 million · 1.2%
- 9. Washington$19.7 million · 0.7%
- 10. California$11.2 million · 0.4%
Largest Department of Education contract awards
The 10 biggest awards by total award amount with money obligated in fiscal year 2026 (Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026). Each links to the full record on USAspending.gov.
| Recipient | Amount | What | Dates | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC DC | $1.51 billion $1,505,648,979 | IGF::CL::IGF - TIVOD SUPPORTS THE ORIGINATION, DISBURSEMENT, AND REPORTING OF TITLE IV FEDERAL STUDENT AID PROGRAMS, INCLUDING - BUT NOT LIMITED TO - DIRECT LOANS, PELL GRANTS, AND THE TEACHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR CO NAICS 522390 OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CREDIT INTERMEDIATION | Mar 1, 2015 to Jul 31, 2025 | EDFSA15C0006 ↗ |
| NELNET SERVICING LLC DC | $988.7 million $988,684,676 | PROVIDE DIRECT LOAN SERVICES SUCH AS CALL CENTER AND FINANCIAL REPORTING - NELNET FROM 12/15/2019 THROUGH 12/14/2020 NAICS 522390 OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CREDIT INTERMEDIATION | Nov 26, 2019 to Dec 31, 2024 | 91003120F0312 ↗ |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC VA | $943.2 million $943,157,459 | THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR AN ENTERPRISE-WIDE DIGITAL AND CUSTOMER CARE PLATFORMS AND SERVICES SOLUTION (ENTERPRISE-WIDE DIGITAL AND CUSTOMER CARE SOLUTION, AKA EWDCCPS, AKA DCC) THAT WILL ENABLE AN FSA-BRANDED OMNI-CHANNEL NAICS 541512 COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | Feb 20, 2019 to Feb 19, 2027 | 91003119F0003 ↗ |
| MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC. VA | $892.7 million $892,727,844 | DEBT MANAGEMENT AND COLLECTIONS SYSTEM (DMCS) IGF::CT::IGF NAICS 522110 COMMERCIAL BANKING | Sep 27, 2013 to Jul 31, 2026 | EDFSA13C0021 ↗ |
| MAXIMUS EDUCATION LLC VA | $764.4 million $764,376,220 | PROVIDE DIRECT LOAN SERVICES SUCH AS CALL CENTER AND FINANCIAL REPORTING - NAVIENT FROM 12/15/2019 THROUGH 12/14/2020 NAICS 522390 OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CREDIT INTERMEDIATION | Dec 14, 2019 to Dec 31, 2024 | 91003120F0314 ↗ |
| MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY MO | $639.6 million $639,625,770 | THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO CREATE A NEW TASK ORDER FOR CONTRACT ED-FSA-11-D-0012 WITH THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020. NAICS 522390 OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CREDIT INTERMEDIATION | Dec 30, 2019 to Dec 31, 2024 | 91003120F0331 ↗ |
| PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC VA | $525.0 million $524,995,457 | IGF::OT::IGF: FEDERAL STUDENT AID'S VIRTUAL DATA CENTER, PROVIDING CENTRALIZED HOSTING AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DATA AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, AND RELATED SERVICES TO SUPPORT FEDERAL STUDENT AID MISSION OF SERVICING NAICS 541512 COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | Sep 28, 2015 to Jul 31, 2027 | EDFSA15O0090 ↗ |
| PENNSLYVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY PA | $506.5 million $506,490,834 | PROVIDE DIRECT LOAN SERVICES SUCH AS CALL CENTER AND FINANCIAL REPORTING - PHEAA FROM 12/15/2019 THROUGH 12/14/2020 NAICS 522390 OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CREDIT INTERMEDIATION | Dec 6, 2019 to Nov 1, 2024 | 91003120F0313 ↗ |
| NELNET SERVICING LLC DC | $392.7 million $392,702,062 | OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTR NAICS 522390 OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CREDIT INTERMEDIATION | Jul 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2027 | 91003124F0321 ↗ |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC VA | $383.1 million $383,121,393 | TITLE IV FINANCIAL AID ORIGINATION AND DISBURSEMENT (TIVOD) SYSTEMS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TRANSITION SERVICES NAICS 541512 COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2031 | 91003125C0013 ↗ |