Which companies won the largest Department of Homeland Security contracts in 2026?

Answered byUS Federal Awards API: contracts & grants, all agencies

Price$0.004 per award row (HTTP API)

StatusOn the HTTP API

USAspending.gov lists DHS contract awards by obligated amount; this input returns the largest of 2026 with recipient, sub-agency (such as CBP or the Coast Guard), action_date, action_amount_usd, total_obligated_usd and total_value_usd, award type and a link to the award on USAspending.

Tool input

{
  "agencies": [
    "Department of Homeland Security"
  ],
  "awardTypes": [
    "contracts"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "maxResults": 20
}

Ask it from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the Apify MCP server with this tool to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ...); it signs you in with OAuth or Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>. It works once the Actor is listed on the Apify Store; until then use the HTTP API or the remote MCP server at https://api.boscolabs.dev/mcp.

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=bosco_labs/us-federal-awards

Then ask:

Use the bosco_labs/us-federal-awards tool to answer: Which companies won the largest Department of Homeland Security contracts in 2026?

Call the Apify API

Runs the Actor and returns the rows in one request, billed to your Apify account ($0.004 per award row (HTTP API)). It works once the Actor is listed on the Apify Store; until then use the HTTP API or the remote MCP server at https://api.boscolabs.dev/mcp.

curl https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bosco_labs~us-federal-awards/run-sync-get-dataset-items \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"agencies": ["Department of Homeland Security"], "awardTypes": ["contracts"], "dateFrom": "2026-01-01", "maxResults": 20}'

Call the Bosco Labs HTTP API

Bosco Labs HTTP API (beta): same input and rows, $0.004 per award row from prepaid credits. Get a key with a $0.50 free trial, or send the same call without a key and pay per call in USDC via x402 (no account).

curl https://api.boscolabs.dev/v1/us-federal-awards \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOSCO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"agencies": ["Department of Homeland Security"], "awardTypes": ["contracts"], "dateFrom": "2026-01-01", "maxResults": 20}'

Example output

Snapshot taken 2026-11-06, source links in each row. First 1 of 5 rows (snapshot runs stop at 5 rows); long values shortened.

[
  {
    "schema_version": "1",
    "award_id": "70B01C26F00000405",
    "award_key": "CONT_AWD_70B01C26F00000405_7014_70B01C26D00000012_7014",
    "award_type_group": "contracts",
    "award_type": "DELIVERY ORDER",
    "award_type_code": "C",
    "parent_award_id": "70B01C26D00000012",
    "recipient_name": "FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO",
    "recipient_uei": "XAVBDA4D13N7",
    "parent_name": "FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO",
    "parent_uei": "XAVBDA4D13N7",
    "recipient_city": "TEMPE",
    "recipient_state": "AZ",
    "recipient_country": "UNITED STATES",
    "ticker": null,
    "matched_on": null,
    "awarding_agency": "Department of Homeland Security",
    "awarding_sub_agency": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection",
    "funding_agency": "Department of Homeland Security",
    "action_date": "2026-06-02",
    "action_amount_usd": 2594040000.0,
    "modification_number": "0",
    "total_obligated_usd": 2594040000.0,
    "total_value_usd": 2594040000.0,
    "award_date_signed": "2026-06-02",
    "start_date": "2026-06-03",
    "end_date": "2027-07-27",
    "description": "BORDER BARRIER DESIGN BUILD FOR BBT-5",
    "naics_code": "236220",
    "naics_description": "COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION",
    "psc_code": "Y1PZ",
    "psc_description": "CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER NON-BUILDING FACILITIES",
    "cfda_number": null,
    "cfda_title": null,
    "performance_city": "TERLINGUA",
    "performance_state": "TX",
    "performance_country": "UNITED STATES",
    "source_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B01C26F00000405_7014_70B01C26D00000012_7014",
    "api_url": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/CONT_AWD_70B01C26F00000405_7014_70B01C26D00000012_7014/",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T22:50:01+00:00"
  }
]

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