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Manufacturing primes who have to subcontract

Every prime on this page won federal manufacturing work large enough to trigger a small business subcontracting plan, so each of them is obliged to subcontract a share of it to small businesses. 18 awards, $101M in total.

Awards18
Total value$101M
Median award$5.6M
Largest$17.4M

A subcontracting plan is a legal obligation on the prime, not an open solicitation. Nobody will contact you. The window that matters is the first few weeks after award, while the prime is still assembling its team — here is how the rule works.

The awards

Prime contractorAgencyAwardPlan typeStart
Tyson Foods Inc.Agricultural Marketing Service$17.4MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 29, 2026
Rapiscan Systems INCU.s. Customs and Border Protection$10.6MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 31, 2026
Crane & Co., Inc.Bureau of Engraving and Printing$9.8MIndividual Subcontract PlanJul 16, 2026
Crane & Co., Inc.Bureau of Engraving and Printing$8.7MIndividual Subcontract PlanJul 16, 2026
Fresenius Kabi, LLCOffice of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$7.9MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 30, 2026
Rapiscan Systems INCU.s. Customs and Border Protection$7.2MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 30, 2026
Gold Creek Foods, LLCAgricultural Marketing Service$7.1MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 29, 2026
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationAgricultural Marketing Service$5.9MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 29, 2026
Caviness Beef Packers, LimitedAgricultural Marketing Service$5.6MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 30, 2026
Carahsoft Technology CorpInternal Revenue Service$4.2MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 16, 2026
Jennie-o Turkey Store INCAgricultural Marketing Service$4.0MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 21, 2026
Philips North America LLCDepartment of Veterans Affairs$4.0MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 16, 2026
JBS USA Food CompanyAgricultural Marketing Service$3.0MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 16, 2026
Illumina, Inc.National Institutes of Health$1.3MIndividual Subcontract PlanMay 22, 2026
Michael Foods, INCAgricultural Marketing Service$1.2MCommercial Subcontract PlanJul 29, 2026
Scriptpro USA INCDepartment of Veterans Affairs$1.2MCommercial Subcontract PlanOct 1, 2026
Johnson Controls, INCDepartment of Veterans Affairs$998KIndividual Subcontract PlanSep 1, 2026
Crowley Government Services, Inc.Maritime Administration$759KIndividual Subcontract PlanJul 8, 2021

By agency

Department of Veterans Affairs 26Department of Homeland Security 26Department of Health and Human Services 20General Services Administration 9Department of Justice 7Department of Agriculture 7Department of Transportation 6Department of the Interior 5Department of the Treasury 4

Where this comes from

Federal contract awards are published on USASpending.gov, and each record carries a field stating whether the award requires a subcontracting plan. SubSignal reads that field, keeps only the awards where the answer is yes, and drops everything else — awards below the threshold, awards to small businesses that are exempt, and awards the contracting officer marked as having no subcontracting possibilities. What is left is a list of large companies with a live obligation to find small business partners. This page rebuilds every time the feed refreshes.

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