Federal contract award · FY2026
Signed Jul 23, 2026Defender Contracting & Construction 2 in California: $8.2M in FY2026 award actions
The largest: a $3.3M Department of the Army contract signed Jul 23, 2026, for commercial building construction at Fort Irwin, running to Aug 2028. Its reported subcontracts are below.
- This award
- $3.3M
- Obligated so far. Delivery order, signed Jul 23, 2026. USAspending, as of Jul 23, 2026.
- Award actions, FY2026
- 23
- Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC in California, as reported to FPDS. FY2026 closed Sep 30, 2026, not settled yet. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
- Obligated, FY2026
- $8.2M
- In California. All states: $9.1M, 1 agency, led by Department of Defense. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
- Subs it reported
- 0
- No first-tier subcontracts reported, Nov 10, 2024 to Nov 9, 2026. FSRS via USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
This award
Repair barracks interior and exterior building components in b251 and 267
Contract
- Prime contractor
- Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLCUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Obligated so far
- $3.3MUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Agency
- Department of DefenseUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Buying office
- Department of the ArmyUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Contract type
- Delivery orderUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Award ID (PIID)
- W9124B26FA042USAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
Work
- Work
- Commercial building constructionUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Industry (NAICS)
- 236220 Commercial and institutional building constructionUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Product or service (PSC)
- Z2JZ Repair or alteration of miscellaneous buildingsUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
Dates
- Signed
- Jul 23, 2026USAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Work starts
- Aug 10, 2026USAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- Planned end
- Aug 9, 2028USAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
Place of performance
- City
- Fort IrwinUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- County
- San BernardinoUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- State
- CaliforniaUSAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
- ZIP code
- 92310USAspending.gov · Jul 23, 2026
What this means for you
Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC won work in California.
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Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC awards on file
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| Award | State |
|---|---|
| Commercial building construction · Fort Irwin, CA This page | CA |
| Commercial building construction · Fort Irwin, CA | CA |
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Who Defender Contracting & Construction 2 hires
No subcontracts reported, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.
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Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC by agency, FY2026
All states: $9.1M across 43 award actions. FY2026 closed Sep 30, 2026, not settled yet.
| Agency | Actions | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | 43 | $9.1M | 100% |
All 1 agency, share of Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC's obligated dollars in FY2026. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
Federal contracts in California and nationally
- All states, FY2025
- $828.6B
- Federal contract obligations. IDVs add $14.8B, not counted here. FY2025 settled. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
- California, FY2025
- $63.1B
- Place of performance, rank 3 among states. FY2025 settled. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
- California, FY2026
- $59.0B
- Place of performance, rank 3 among states. FY2026 closed Sep 30, 2026, not settled yet. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
- Fourth quarter, FY2025
- 38%
- $314.1B of the year's contract obligations, Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
- NAICS 236220, FY2025
- $30.6B
- Commercial and institutional building construction, all states. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
Contract obligations, award types A to D, by action date. USAspending, as of Nov 10, 2026.
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Sources, updates and data
USAspending (FPDS) · FSRS · read Nov 10, 2026
Where this comes from
- USAspending.gov award record (FPDS data, US government, public domain)
As of Jul 23, 2026 · Record: W9124B26FA042 - USAspending.gov recipient profile of the prime
As of Jul 23, 2026 - USAspending.gov: Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC contract transactions
FY2026 award actions, obligations, states and agencies, award types A to D, summed by Kapwork · As of Nov 10, 2026 - USAspending.gov subaward search: first-tier subcontracts the prime reported to FSRS
First-tier subcontracts Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC reported, Nov 10, 2024 to Nov 9, 2026 · As of Nov 10, 2026 - USAspending.gov contract obligations by place-of-performance state, FY2025
FY2025 $63.1B, rank 3; FY2026 $59.0B, rank 3 · As of Nov 10, 2026 - USAspending.gov contract obligations by quarter, FY2025
$828.6B contract obligations; IDVs $14.8B apart · As of Nov 10, 2026 - USAspending.gov contract obligations, NAICS 236220, FY2025
$30.6B · As of Nov 10, 2026
Updates
- Jul 23, 2026: Contract signed: Department of the Army signed this delivery order with Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC. Source
Event date: Jul 23, 2026 · First observed: Not reported
Limitations
- A contract award is not an open bid. The prime contractor decides its own subcontracts, and some may already be let.
- The amount is what the agency has obligated so far, as USAspending.gov reports it. Options and later modifications can change it.
- The place of performance is as the contracting officer entered it in FPDS. For some awards it is the contracting office, not the work site.
- Defense contracts appear about 90 days after signature, so the newest Defense awards are not here yet.
- Source: USAspending.gov, from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). US government data, public domain.
A contract award is not an open bid. The prime decides its own subcontracts, and the amount is what the agency has obligated so far. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero.
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Cite: Kapwork Grow, “Defender Contracting & Construction 2, LLC · Commercial building construction · Fort Irwin, CA”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/federal/defender-contracting-and-construction-2-llc-fort-irwin-ca-fa_8124dbcb25cd, materially updated Nov 9, 2026.