The Buildout · Week of March 30 – April 5, 2026
Published March 30, 2026. Auto-generated from The Buildout's pipeline; not edited.
U.S. federal spending, week ending 2026-04-05.
The Department of Energy obligated $2.01 billion to Washington TRU Solutions for management and operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, with a second DOE contract worth $1.70 billion to Central Plateau Cleanup Company landing the same week—both part of the department's ongoing nuclear waste remediation portfolio. HHS awarded $1.35 billion to Seqirus for construction of a vaccine manufacturing facility, while NASA committed $1.27 billion to Johns Hopkins APL for the extended Dragonfly mission to Titan. The Federal Register saw ten notices and rules cross the wire, including a presidential document on citizenship verification in federal elections and an NOAA reallocation of Bering Sea pollock.
Context. $44,164,703,447 is the #3 largest weekly total in the trailing 7 weeks — versus an average of $57,352,904,312.
This week's biggest contracts
$2,007,900,740 · Department of Energy → WASHINGTON TRU SOLUTIONS LLC
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
$1,701,793,005 · Department of Energy → CENTRAL PLATEAU CLEANUP COMPANY, LLC
HANFORD CENTRAL PLATEAU CLEANUP CONTRACT - TASK ORDER 4 - END STATES & BASE OPS. THIS TASK ORDER IS ISSUED AS AN UNDEFINITIZED TASK ORDER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE H.49, TASK ORDERING PROCEDURE. NOTICE-TO-PROCEED SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1,
$1,349,853,665 · Department of Health and Human Services → SEQIRUS INC
TAS::75 0140::TAS CONSTRUCTION OF VACCINE MANUFACTURING FACILITY
Also this week:
| Date | Recipient | Agency | Amount | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LAB | National Aeronautics and Space Admin | $1,274,597,995 | — |
| 2026-04-02 | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES FL | Department of Agriculture | $1,222,149,264 | — |
| 2026-03-31 | GENERAL ATOMICS | Department of Energy | $1,196,474,884 | — |
| 2026-04-01 | NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC. | Department of Health and Human Servi | $889,970,439 | — |
| 2026-04-02 | ISOTEK SYSTEMS, LLC | Department of Energy | $887,279,962 | — |
| 2026-04-02 | MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Department of Transportation | $884,132,302 | — |
| 2026-04-03 | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Admin | $775,059,791 | — |
From the Federal Register
Final rules
- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands — Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2026-04-03
- Implementing First Responders Passport Act To Exempt Certain First Responders From Passport Fees — State Department, 2026-04-03
- Rescission of Obsolete Regulations Addressing Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act — Social Security Administration, 2026-04-03
- Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits — Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 2026-04-03
- General Provisions — Farm Credit Administration, 2026-04-03
Proposed rules
- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes — Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration, 2026-04-03
Notices and other
- Sunshine Act Meetings — Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2026-04-03
- Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections — Executive Office of the President, 2026-04-03
- Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Eareckson Air Station Fuel Pier Repair in Al — Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2026-04-03
- Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures-Productivity Adjustment — Surface Transportation Board, 2026-04-03
On the record
Verbatim from agencies' own Federal Register filings this week.
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock directed fishing allowances (DFA) from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea.
— Commerce Department, rule, 2026-04-03
The Department of State ("Department") proposes an adjustment to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services of the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs ("Schedule of Fees" or "Schedule"), to implement the First Responders Passpo
— State Department, rule, 2026-04-03
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus SAS Model A350-941 airplanes.
— Transportation Department, proposed_rule, 2026-04-03
What to watch
Concrete things to look for in the next two weeks — re-bids opening up, rules taking effect, and funding windows closing.
Coming up for re-bid
- $4,425,784,857 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration → NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION — ends 2026-06-30
- $3,282,976,341 · Department of Energy → JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC — ends 2026-05-31
- $2,511,478,245 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration → ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. — ends 2026-06-30
- $2,075,724,899 · Department of Homeland Security → BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C. — ends 2026-06-02
Rules taking effect
- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Reminder Systems — effective 2026-04-06
- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regu — effective 2026-04-07
- Extension of Authorized Integrated Circuit (IC) Designer Status and Application Deadline To Become an Approved IC Design — effective 2026-04-07
- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to New Jersey — effective 2026-04-07
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