The Daily LedgerContract Spotlight | Federal Spending
Contract Spotlight: A $13.0 million Veterans Affairs radiology renovation contract went to Blue Cord Design and Construction on October 9
USAspending records for October 9 to 15, 2026 show a $12,974,316.00 definitive contract to BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC from the Department of Veterans Affairs to renovate interventional radiology suites.
Key takeaways
- BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC received $12,974,316.00 in a definitive contract dated October 9, 2026 from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- The stated purpose in the record is short and specific: renovate interventional radiology suites.
- The contract was the largest Veterans Affairs contract action in the October 9 to 15, 2026 USAspending week, inside a department contract week of $188,474,564.40 across 1,292 transactions.
What the record shows
The file nobody opened this week is a construction file, not a systems file. USAspending records compiled for October 9 to 15, 2026 show a definitive contract, award identifier 36C24827C0001, to BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC for $12,974,316.00, with an action date of October 9, 2026. The awarding department and sub agency are both the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The description in the record contains five words: renovate interventional radiology suites. Interventional radiology suites are the procedure rooms where clinicians use imaging guidance for minimally invasive treatment. In plain English, this contract pays for renovating those rooms inside the veterans health system. The record does not name a single facility in the description field published in this file, and this spotlight does not add one.
How it compares
The Veterans Affairs contract week totaled $188,474,564.40 across 1,292 transactions in the same USAspending file, so this single contract accounts for about 6.9 percent of the department contract total recorded that week, and it was the largest single Veterans Affairs action in the file. It is a different recipient, a different department purpose, and a different kind of work from todays Money Trail subject, PERATON INC. and its Medicare enrollment systems order.
Yesterday the Ledger spotlight closed at HANFORD LABORATORY MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION LLC, an Energy Department action. Today the spotlight moves to a Veterans Affairs construction contract. Followers get one named contract, read in full, every day. Tomorrow the spotlight follows the next notable award, and tonight the Daily Brief carries the next Treasury close.
Data vintage: USAspending contract records for action dates October 9 to 15, 2026, compiled October 19, 2026 in the Ledger contractors week file. Figures are obligations recorded in the transaction, not cash paid out on that date.
Sources
1. USAspending award record for BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC, contract 36C24827C0001: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24827C0001_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/
2. U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Data, Debt to the Penny dataset: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny
Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement, September 28, 2026; Debt to the Penny.
Sources and methodology
Methodology. Daily cash figures are from the U.S. Treasury’s Daily Treasury Statement (DTS) for September 28, 2026, the government’s official daily cash-flow report. The DTS records money actually moving in and out of Treasury accounts; it is not the same as the budget deficit, which is measured monthly on an accrual-adjusted basis.
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement – operating cash balance, September 28, 2026 (fiscaldata.treasury.gov)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Debt to the Penny – September 28, 2026 (fiscaldata.treasury.gov)
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