Contract Spotlight: A $28.4 million Veterans Affairs order funds an energy savings contract in the Southeast

An energy contract, recorded in two orders

Some contract lines hide a second line underneath. Most people will never see either one. On October 16, 2026, USAspending recorded a $28,378,688.37 delivery order, award identifier 36E77620F0003, to AMERESCO INC from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The description names the vehicle plainly: a Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 energy savings performance contract. A second delivery order under the same award identifier, recorded the same day, added $23,109,959.36, for a combined $51,488,647.73 recorded under that award on that date.

An energy savings performance contract is a specific federal tool. A contractor finances and installs energy upgrades at federal facilities, such as lighting, heating, cooling, and building controls, and the agency pays over time from the energy savings the upgrades produce. Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 is the regional network that operates Veterans Affairs medical centers and clinics across the Southeast, so the facilities behind this order are hospitals and clinics, not office buildings in the abstract.

Where this order sits in the Veterans Affairs week

The Department of Veterans Affairs obligated $558,912,891.46 across 1,409 contract transactions with action dates from October 16 to 22, 2026, the largest department total that week in the USAspending records compiled by the Ledger. The Ameresco orders sit in the middle of that week: smaller than the largest health record and construction actions, larger than the hundreds of small orders that make up most of the transaction count. Contract obligations are recorded on the action date and are not the same as cash paid that day, a distinction the Ledger keeps on every spotlight.

Yesterday the spotlight followed a NASA building renovation order. Tomorrow the spotlight picks up the next notable award in the records. Followers get a named recipient, an exact figure, and a stated purpose, every morning, and tonight the Daily Brief carries the latest debt close.

Data vintage: USAspending contract transactions with action dates from October 16 to 22, 2026, compiled October 26, 2026. Figures are net federal action obligations per transaction in that period.

Sources

1. 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

2. USAspending award record for AMERESCO INC, award 36E77620F0003: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36E77620F0003_3600_DEAM3609GO29029_8900/