GITNUXREPORT 2026

Federal Contracting Industry Statistics

Federal contract spending significantly increased, dominating discretionary spending and heavily favoring services.

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Key Statistics

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OASIS contract vehicle had 40% small business set-asides by value in FY 2023.

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NASA SEWP VI awarded $20 billion ceiling with 70% small business participation.

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DoD's STRATCOM C2 vehicle obligated $5.2 billion in FY 2023.

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GSA's 8(a) STARS III GWAC had $15 billion in task orders in FY 2023.

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NETCENTS-2 Air Force IT contract vehicle awarded $3.8 billion in FY 2023.

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DHS's EAGLE Next Generation IDIQ reached $4.5 billion in obligations FY 2023.

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Army Vantage IDIQ obligated $2.9 billion for HR services in FY 2023.

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SeaPort-NxG Navy vehicle had $12 billion in task orders FY 2023.

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GSA MAS program facilitated $38 billion in sales in FY 2023.

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CDC ATS-5 contract vehicle awarded $1.2 billion in health IT FY 2023.

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FBI's ITSSS-2 GWAC obligated $900 million in FY 2023.

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VA's T4NG vehicle reached $22 billion ceiling with $6 billion tasked in FY 2023.

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DISA ENCORE III IDIQ awarded $7.5 billion in cloud services FY 2023.

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NIH CIO-SP3 GWAC had 75 small business awards totaling $20 billion.

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Air Force AFSO 21 vehicle obligated $4.1 billion for logistics FY 2023.

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GSA 36 Professional Services Schedule sales were $18 billion in FY 2023.

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DoD's $50 billion JEDI cloud contract was canceled in 2021 but influenced $10B follow-ons.

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HHS PSC III IDIQ obligated $3.4 billion in FY 2023.

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NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V had $18 billion tasked.

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Army's LOGCAP V awarded $5.8 billion initial task orders FY 2023.

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GSA's OASIS Small Business had $8 billion in awards FY 2023.

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DOT's SETA II vehicle obligated $1.8 billion in FY 2023.

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USAID's Global Acquisition and Assistance Services vehicle $2.2 billion FY 2023.

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EPA's Scientific, Technical, Engineering, and Modeling Support vehicle $900M FY 2023.

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IDIQ contracts represented 45% of total federal obligations by value in FY 2023.

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BPAs and BOAs facilitated $75 billion in orders in FY 2023.

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Federal IT GWACs grew 15% in obligations to $45 billion in FY 2023.

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In FY 2023, total federal contract obligations reached $791.6 billion, marking a 9.7% increase from FY 2022.

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Federal contract spending accounted for 28% of total federal discretionary spending in FY 2023.

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DoD obligated $466 billion on contracts in FY 2023, representing 59% of all federal contract spending.

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Civilian agencies obligated $325.6 billion in contracts during FY 2023.

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In FY 2022, federal IT contract spending totaled $58.3 billion.

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The federal government awarded 12.5 million contract actions in FY 2023.

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Average federal contract value in FY 2023 was $63,400.

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Fixed-price contracts made up 88% of federal obligations by value in FY 2023.

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Federal R&D contract obligations were $72.4 billion in FY 2023.

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HHS obligated $55.2 billion on contracts in FY 2023, the highest among civilian agencies.

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NASA contract spending in FY 2023 totaled $25.1 billion.

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Federal construction contract obligations reached $38.7 billion in FY 2023.

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In FY 2023, 80% of federal contract dollars went to services contracts.

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Federal spending on professional services contracts was $192 billion in FY 2023.

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IT and telecom contracts obligated $97.5 billion in FY 2023.

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Total federal prime contract awards in Q1 FY 2024 were $176 billion.

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Federal contract obligations grew 11% year-over-year in Q4 FY 2023.

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In FY 2021, federal contracts represented 6.5% of U.S. GDP.

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DoD services contracts obligated $290 billion in FY 2023.

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VA healthcare contracts totaled $18.4 billion in FY 2023.

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Federal engineering and technical services spending was $45.2 billion in FY 2023.

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In FY 2023, 1.2% of contract actions accounted for 80% of obligations by value.

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Federal supply contracts obligated $112 billion in FY 2023.

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DHS contract spending reached $42.8 billion in FY 2023.

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DOE obligated $28.6 billion on contracts in FY 2023.

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Federal facilities maintenance contracts were $15.3 billion in FY 2023.

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In FY 2023, multi-year contracts represented 15% of total obligations.

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Federal education and training contracts obligated $4.2 billion in FY 2023.

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Transportation contracts totaled $22.1 billion in FY 2023.

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Federal environmental services contracts were $8.7 billion in FY 2023.

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Small businesses won 23.1% of federal prime contract dollars in FY 2023 ($115.3 billion).

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In FY 2023, HUBZone-certified businesses received 3.3% of prime contract dollars ($16.5 billion).

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Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) achieved 5.0% of federal contract spending in FY 2023 ($25 billion).

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Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) got 4.4% ($22 billion) in FY 2023.

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8(a) Program participants awarded 5.1% of prime contracts by dollars in FY 2023 ($25.5 billion).

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Small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) share was 10.2% of federal primes in FY 2023 ($51 billion).

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Number of small business prime contractors grew to 84,000 in FY 2023.

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DoD small business goal achievement was 24.5% of eligible contract dollars in FY 2023.

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Civilian agencies met 108% of small business goals in FY 2023.

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Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) received $12.4 billion in FY 2023.

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Small businesses won 70.2% of prime contracts by number (8.8 million actions) in FY 2023.

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Emerging Domestic Marketplaces received 1.8% of contract dollars in FY 2023 ($9 billion).

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SBA's set-aside contracts for small businesses totaled $150.2 billion in FY 2023.

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WOSB set-asides accounted for 12% of small business actions in FY 2023.

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HUBZone sole-source contracts awarded $1.2 billion in FY 2023.

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SDVOSB verification led to $18.5 billion in verified awards in FY 2023.

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Small business subcontracting plans covered $400 billion in FY 2023 primes.

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Mentor-Protégé program pairs assisted 500 small businesses with $2.5 billion in FY 2023.

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Rural small businesses received 2.1% of small business dollars ($2.4 billion) in FY 2023.

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Joint ventures with small businesses won $35 billion in FY 2023.

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8(a) graduates continued to receive $10 billion post-graduation in FY 2023.

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Small business participation in IT contracts was 35% by dollars in FY 2023.

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DoD HUBZone awards totaled $4.1 billion in FY 2023.

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WOSB federal goal increased to 5% for FY 2024-2025.

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Small business prime awards grew 8% year-over-year in FY 2023.

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GSA Schedule contracts had 45% small business participation in FY 2023.

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GWACs like Alliant 2 awarded 60% to small businesses in FY 2023 competitions.

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Lockheed Martin received $45.6 billion in federal contract awards in FY 2023.

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Boeing was awarded $26.8 billion in DoD contracts in FY 2023.

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General Dynamics secured $19.4 billion in federal primes in FY 2023.

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Raytheon Technologies (RTX) obligations totaled $18.2 billion in FY 2023.

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Northrop Grumman received $17.9 billion in DoD awards in FY 2023.

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Leidos Holdings won $11.5 billion in federal contracts in FY 2023.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries awarded $9.8 billion in FY 2023.

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McKesson Corporation received $9.2 billion in HHS contracts in FY 2023.

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Booz Allen Hamilton secured $8.7 billion in federal awards in FY 2023.

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Deloitte Consulting got $7.4 billion in civilian agency contracts in FY 2023.

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Accenture Federal Services awarded $6.9 billion in FY 2023.

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CACI International received $6.3 billion in DoD contracts in FY 2023.

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L3Harris Technologies won $6.1 billion in FY 2023.

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ManTech International (now part of Carlyle) awarded $5.8 billion in FY 2023.

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SAIC received $5.4 billion in federal primes in FY 2023.

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Peraton Labs secured $4.9 billion in intelligence contracts in FY 2023.

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Fluor Corporation awarded $4.7 billion in construction contracts in FY 2023.

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Jacobs Engineering got $4.5 billion in engineering services in FY 2023.

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KBR Inc. received $4.2 billion in DoD logistics contracts in FY 2023.

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Parsons Corporation awarded $3.9 billion in FY 2023.

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Amentum Services won $3.7 billion in O&M contracts in FY 2023.

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Chenega Corporation received $3.4 billion as a small business in FY 2023.

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ASRC Federal received $3.2 billion in NASA contracts in FY 2023.

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V2X Inc. awarded $3.0 billion in logistics in FY 2023.

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Palantir Technologies secured $2.8 billion in data analytics contracts in FY 2023.

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IBM received $2.6 billion in IT contracts in FY 2023.

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Top 100 contractors captured 58% of total federal contract dollars in FY 2023.

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Federal contract obligations are projected to reach $850 billion by FY 2025.

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DoD contracting expected to grow 4% annually through 2028 due to modernization.

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Federal IT spending forecasted to hit $100 billion by FY 2026.

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Cloud computing contracts projected to double to $20 billion annually by FY 2027.

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AI and machine learning federal contracts expected to reach $15 billion by FY 2025.

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Cybersecurity contract spending forecasted at $12.5 billion in FY 2024.

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Small business participation projected to rise to 25% by FY 2025.

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Sustainable procurement contracts expected to grow 20% yearly to $50B by 2030.

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Federal R&D contracting forecasted to increase 7% to $80 billion in FY 2024.

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Hypersonic weapons contracts projected at $10 billion through FY 2027.

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Telework IT support contracts to grow 12% annually post-COVID.

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Federal healthcare IT spending forecasted to $25 billion by FY 2026.

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Space domain awareness contracts expected to triple to $3 billion by FY 2028.

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Zero-trust architecture implementations to drive $8 billion in contracts FY 2024-2025.

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Federal supply chain resilience contracts projected at $5 billion annually.

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Quantum computing R&D contracts forecasted to $1.2 billion by FY 2025.

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Climate resilience and adaptation contracts to reach $15 billion by FY 2030.

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Federal 5G deployments expected to obligate $4 billion through FY 2026.

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Digital twins and modeling contracts projected to grow 25% yearly.

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Federal M&A activity in govcon sector up 15% in 2023, expected to continue.

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Software-defined networking contracts forecasted at $6 billion FY 2024.

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Federal electric vehicle infrastructure contracts to $2.5 billion by FY 2027.

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Blockchain for supply chain pilots expected to scale to $1 billion in contracts.

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Federal data analytics market projected to $18 billion by FY 2028.

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Edge computing federal obligations forecasted to $3.5 billion FY 2025.

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Federal construction backlog expected to drive 10% growth to $45B FY 2024.

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Micro-purchasing via smart cards projected to save $500M annually by 2025.

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Federal CMMC compliance contracts to exceed $2 billion in FY 2024.

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Open RAN telecom contracts forecasted at $1.5 billion for DoD by FY 2026.

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Think of nearly $800 billion—a sum equal to entire nations' GDPs—changing hands in a single year, and you’ll begin to grasp the immense scale and pivotal role of the U.S. federal contracting industry.

Key Takeaways

  • In FY 2023, total federal contract obligations reached $791.6 billion, marking a 9.7% increase from FY 2022.
  • Federal contract spending accounted for 28% of total federal discretionary spending in FY 2023.
  • DoD obligated $466 billion on contracts in FY 2023, representing 59% of all federal contract spending.
  • Lockheed Martin received $45.6 billion in federal contract awards in FY 2023.
  • Boeing was awarded $26.8 billion in DoD contracts in FY 2023.
  • General Dynamics secured $19.4 billion in federal primes in FY 2023.
  • Small businesses won 23.1% of federal prime contract dollars in FY 2023 ($115.3 billion).
  • In FY 2023, HUBZone-certified businesses received 3.3% of prime contract dollars ($16.5 billion).
  • Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) achieved 5.0% of federal contract spending in FY 2023 ($25 billion).
  • OASIS contract vehicle had 40% small business set-asides by value in FY 2023.
  • NASA SEWP VI awarded $20 billion ceiling with 70% small business participation.
  • DoD's STRATCOM C2 vehicle obligated $5.2 billion in FY 2023.
  • Federal contract obligations are projected to reach $850 billion by FY 2025.
  • DoD contracting expected to grow 4% annually through 2028 due to modernization.
  • Federal IT spending forecasted to hit $100 billion by FY 2026.

Federal contract spending significantly increased, dominating discretionary spending and heavily favoring services.

Contract Vehicles and Types

1OASIS contract vehicle had 40% small business set-asides by value in FY 2023.
Directional
2NASA SEWP VI awarded $20 billion ceiling with 70% small business participation.
Verified
3DoD's STRATCOM C2 vehicle obligated $5.2 billion in FY 2023.
Directional
4GSA's 8(a) STARS III GWAC had $15 billion in task orders in FY 2023.
Directional
5NETCENTS-2 Air Force IT contract vehicle awarded $3.8 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
6DHS's EAGLE Next Generation IDIQ reached $4.5 billion in obligations FY 2023.
Single source
7Army Vantage IDIQ obligated $2.9 billion for HR services in FY 2023.
Verified
8SeaPort-NxG Navy vehicle had $12 billion in task orders FY 2023.
Verified
9GSA MAS program facilitated $38 billion in sales in FY 2023.
Directional
10CDC ATS-5 contract vehicle awarded $1.2 billion in health IT FY 2023.
Directional
11FBI's ITSSS-2 GWAC obligated $900 million in FY 2023.
Verified
12VA's T4NG vehicle reached $22 billion ceiling with $6 billion tasked in FY 2023.
Directional
13DISA ENCORE III IDIQ awarded $7.5 billion in cloud services FY 2023.
Verified
14NIH CIO-SP3 GWAC had 75 small business awards totaling $20 billion.
Verified
15Air Force AFSO 21 vehicle obligated $4.1 billion for logistics FY 2023.
Verified
16GSA 36 Professional Services Schedule sales were $18 billion in FY 2023.
Directional
17DoD's $50 billion JEDI cloud contract was canceled in 2021 but influenced $10B follow-ons.
Verified
18HHS PSC III IDIQ obligated $3.4 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
19NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V had $18 billion tasked.
Verified
20Army's LOGCAP V awarded $5.8 billion initial task orders FY 2023.
Verified
21GSA's OASIS Small Business had $8 billion in awards FY 2023.
Verified
22DOT's SETA II vehicle obligated $1.8 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
23USAID's Global Acquisition and Assistance Services vehicle $2.2 billion FY 2023.
Verified
24EPA's Scientific, Technical, Engineering, and Modeling Support vehicle $900M FY 2023.
Verified
25IDIQ contracts represented 45% of total federal obligations by value in FY 2023.
Verified
26BPAs and BOAs facilitated $75 billion in orders in FY 2023.
Directional
27Federal IT GWACs grew 15% in obligations to $45 billion in FY 2023.
Verified

Contract Vehicles and Types Interpretation

While Uncle Sam is clearly betting big on a galaxy of IDIQs and GWACs to steer the federal ship, the real star of the show is small business, whose growing slice of this multi-billion-dollar pie proves that in the high-stakes world of government contracting, the best strategy is often to think small.

Market Size and Spending

1In FY 2023, total federal contract obligations reached $791.6 billion, marking a 9.7% increase from FY 2022.
Verified
2Federal contract spending accounted for 28% of total federal discretionary spending in FY 2023.
Verified
3DoD obligated $466 billion on contracts in FY 2023, representing 59% of all federal contract spending.
Verified
4Civilian agencies obligated $325.6 billion in contracts during FY 2023.
Verified
5In FY 2022, federal IT contract spending totaled $58.3 billion.
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6The federal government awarded 12.5 million contract actions in FY 2023.
Single source
7Average federal contract value in FY 2023 was $63,400.
Verified
8Fixed-price contracts made up 88% of federal obligations by value in FY 2023.
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9Federal R&D contract obligations were $72.4 billion in FY 2023.
Directional
10HHS obligated $55.2 billion on contracts in FY 2023, the highest among civilian agencies.
Verified
11NASA contract spending in FY 2023 totaled $25.1 billion.
Verified
12Federal construction contract obligations reached $38.7 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
13In FY 2023, 80% of federal contract dollars went to services contracts.
Verified
14Federal spending on professional services contracts was $192 billion in FY 2023.
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15IT and telecom contracts obligated $97.5 billion in FY 2023.
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16Total federal prime contract awards in Q1 FY 2024 were $176 billion.
Single source
17Federal contract obligations grew 11% year-over-year in Q4 FY 2023.
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18In FY 2021, federal contracts represented 6.5% of U.S. GDP.
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19DoD services contracts obligated $290 billion in FY 2023.
Single source
20VA healthcare contracts totaled $18.4 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
21Federal engineering and technical services spending was $45.2 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
22In FY 2023, 1.2% of contract actions accounted for 80% of obligations by value.
Verified
23Federal supply contracts obligated $112 billion in FY 2023.
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24DHS contract spending reached $42.8 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
25DOE obligated $28.6 billion on contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
26Federal facilities maintenance contracts were $15.3 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
27In FY 2023, multi-year contracts represented 15% of total obligations.
Directional
28Federal education and training contracts obligated $4.2 billion in FY 2023.
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29Transportation contracts totaled $22.1 billion in FY 2023.
Single source
30Federal environmental services contracts were $8.7 billion in FY 2023.
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Market Size and Spending Interpretation

While the Pentagon’s $466 billion appetite proves warfighting is expensive, Uncle Sam’s real talent is quietly spending nearly $200 billion on professional advice and IT support to figure out how to spend the other $600 billion.

Small Business Participation

1Small businesses won 23.1% of federal prime contract dollars in FY 2023 ($115.3 billion).
Single source
2In FY 2023, HUBZone-certified businesses received 3.3% of prime contract dollars ($16.5 billion).
Single source
3Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) achieved 5.0% of federal contract spending in FY 2023 ($25 billion).
Single source
4Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) got 4.4% ($22 billion) in FY 2023.
Verified
58(a) Program participants awarded 5.1% of prime contracts by dollars in FY 2023 ($25.5 billion).
Single source
6Small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) share was 10.2% of federal primes in FY 2023 ($51 billion).
Directional
7Number of small business prime contractors grew to 84,000 in FY 2023.
Verified
8DoD small business goal achievement was 24.5% of eligible contract dollars in FY 2023.
Verified
9Civilian agencies met 108% of small business goals in FY 2023.
Verified
10Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) received $12.4 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
11Small businesses won 70.2% of prime contracts by number (8.8 million actions) in FY 2023.
Verified
12Emerging Domestic Marketplaces received 1.8% of contract dollars in FY 2023 ($9 billion).
Single source
13SBA's set-aside contracts for small businesses totaled $150.2 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
14WOSB set-asides accounted for 12% of small business actions in FY 2023.
Verified
15HUBZone sole-source contracts awarded $1.2 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
16SDVOSB verification led to $18.5 billion in verified awards in FY 2023.
Directional
17Small business subcontracting plans covered $400 billion in FY 2023 primes.
Verified
18Mentor-Protégé program pairs assisted 500 small businesses with $2.5 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
19Rural small businesses received 2.1% of small business dollars ($2.4 billion) in FY 2023.
Verified
20Joint ventures with small businesses won $35 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
218(a) graduates continued to receive $10 billion post-graduation in FY 2023.
Directional
22Small business participation in IT contracts was 35% by dollars in FY 2023.
Verified
23DoD HUBZone awards totaled $4.1 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
24WOSB federal goal increased to 5% for FY 2024-2025.
Verified
25Small business prime awards grew 8% year-over-year in FY 2023.
Single source
26GSA Schedule contracts had 45% small business participation in FY 2023.
Verified
27GWACs like Alliant 2 awarded 60% to small businesses in FY 2023 competitions.
Verified

Small Business Participation Interpretation

The federal government is finally starting to realize its best vendor might not be a corporate behemoth, but a spreadsheet of 84,000 small businesses where, yes, the goals are often met but the slices of the $115 billion pie are still tantalizingly small and fiercely fought over.

Top Contractors and Awards

1Lockheed Martin received $45.6 billion in federal contract awards in FY 2023.
Directional
2Boeing was awarded $26.8 billion in DoD contracts in FY 2023.
Single source
3General Dynamics secured $19.4 billion in federal primes in FY 2023.
Verified
4Raytheon Technologies (RTX) obligations totaled $18.2 billion in FY 2023.
Single source
5Northrop Grumman received $17.9 billion in DoD awards in FY 2023.
Verified
6Leidos Holdings won $11.5 billion in federal contracts in FY 2023.
Directional
7Huntington Ingalls Industries awarded $9.8 billion in FY 2023.
Single source
8McKesson Corporation received $9.2 billion in HHS contracts in FY 2023.
Directional
9Booz Allen Hamilton secured $8.7 billion in federal awards in FY 2023.
Verified
10Deloitte Consulting got $7.4 billion in civilian agency contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
11Accenture Federal Services awarded $6.9 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
12CACI International received $6.3 billion in DoD contracts in FY 2023.
Directional
13L3Harris Technologies won $6.1 billion in FY 2023.
Single source
14ManTech International (now part of Carlyle) awarded $5.8 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
15SAIC received $5.4 billion in federal primes in FY 2023.
Verified
16Peraton Labs secured $4.9 billion in intelligence contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
17Fluor Corporation awarded $4.7 billion in construction contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
18Jacobs Engineering got $4.5 billion in engineering services in FY 2023.
Verified
19KBR Inc. received $4.2 billion in DoD logistics contracts in FY 2023.
Single source
20Parsons Corporation awarded $3.9 billion in FY 2023.
Verified
21Amentum Services won $3.7 billion in O&M contracts in FY 2023.
Directional
22Chenega Corporation received $3.4 billion as a small business in FY 2023.
Verified
23ASRC Federal received $3.2 billion in NASA contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
24V2X Inc. awarded $3.0 billion in logistics in FY 2023.
Verified
25Palantir Technologies secured $2.8 billion in data analytics contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
26IBM received $2.6 billion in IT contracts in FY 2023.
Verified
27Top 100 contractors captured 58% of total federal contract dollars in FY 2023.
Verified

Top Contractors and Awards Interpretation

While the government’s $700 billion checkbook is technically open to competition, nearly 60% of it gets casually handed to a familiar circle of defense and tech giants, suggesting federal procurement is less a competitive market and more a very exclusive, astronomically expensive club with a strict guest list.

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    Reference 11
    DHS
    dhs.gov

    dhs.gov

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    Reference 12
    ENERGY
    energy.gov

    energy.gov

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    Reference 13
    SBA
    sba.gov

    sba.gov

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    BUSINESS
    business.defense.gov

    business.defense.gov

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    Reference 15
    AF
    af.mil

    af.mil

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    Reference 16
    ARMY
    army.mil

    army.mil

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    Reference 17
    NAVY
    navy.mil

    navy.mil

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    CDC
    cdc.gov

    cdc.gov

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    FBI
    fbi.gov

    fbi.gov

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    DISA
    disa.mil

    disa.mil

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    nih.gov

    nih.gov

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    HHS
    hhs.gov

    hhs.gov

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    transportation.gov

    transportation.gov

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    USAID
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    usaid.gov

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    EPA
    epa.gov

    epa.gov

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    NIST
    nist.gov

    nist.gov

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    dodcio.defense.gov

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    defense.gov

    defense.gov

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