Who wins the most government contracts in Hawaii?

Of the federal contract awards on file for Hawaii, DRAGADOS/HAWAIIAN DREDGING/ORION JV holds the largest total: 4 awards worth $3,079,271,892. That is a ranking of this dataset, not of every contractor in the state: the table above is capped at the 20 largest by award dollars.

Which federal agency buys the most in Hawaii?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 169,278 awards worth $34,412,726,113. Knowing your buyer matters — agencies reuse the same contracting offices, the same clause sets, and often the same incumbents.

How big is a typical government contract in Hawaii?

The median award on file is $527, while the average is $176,996. The gap between the two is the point: a small number of very large contracts pull the average up, so the median is the better guide to the work a small business actually competes for.

What kind of work does the government buy in Hawaii?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (NAICS 236220). Your NAICS code is how buyers classify the work and how set-aside size standards are applied, so it decides which of these contracts you are even eligible to bid.

Do I have to be based in Hawaii to bid on these contracts?

No. Federal contracts are open to any registered business in the United States, and the state shown here is the place of performance — where the work happens, not where the winner is headquartered. Being local helps on price and on site-visit logistics, and some state and local solicitations do apply residency or local preferences, but the federal ones on this page do not.

How do I find open government bids in Hawaii?

Awards tell you who has been buying; open solicitations are what you can still bid. BidGovContracts pulls federal SAM.gov postings and state portals into one feed, filters them to your trade and state, and summarizes each one in plain English — what the job is, when it is due, and what disqualifies bidders. Start with the open bids listed on this page.

Hawaii· Federal contract awards

Hawaii government contracts

232,256 federal contract awards for work performed in Hawaii are on file here, worth $41.1B between them. Below: the agencies doing the buying, the contractors doing the winning, the industries the money lands in, and the solicitations still open for bid.

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Federal contracting in Hawaii, by the numbers

Total awarded: $41.1B
Awards on file: 232,256
Average award: $177K
Median award: $527.2
Largest single award: $3.1B
Period covered: Nov 20, 1978 – Nov 1, 2026

Who wins government contracts in Hawaii

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Hawaii, ranked by total award value. These are the incumbents: the companies you will be bidding against, and the companies worth calling about subcontracting or teaming before you chase a prime award of your own.

Contractor	Awards	Total awarded
1DRAGADOS/HAWAIIAN DREDGING/ORION JVE8AXVANBZBD4	4	$3,079,271,8927.5% of total
2NAN INCJ1P1SQSCUYK6	51	$1,849,105,0184.5% of total
3HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION COLA5LXK1PHJB5	20	$1,610,901,7903.9% of total
4BAE SYSTEMS HAWAII SHIPYARDS INC.P14ZXZ9XE7K9	4	$1,290,077,0093.1% of total
5SMARTRONIX, LLCCMBKC2MHJFK5	2	$1,080,145,3762.6% of total
6ECC CONSTRUCTORS LLCLJPLMV3GCYE7	8	$660,505,8291.6% of total
7AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.EPUXNLX5EYC4	217	$645,703,2111.6% of total
8PACIFIC SHIPYARDS INTERNATIONAL, LLCK84MXRVQ8BW5	174	$560,845,2931.4% of total
9MANU KAI LLCHD9LT6J78NB3	484	$507,129,8631.2% of total
10BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.LX3BSV6NNW58	9	$442,427,4221.1% of total
11KOA LANI JV LLCHM7WKVZTJW85	303	$401,123,3861.0% of total
12AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.QEMLRQA7PLG4	11	$383,997,7010.9% of total
13APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLCJT9NZ8J1KQF5	80	$373,573,8170.9% of total
14INSIGHT PACIFIC, LLCRX2GCLJ3REN5	44	$354,073,2460.9% of total
15PACMAR TECHNOLOGIES LLCL1WZRB6JKWJ4	103	$338,139,2740.8% of total
16KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE WEST COHBV3K2PJ5NN9	26	$332,428,9820.8% of total
17J & J MAINTENANCE INCY4TKSMDNTRN6	80	$330,731,6140.8% of total
18BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCJCBMLGPE6Z71	16	$319,655,6630.8% of total
19V2X SYSTEMS LLCRRFJZGASZJ41	17	$310,538,9560.8% of total
20AQUA ENGINEERS INCLJ2ME8KDM2Z4	4	$267,244,9300.7% of total

Which agencies buy in Hawaii

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Hawaii. Buyers are creatures of habit — the agency at the top of this list runs the same contracting offices, reissues the same requirements, and recompetes the same work on a predictable cycle. Learning one buyer well beats chasing every bid badly.

Awarding agency	Awards	Total awarded
1Department of Defense	169,278	$34,412,726,11383.7% of total
2General Services Administration	52,628	$3,074,098,8137.5% of total
3Department of Homeland Security	3,198	$1,204,267,9452.9% of total
4Department of the Interior	1,388	$480,923,2991.2% of total
5Department of Veterans Affairs	1,910	$444,717,3271.1% of total
6Department of Transportation	293	$381,339,1420.9% of total
7Department of Commerce	1,148	$277,852,6950.7% of total
8Department of Health and Human Services	212	$229,466,2460.6% of total
9Department of Labor	6	$221,174,7070.5% of total
10Department of Housing and Urban Development	29	$153,111,6900.4% of total

What the government buys in Hawaii

Industries ranked by total contract dollars, using the six-digit NAICS code recorded on each award. Your NAICS code is not paperwork trivia: it is how a buyer classifies the requirement, how the SBA decides whether you count as a small business for that contract, and therefore which of these awards you were ever eligible to compete for.

Industry (NAICS)	Awards	Total awarded
1COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236220	2,349	$9,320,899,37422.7% of total
2ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	2,216	$6,063,170,96914.7% of total
3OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION237990	129	$4,176,110,60410.2% of total
4SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING336611	1,138	$2,705,186,2926.6% of total
5FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	1,572	$2,082,578,2965.1% of total
6RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715	430	$1,316,835,1683.2% of total
7COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES541512	282	$1,224,595,2743.0% of total
8REMEDIATION SERVICES562910	469	$774,591,7191.9% of total
9DEEP SEA FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION483111	636	$636,869,7261.5% of total
10OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES541519	1,374	$606,992,6141.5% of total
11HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION237310	210	$603,200,2311.5% of total
12OIL AND GAS PIPELINE AND RELATED STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTION237120	49	$497,354,2211.2% of total

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Recently started contract work in Hawaii

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning November 1, 2026. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

TW LOGISTICS, LLC
$22,000
Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Marketing Service
483111 · DEEP SEA FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
Place of performance
WAILUKU, HI
Work started
Nov 1, 2026
Through
Nov 15, 2026
Contract
121NTF25C1151
Check this award on USAspending.gov
DHX-DEPENDABLE HAWAIIAN EXPRESS INC
$7,200
Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Marketing Service
483111 · DEEP SEA FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
Place of performance
HONOLULU, HI
Work started
Nov 1, 2026
Through
Nov 15, 2026
Contract
121NTF25C1152
Check this award on USAspending.gov
HORSLEY WITTEN GROUP, INC.
$98,305
Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
541620 · ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES
Place of performance
LAHAINA, HI
Work started
Oct 1, 2026
Through
Sep 30, 2027
Contract
1305M226F0375
Check this award on USAspending.gov
TW LOGISTICS, LLC
$6,300
Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Marketing Service
483111 · DEEP SEA FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
Place of performance
WAILUKU, HI
Work started
Oct 1, 2026
Through
Oct 15, 2026
Contract
121NTF25C1155
Check this award on USAspending.gov
FORTIOR SOLUTIONS LLC
$48,661
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES
Place of performance
KAPOLEI, HI
Work started
Sep 30, 2026
Through
Sep 30, 2026
Contract
70Z03426FHONO0012
Check this award on USAspending.gov
ADVANCED COMPUTER CONCEPTS, INC.
$130,670
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
334111 · ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
FORT SHAFTER, HI
Work started
Sep 29, 2026
Through
Nov 29, 2026
Contract
W912CN25FA273
Check this award on USAspending.gov
PINEAPPLE BROTHERS LLC
$58,060
Department of Defense · U.S. Special Operations Command
114210 · HUNTING AND TRAPPING
Place of performance
LANAI CITY, HI
Work started
Sep 28, 2026
Through
Oct 4, 2026
Contract
H9224026FE199
Check this award on USAspending.gov
FORTIOR SOLUTIONS LLC
$67,556
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Coast Guard
541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES
Place of performance
HONOLULU, HI
Work started
Sep 19, 2026
Through
Sep 19, 2026
Contract
70Z03426FHONO0013
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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How to use Hawaii award history to win work

Most contractors start at the wrong end. They find an open solicitation, spend two weeks on a proposal, and lose to an incumbent who has held the work for nine years. Award history runs the other way round: you find the buyer first, learn what they purchase and what they pay, and show up already knowing the job.

Three things on this page do real work for you. The agency list tells you who has the budget in Hawaii; those offices post again, and their recompetes are the most winnable contracts in government because the requirement is already written. The contractor list tells you who currently holds it — which is your competition if you bid prime, and your customer if you subcontract. The median award tells you whether this market is your size at all, before you spend a day on a bid you cannot bond or staff.

A contract's period of performance is your calendar. Work with an end date twelve to eighteen months out is work that will be recompeted, and the agency starts market research long before the solicitation appears. That window — after the incumbent's option years are visibly running out, before anything is posted — is when a capability statement and a phone call to the contracting office are worth more than any proposal you could write later.

None of it matters if you are not registered and eligible. A federal award requires an active SAM.gov registration with a UEI, and the set-aside on a solicitation decides whether your bid is even read. Both are free to sort out, and both are the most common reason a ready contractor is disqualified on a technicality.

Where these numbers come from

Source. Federal prime contract awards published by USAspending.gov, the government's official spending record. Public record, free, no data vendor in between. Each award links back to its page there so you can verify any figure yourself.
Scope. Contract awards whose place of performance is Hawaii — where the work happens, not where the winner is headquartered. Grants, loans, and direct payments are excluded; they are not work a contractor competes for.
What is not here. This is a portion of federal contracting in Hawaii, not all of it, and it does not include Hawaii state or municipal purchasing. Treat these figures as a floor: the real market is larger than what is on this page.
Missing values. Where USAspending records no amount, agency, or recipient, we leave it out instead of filling it in. An award with no reported amount is still counted as an award but does not enter any total or average, which is why a row's award count can outrun its dollars.