Who wins the most government contracts in Louisiana?

Of the federal contract awards on file for Louisiana, BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C. holds the largest total: 22 awards worth $6,385,088,295. 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 Louisiana?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 223,187 awards worth $32,504,720,546. 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 Louisiana?

The median award on file is $512, while the average is $215,530. 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 Louisiana?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING (NAICS 336611). 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana?

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.

Louisiana· Federal contract awards

Louisiana government contracts

269,477 federal contract awards for work performed in Louisiana are on file here, worth $58.1B 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 Louisiana, by the numbers

Total awarded: $58.1B
Awards on file: 269,477
Average award: $215.5K
Median award: $512
Largest single award: $2.9B
Period covered: Dec 5, 1996 – Jul 14, 2029

Who wins government contracts in Louisiana

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Louisiana, 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
1BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.KK7TLU2HQGH9	22	$6,385,088,29511.0% of total
2TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPWEE9WFHMACH9	68	$4,993,840,9448.6% of total
3LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPVYGMKZA24SF1	7	$2,896,553,3785.0% of total
4FLUOR FEDERAL PETROLEUM OPERATIONS, LLCKJDUB6XQDTN4	1	$1,996,329,7033.4% of total
5APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLCJT9NZ8J1KQF5	106	$1,722,375,3363.0% of total
6DM PETROLEUM OPERATIONS COMPANYMGJGY3WWR2C7	1	$1,322,431,9072.3% of total
7PLACID REFINING COMPANY LLCCXD5EEEUBM63	317	$1,315,921,4462.3% of total
8CLARK MCCARTHY HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, A JOINT VENTUREFLLTY3SH3K95	1	$1,055,767,8441.8% of total
9WEEKS MARINE, INC.ED3FZHBD52V3	46	$872,711,7341.5% of total
10VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INCFEJJGETNAP31	1	$833,634,5691.4% of total
11PCCP CONSTRUCTORS A JOINT VENTUREEH4ZBML6JND3	1	$756,158,4981.3% of total
12THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.CHEUP6NNZHL9	50	$711,124,6101.2% of total
13MANSON CONSTRUCTION COUJGKNVYG6UZ3	38	$694,453,6711.2% of total
14VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INC.PD3UQQ22NQW1	4	$693,563,3171.2% of total
15HORNBECK OFFSHORE OPERATORS LLCL2G7M63VTCE1	7	$634,630,4751.1% of total
16AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.QEMLRQA7PLG4	4	$557,504,8561.0% of total
17AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.H2RGSKWXKHQ5	2	$554,135,8601.0% of total
18GRAVOIS ALUMINUM BOATS LLCMN1DLSSXLYH6	263	$539,855,2950.9% of total
19CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.CW1JVE3BNA7P1	16	$513,360,3630.9% of total
20STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.SJ65WNKH1WA4	1	$430,083,5460.7% of total

Which agencies buy in Louisiana

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Louisiana. 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	223,187	$32,504,720,54656.0% of total
2Department of Homeland Security	5,358	$9,468,274,71316.3% of total
3Department of Energy	267	$4,029,397,2466.9% of total
4National Aeronautics and Space Administration	168	$3,735,030,6936.4% of total
5Department of Veterans Affairs	4,635	$2,216,260,8663.8% of total
6Department of Agriculture	4,708	$2,143,896,5433.7% of total
7Department of the Interior	1,834	$959,503,2301.7% of total
8Department of Health and Human Services	470	$569,120,1151.0% of total
9Department of Commerce	355	$549,218,2380.9% of total
10Department of Transportation	1,176	$455,313,6940.8% of total

What the government buys in Louisiana

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
1SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING336611	598	$11,316,827,66519.5% of total
2OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION237990	608	$8,777,349,58015.1% of total
3FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	1,008	$6,170,553,49010.6% of total
4COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236220	1,564	$3,754,024,4216.5% of total
5GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE PROPULSION UNIT AND PROPULSION UNIT PARTS MANUFACTURING336415	46	$2,871,102,6254.9% of total
6ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	1,591	$2,315,533,3824.0% of total
7MILITARY ARMORED VEHICLE, TANK, AND TANK COMPONENT MANUFACTURING336992	76	$1,900,830,1153.3% of total
8ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTION611699	44	$1,544,979,4162.7% of total
9PETROLEUM REFINERIES324110	48,803	$1,454,049,0242.5% of total
10BOAT BUILDING336612	324	$989,584,0771.7% of total
11DEEP SEA FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION483111	510	$902,577,8291.6% of total
12WATER AND SEWER LINE AND RELATED STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTION237110	73	$885,004,3321.5% of total

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Recently started contract work in Louisiana

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning July 14, 2029. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC
$0
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
236220 · COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Place of performance
BATON ROUGE, LA
Work started
Jul 14, 2029
Through
Jul 14, 2029
Contract
N6247021F4087
Check this award on USAspending.gov
VALHALLA ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC
$191,580
Department of Veterans Affairs
541330 · ENGINEERING SERVICES
Place of performance
SHREVEPORT, LA
Work started
Jan 31, 2029
Through
Jan 31, 2029
Contract
36C25624C0002
Check this award on USAspending.gov
EXPRESS FORESTRY SERVICE, LLC
$12,700
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
BENTLEY, LA
Work started
Jan 11, 2027
Through
Feb 28, 2027
Contract
12443926F0155
Check this award on USAspending.gov
EXPRESS FORESTRY SERVICE, LLC
$19,950
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
WINNFIELD, LA
Work started
Nov 1, 2026
Through
Jan 30, 2027
Contract
12443926F0061
Check this award on USAspending.gov
EXPRESS FORESTRY SERVICE, LLC
$62,478
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
BOYCE, LA
Work started
Nov 1, 2026
Through
Nov 30, 2026
Contract
12443926F0096
Check this award on USAspending.gov
CAPLIS FORESTRY, L.L.C.
$18,788
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
BOYCE, LA
Work started
Nov 1, 2026
Through
Feb 1, 2027
Contract
12443926F0100
Check this award on USAspending.gov
EXPRESS FORESTRY SERVICE, LLC
$4,002
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
PROVENCAL, LA
Work started
Oct 15, 2026
Through
Jan 15, 2027
Contract
12443926F0105
Check this award on USAspending.gov
MECHANICAL COOLING SERVICES, LLC
$98,000
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
238220 · PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS
Place of performance
POLLOCK, LA
Work started
Oct 14, 2026
Through
Oct 14, 2026
Contract
15BBNF26P51900001
Check this award on USAspending.gov

Government bids open in Louisiana right now

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How to use Louisiana 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 Louisiana; 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 Louisiana — 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 Louisiana, not all of it, and it does not include Louisiana 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.