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76,851 federal contract awards for work performed in Maine are on file here, worth $46B 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 Maine, by the numbers

Total awarded
$46B

$45,956,184,884

Across all 76,851 awards read.

Awards on file
76,851

Federal contract awards with work performed in Maine.

Average award
$598K

$597,991

Mean of the reported amounts. A handful of very large contracts pull this well above what a typical bidder sees.

Median award
$622.5

$622

The middle award. This is the more useful number if you are sizing up whether the work here fits your shop.

Largest single award
$6.6B

$6,589,838,761

The biggest contract on file for this state.

Period covered
Sep 16, 1999 – Oct 1, 2026

Period-of-performance start dates on file. Work already awarded runs through Mar 1, 2044.

Who wins government contracts in Maine

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Maine, 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.

ContractorAwardsTotal awarded
1BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATIONFREEMCLKFXE3138$31,994,266,39969.6% of total
2MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE INCDJUHB4QNYAS62$4,881,905,18410.6% of total
3381 CONSTRUCTORSP4LGE35HG4B51$1,820,413,8084.0% of total
4CIANBRO CORPORATIONS175L3H4MKV19$565,452,8221.2% of total
5PURITAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY I LPY3AXBLEN5G1810$319,584,9080.7% of total
6CAREER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONV6JEP5H4PGM86$289,274,5130.6% of total
7CITY OF BANGORGUQZZ2AABQH19,162$220,871,8120.5% of total
8GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.Q9SBTF8ELUP41,951$205,281,7070.4% of total
9METHUEN CONSTRUCTION CO INCYLPBBJMMM5K85$196,722,0740.4% of total
10WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THEVEP4UN7LDMK52$123,975,3470.3% of total
11J & J CONTRACTORS, INC.EATDZJL6JFJ58$123,460,0510.3% of total
12AMERESCO SELECT, INC.M94SPPKPU2332$113,478,9000.2% of total
13MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC.HNKYRJ2KR9A545$111,123,6680.2% of total
14ORBIS SIBRO INCKS91NKS9M42855$108,319,4650.2% of total
15FEDERAL PROGRAM INTEGRATORS, LLCCEKMK8UYT4295$107,654,5220.2% of total
16STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.UJ2KHM8KYRW212$107,257,4980.2% of total
17NADIAD INCM4T6NF1QF2T352$101,262,7930.2% of total
18UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMPB3AJE5ZEJ5935$99,537,6820.2% of total
19ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.D84HF9BK2WY716$96,209,6300.2% of total
20CACI, INC. - FEDERALN3PBJAVNKF613$95,272,1160.2% of total

Which agencies buy in Maine

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Maine. 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 agencyAwardsTotal awarded
1Department of Defense68,327$43,926,416,74595.6% of total
2Department of Veterans Affairs1,927$373,780,6900.8% of total
3Department of Labor15$353,860,5510.8% of total
4Department of Agriculture1,710$293,069,5120.6% of total
5Department of Homeland Security1,198$252,720,0030.5% of total
6General Services Administration1,102$226,874,7250.5% of total
7Department of the Interior709$190,015,5590.4% of total
8Department of Transportation223$83,123,6310.2% of total
9Department of Justice585$72,476,1160.2% of total
10Department of Health and Human Services441$71,768,7550.2% of total

What the government buys in Maine

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)AwardsTotal awarded
1SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING336611572$32,013,109,72869.7% of total
2DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS5241149$4,883,235,32710.6% of total
3OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION23799066$2,388,406,6545.2% of total
4COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236220483$1,122,481,4632.4% of total
5ENGINEERING SERVICES541330579$917,715,8222.0% of total
6INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236210397$467,802,6211.0% of total
7OTHER TECHNICAL AND TRADE SCHOOLS61151915$352,902,6680.8% of total
8SURGICAL APPLIANCE AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURING3391131,698$325,895,9440.7% of total
9RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715105$236,472,3780.5% of total
10PETROLEUM REFINERIES3241109,729$224,278,4330.5% of total
11REMEDIATION SERVICES562910128$195,357,3060.4% of total
12OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION48839014$147,327,1990.3% of total
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Recently started contract work in Maine

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

  • SHARI SCOTT-DYER

    $0

    Department of Justice · Drug Enforcement Administration

    561499 · ALL OTHER BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES

    Place of performance
    MADISON, ME
    Work started
    Oct 1, 2026
    Through
    Sep 30, 2027
    Contract
    15DDEL26P00000027
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • THE COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON, INC.

    $0

    Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

    621420 · OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CENTERS

    Place of performance
    PORTLAND, ME
    Work started
    Oct 1, 2026
    Through
    Sep 30, 2027
    Contract
    15BCTS26F00000439
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • UNIFIRST CORPORATION

    $17,566

    Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    812332 · INDUSTRIAL LAUNDERERS

    Place of performance
    HOULTON, ME
    Work started
    Sep 1, 2026
    Through
    Aug 31, 2027
    Contract
    70B03C26P00000133
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • LANDER GROUP LLC

    $55,774

    Department of Veterans Affairs

    561730 · LANDSCAPING SERVICES

    Place of performance
    GREENVILLE, ME
    Work started
    Sep 1, 2026
    Through
    Aug 31, 2027
    Contract
    36C78626N50873
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • HALFWAY HOUSE, INC.

    $111,500

    Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

    623990 · OTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES

    Place of performance
    PORTLAND, ME
    Work started
    Sep 1, 2026
    Through
    Aug 31, 2027
    Contract
    15BRRC26F00000338
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • WESTERN VEG-PRODUCE INC

    $4,386,301

    Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Marketing Service

    311411 · FROZEN FRUIT, JUICE, AND VEGETABLE MANUFACTURING

    Place of performance
    MACHIAS, ME
    Work started
    Aug 17, 2026
    Through
    Dec 31, 2026
    Contract
    123J1426C1753
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS LLC

    $178,750

    Department of the Interior · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    541512 · COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES

    Place of performance
    BANGOR, ME
    Work started
    Aug 17, 2026
    Through
    Sep 30, 2027
    Contract
    140F1S26P0040
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • KLEINSCHMIDT ASSOCIATES

    $30,000

    Department of Justice · Offices, Boards and Divisions

    541199 · ALL OTHER LEGAL SERVICES

    Place of performance
    PITTSFIELD, ME
    Work started
    Aug 17, 2026
    Through
    Apr 30, 2030
    Contract
    15JPSS26P00000461
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

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

Maine government contracts — common questions

Who wins the most government contracts in Maine?
Of the federal contract awards on file for Maine, BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION holds the largest total: 138 awards worth $31,994,266,399. 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 Maine?
Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 68,327 awards worth $43,926,416,745. 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 Maine?
The median award on file is $622, while the average is $597,991. 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 Maine?
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 Maine 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 Maine?
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.

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