Who wins the most government contracts in Montana?

Of the federal contract awards on file for Montana, NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC. holds the largest total: 372 awards worth $434,852,281. 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 Montana?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 50,169 awards worth $3,361,071,343. 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 Montana?

The median award on file is $2,855, while the average is $104,401. 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 Montana?

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 Montana 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 Montana?

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.

Montana· Federal contract awards

Montana government contracts

92,889 federal contract awards for work performed in Montana are on file here, worth $9.7B 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 Montana, by the numbers

Total awarded: $9.7B
Awards on file: 92,889
Average award: $104.4K
Median award: $2.9K
Largest single award: $380.4M
Period covered: Aug 3, 2001 – Sep 26, 2028

Who wins government contracts in Montana

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Montana, 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
1NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.XL62ZMCVAJQ7	372	$434,852,2814.5% of total
2S & K AEROSPACE, LLCWVJKC2L1ZN11	1,449	$433,605,6774.5% of total
3ARCHER WESTERN FEDERAL JVC277DHXWNTU9	1	$380,388,9463.9% of total
4BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLCJ8MRKB47KE59	255	$283,185,5112.9% of total
5HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION COGPYDJ1NKULS8	3	$253,578,7732.6% of total
6S & K TECHNOLOGIES, INC.GSMWLEKSCCM3	13	$239,799,8412.5% of total
7BILLINGS FLYING SERVICE LLCMN1JM9GARHC5	220	$160,703,1901.7% of total
8UNIVERSITY OF MONTANADAY7Z8ZD48Q3	85	$148,457,7081.5% of total
9NW CONSTRUCTION, INCSNSLU2QXJ7Z5	3	$140,844,5801.5% of total
10S & K SECURITY GROUP LLCJ2GPEJQ1TYG7	12	$136,014,6721.4% of total
11TNL SALES LLCXKR3GNB5ZJL1	18,414	$127,775,0811.3% of total
12SWANK ENTERPRISES, INC.PJUXUM1DNHN3	4	$96,238,3081.0% of total
13TORRENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.W69TCJPDDLZ7	8	$94,334,5181.0% of total
14S&K ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH, LLCQUJXWLY1RMP1	30	$88,141,1180.9% of total
15JAMES TALCOTT CONSTRUCTION, INC.KR5GU7KUBPY4	39	$79,881,6640.8% of total
16DJ&A, P.C.ET9MWK3PM4U6	389	$75,985,3120.8% of total
17S & K GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLCF17EVN9J5WJ5	33	$74,185,8000.8% of total
18MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYEJ3UF7TK8RT5	37	$72,246,9710.7% of total
192101 LLCNFVPVM21BYC5	267	$69,319,6470.7% of total
20ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION LLCMHMPN3F73NX3	21	$68,159,9220.7% of total

Which agencies buy in Montana

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Montana. 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	50,169	$3,361,071,34334.7% of total
2Department of Agriculture	15,987	$2,085,350,43421.5% of total
3Department of Health and Human Services	4,408	$1,328,165,18113.7% of total
4Department of the Interior	5,628	$1,026,674,96110.6% of total
5Department of Homeland Security	772	$558,748,9365.8% of total
6Department of Transportation	579	$504,084,7045.2% of total
7Department of Veterans Affairs	2,237	$330,304,4743.4% of total
8General Services Administration	10,973	$187,172,2511.9% of total
9Department of Justice	1,368	$125,364,2001.3% of total
10National Aeronautics and Space Administration	119	$58,399,1180.6% of total

What the government buys in Montana

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	772	$1,303,093,02513.4% of total
2NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION481212	919	$1,061,815,80210.9% of total
3HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION237310	697	$580,461,1396.0% of total
4ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	1,347	$502,033,9575.2% of total
5OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION237990	187	$421,548,7254.3% of total
6SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY115310	7,714	$407,770,7894.2% of total
7FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	373	$317,185,5543.3% of total
8OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION488190	648	$276,108,5262.8% of total
9TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES561320	816	$269,544,1912.8% of total
10SECURITY GUARDS AND PATROL SERVICES561612	304	$254,759,8082.6% of total
11REMEDIATION SERVICES562910	200	$245,253,2252.5% of total
12OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING336413	1,623	$165,626,2491.7% of total

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Recently started contract work in Montana

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning September 26, 2028. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

S & K FEDERAL SERVICES LLC
$129,206
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541614 · PROCESS, PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS CONSULTING SERVICES
Place of performance
SAINT IGNATIUS, MT
Work started
Sep 26, 2028
Through
Sep 26, 2028
Contract
W91CRB25F0013
Check this award on USAspending.gov
A.G.C., INC.
$489,008
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
238990 · ALL OTHER SPECIALTY TRADE CONTRACTORS
Place of performance
KALISPELL, MT
Work started
Jul 15, 2027
Through
Dec 1, 2028
Contract
1240LU26C0035
Check this award on USAspending.gov
LG FORESTRY, LLC
$65,103
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
LIVINGSTON, MT
Work started
Jun 21, 2027
Through
Aug 9, 2027
Contract
1284LL26F0079
Check this award on USAspending.gov
SCHLEGEL ENTERPRISES, INC.
$220,143
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
237310 · HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Place of performance
WISDOM, MT
Work started
Jun 1, 2027
Through
Oct 15, 2027
Contract
1240LU26F0072
Check this award on USAspending.gov
HELENA WEED CONTROL, LLC
$62,000
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
TOWNSEND, MT
Work started
Jun 1, 2027
Through
Sep 15, 2027
Contract
1284LM26F0089
Check this award on USAspending.gov
SCHLEGEL ENTERPRISES, INC.
$162,012
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
237310 · HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Place of performance
STEVENSVILLE, MT
Work started
May 3, 2027
Through
Sep 1, 2027
Contract
1240LU26F0086
Check this award on USAspending.gov
XENTURIS LLC
$0
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
236220 · COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Place of performance
GREAT FALLS, MT
Work started
Jan 1, 2027
Through
Feb 23, 2026
Contract
1240LU26C0004
Check this award on USAspending.gov
LIBERTY ELECTRIC INC
$664,550
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
236220 · COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Place of performance
MISSOULA, MT
Work started
Jan 1, 2027
Through
Apr 30, 2027
Contract
1240LU26C0031
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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