Who wins the most government contracts in New Jersey?

Of the federal contract awards on file for New Jersey, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION holds the largest total: 16,357 awards worth $37,275,673,938. 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 New Jersey?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 2,908,758 awards worth $87,542,169,916. 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 New Jersey?

The median award on file is $357, while the average is $38,616. 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 New Jersey?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 334511). 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey?

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.

New Jersey· Federal contract awards

New Jersey government contracts

3,040,189 federal contract awards for work performed in New Jersey are on file here, worth $117.4B 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 New Jersey, by the numbers

Total awarded: $117.4B
Awards on file: 3,040,189
Average award: $38.6K
Median award: $357.2
Largest single award: $3.1B
Period covered: Jan 15, 1992 – Sep 29, 2028

Who wins government contracts in New Jersey

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in New Jersey, 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
1LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONCWM4UN76ZQW8	16,357	$37,275,673,93831.8% of total
2MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCFCFDA78HKKG2	83	$4,116,090,6633.5% of total
3BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCKHK6E1JW9C15	14	$3,958,539,9973.4% of total
4ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLCMA1VZ6667CB1	1,866,398	$3,845,148,4663.3% of total
5L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.ENMFLGV87MS4	522	$3,839,301,3563.3% of total
6LEIDOS, INC.FNQDFB8Z8QA8	49	$3,643,082,6893.1% of total
7THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNJ1YPQXQG7U5	31	$2,291,110,2712.0% of total
8LEIDOS, INC.MYKLJHTX3MM7	5	$2,259,026,8111.9% of total
9MAG DS CORPYJCQHLKKG3W5	31	$1,912,034,7521.6% of total
10METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COXN1CSKV5KNR8	12	$1,781,635,0901.5% of total
11SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.VHPJR3MJWV49	43	$1,190,221,5221.0% of total
12BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.FMXWYVVK3DL5	42	$975,282,5280.8% of total
13URS FEDERAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INCQKXCUBQF9NT9	1	$932,247,9290.8% of total
14TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INCVWX3JEES4FF7	18,359	$776,406,6450.7% of total
15L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.VJGEGN9GZM11	54	$771,036,2170.7% of total
16MATHEMATICA INC.T41EGEAK2L35	117	$703,223,4550.6% of total
17PERATON LABS INCNQKWRHGLTD55	104	$610,796,6710.5% of total
18CELLCO PARTNERSHIPCK77N4SCAJD3	4,933	$599,824,1990.5% of total
19VIATECH, INC.GNC7GEYKP4R6	17	$578,452,0880.5% of total
20OTICON, INCV6ESJZM8JVU7	211	$578,124,2580.5% of total

Which agencies buy in New Jersey

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in New Jersey. 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	2,908,758	$87,542,169,91674.6% of total
2Department of Veterans Affairs	9,355	$8,394,778,6467.2% of total
3Department of Health and Human Services	3,395	$5,910,068,0955.0% of total
4Department of Transportation	5,453	$5,568,030,5234.7% of total
5Department of Homeland Security	5,206	$2,585,403,8962.2% of total
6Department of Energy	110	$2,392,612,6742.0% of total
7Department of Justice	12,930	$833,070,8020.7% of total
8General Services Administration	86,321	$789,951,3770.7% of total
9Department of Agriculture	1,378	$745,051,1730.6% of total
10Department of the Interior	1,588	$407,234,9960.3% of total

What the government buys in New Jersey

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
1SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING334511	3,732	$20,913,426,21217.8% of total
2ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	2,233	$14,191,384,22012.1% of total
3RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715	1,157	$7,418,921,0326.3% of total
4RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)541712	1,115	$7,206,409,6416.1% of total
5COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES541512	2,651	$5,693,921,6224.9% of total
6RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES541710	39	$3,985,101,0443.4% of total
7PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING325412	2,017	$3,883,561,3353.3% of total
8REMEDIATION SERVICES562910	518	$2,734,032,2312.3% of total
9OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION488190	627	$2,643,722,6102.3% of total
10OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES541519	3,388	$2,257,221,4811.9% of total
11COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS611310	92	$2,224,817,8371.9% of total
12FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	1,265	$2,021,281,7971.7% of total

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Recently started contract work in New Jersey

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning September 29, 2028. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
$18,250,000
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
334220 · RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
CAMDEN, NJ
Work started
Sep 29, 2028
Through
Sep 30, 2030
Contract
FA880725CB002
Check this award on USAspending.gov
FIRST ENVIRONMENT INC
$106,669
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
541620 · ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES
Place of performance
LITTLE FALLS, NJ
Work started
Jun 27, 2027
Through
Dec 31, 2027
Contract
W912DS25F0063
Check this award on USAspending.gov
ULTIMATE TRAINING MUNITIONS, INC.
$14,803
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
332994 · SMALL ARMS, ORDNANCE, AND ORDNANCE ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
BRANCHBURG, NJ
Work started
Dec 15, 2026
Through
Dec 15, 2026
Contract
15B21826P00000055
Check this award on USAspending.gov
THE TARGET SHOP LLC
$41,398
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation
339920 · SPORTING AND ATHLETIC GOODS MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
FRENCHTOWN, NJ
Work started
Dec 5, 2026
Through
Dec 5, 2026
Contract
15F06725F0001612
Check this award on USAspending.gov
MAROTTA CONTROLS INC
$63,650
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
332912 · FLUID POWER VALVE AND HOSE FITTING MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
MONTVILLE, NJ
Work started
Oct 28, 2026
Through
Oct 30, 2026
Contract
80JSC026P0011
Check this award on USAspending.gov
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP
$0
Department of Justice · Drug Enforcement Administration
517312 · WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS (EXCEPT SATELLITE)
Place of performance
BASKING RIDGE, NJ
Work started
Oct 24, 2026
Through
Oct 23, 2027
Contract
15DDHQ26F00000571
Check this award on USAspending.gov
ULTIMATE TRAINING MUNITIONS, INC.
$19,844
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
332992 · SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
BRANCHBURG, NJ
Work started
Oct 19, 2026
Through
Oct 19, 2026
Contract
15B41426P00000243
Check this award on USAspending.gov
SEQIRUS USA INC
$233
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
325412 · PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
SUMMIT, NJ
Work started
Oct 15, 2026
Through
Oct 15, 2026
Contract
15B40126F00000082
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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