Who wins the most government contracts in Pennsylvania?

Of the federal contract awards on file for Pennsylvania, FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC holds the largest total: 2 awards worth $29,431,476,121. 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 Pennsylvania?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 3,019,664 awards worth $196,992,366,622. 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 Pennsylvania?

The median award on file is $866, while the average is $83,058. 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 Pennsylvania?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) (NAICS 541715). 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania?

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.

Pennsylvania· Federal contract awards

Pennsylvania government contracts

3,233,880 federal contract awards for work performed in Pennsylvania are on file here, worth $268.6B 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 Pennsylvania, by the numbers

Total awarded: $268.6B
Awards on file: 3,233,880
Average award: $83.1K
Median award: $865.7
Largest single award: $14.8B
Period covered: Jul 6, 1995 – Dec 4, 2030

Who wins government contracts in Pennsylvania

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Pennsylvania, 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
1FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLCCWHMVCX7K1N6	2	$29,431,476,12111.0% of total
2BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.DMHSJF9K3XP9	80	$25,008,700,1929.3% of total
3BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY, INC.MTKMVNVK1MH6	26	$24,795,280,4109.2% of total
4AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPKABZK8W6PQT3	2,239,976	$24,014,069,0268.9% of total
5THE BOEING COMPANYE466BXU4KJH8	998	$23,402,540,1378.7% of total
6BECHTEL MARINE PROPULSION CORPORATIONRXSMGBN74NL7	2	$20,585,445,9237.7% of total
7BAE SYSTEMS LAND AND ARMAMENTS L.P.D2ETMTLWJCJ1	2	$5,752,486,0762.1% of total
8UNITED CONCORDIA COMPANIES, INC.EUEVXMR5L7A3	24	$4,586,328,2561.7% of total
9SANOFI VACCINES US INC.NCXBGGQ8YTU9	535	$3,723,145,1671.4% of total
10MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.MFAYJ9CMFSA4	9	$3,710,255,7921.4% of total
11GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLCV1TVADBWD4E9	102	$3,656,311,6481.4% of total
12NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC.PLHWY41UW5V3	14	$3,651,637,4001.4% of total
13THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNPM2J7MSCF61	1,467	$3,369,990,5891.3% of total
14PFIZER INC.V4XFAW56JGZ3	3	$2,942,627,3401.1% of total
15MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCFCFDA78HKKG2	10	$2,908,793,3481.1% of total
16LAUREL TECHNOLOGIES PARTNERSHIPJLREE96WGKM5	782	$2,252,451,6140.8% of total
17CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYG4P3TF8PFH73	16	$2,143,494,2480.8% of total
18LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPKFN4YJH98D51	38	$2,092,571,6000.8% of total
19KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE ASV24HYE4YVGH6	148	$1,869,379,3540.7% of total
20INTERNATIONAL SOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLCCR26UMNMEXL1	41	$1,673,752,0940.6% of total

Which agencies buy in Pennsylvania

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Pennsylvania. 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	3,019,664	$196,992,366,62273.3% of total
2Department of Energy	512	$25,227,525,7719.4% of total
3Department of Health and Human Services	6,214	$23,005,948,1858.6% of total
4Department of Veterans Affairs	32,495	$7,448,969,6142.8% of total
5Department of Agriculture	4,516	$2,221,858,3150.8% of total
6Department of Education	92	$2,101,703,7430.8% of total
7General Services Administration	139,448	$1,907,526,5950.7% of total
8Department of Homeland Security	2,982	$1,278,872,0900.5% of total
9Department of Commerce	801	$1,238,178,6640.5% of total
10Department of the Interior	2,537	$989,850,2800.4% of total

What the government buys in Pennsylvania

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
1RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715	2,367	$33,995,476,21412.7% of total
2MILITARY ARMORED VEHICLE, TANK, AND TANK COMPONENT MANUFACTURING336992	738	$27,295,374,35910.2% of total
3POWER BOILER AND HEAT EXCHANGER MANUFACTURING332410	222	$22,044,578,5318.2% of total
4AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING336411	2,840	$21,825,515,3408.1% of total
5RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)541712	1,081	$15,518,048,7985.8% of total
6MEDICINAL AND BOTANICAL MANUFACTURING325411	622,087	$14,138,559,7895.3% of total
7FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	2,457	$11,735,355,1044.4% of total
8PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING325412	2,545	$11,080,754,4344.1% of total
9DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS424210	1,626,316	$9,887,928,5333.7% of total
10DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS524114	48	$9,361,813,3863.5% of total
11ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	2,760	$7,469,848,8572.8% of total
12BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT (EXCEPT DIAGNOSTIC) MANUFACTURING325414	225	$5,391,139,0022.0% of total

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Recently started contract work in Pennsylvania

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning December 4, 2030. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
$6,734,149
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Place of performance
JOHNSTOWN, PA
Work started
Dec 4, 2030
Through
Dec 4, 2030
Contract
FA239426CB003
Check this award on USAspending.gov
JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTEMS, LLC
$3,414,601
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
541330 · ENGINEERING SERVICES
Place of performance
YORK, PA
Work started
Dec 18, 2028
Through
Dec 18, 2028
Contract
N6449825F4555
Check this award on USAspending.gov
NAPHCARE LLC
$75,000
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
622110 · GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS
Place of performance
LEWIS RUN, PA
Work started
Sep 30, 2027
Through
Sep 30, 2027
Contract
15B20926P00000124
Check this award on USAspending.gov
AE WORKS LTD
$324,033
Department of Veterans Affairs
541330 · ENGINEERING SERVICES
Place of performance
LEBANON, PA
Work started
Jul 23, 2027
Through
Jul 23, 2027
Contract
36C24426N0743
Check this award on USAspending.gov
SUPPLYFORCE.COM, LLC
$454,483
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
335311 · POWER, DISTRIBUTION, AND SPECIALTY TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA
Work started
May 30, 2027
Through
May 30, 2027
Contract
80SSC026P0002
Check this award on USAspending.gov
STAIR RIDE CO., INC.
$17,170
Department of Veterans Affairs
339113 · SURGICAL APPLIANCE AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Work started
Feb 2, 2027
Through
Feb 2, 2027
Contract
36C24426P0160
Check this award on USAspending.gov
CRAWLEY CREATURES LIMITED
$1,710,880
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
334516 · ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
BUCKINGHAM, PA
Work started
Feb 1, 2027
Through
Feb 1, 2027
Contract
W911S625PA005
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REMCOM INC
$92,442
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
541990 · ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
Place of performance
STATE COLLEGE, PA
Work started
Jan 1, 2027
Through
Jan 1, 2028
Contract
80NSSC26P0988
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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