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South Dakota government contracts

30,548 federal contract awards for work performed in South Dakota are on file here, worth $8.2B 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 South Dakota, by the numbers

Total awarded
$8.2B

$8,238,264,221

Across all 30,548 awards read.

Awards on file
30,548

Federal contract awards with work performed in South Dakota.

Average award
$269.7K

$269,683

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

Median award
$19.7K

$19,685

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

Largest single award
$208.7M

$208,661,444

The biggest contract on file for this state.

Period covered
Oct 15, 2002 – Oct 1, 2026

Period-of-performance start dates on file. Work already awarded runs through May 31, 2109.

Who wins government contracts in South Dakota

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in South Dakota, 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
1STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATIONYZTLALWM4UC74,222$758,396,7789.2% of total
2KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLCHYBLSJAMM2F4282$567,936,9426.9% of total
3CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLCNVSLLHE5WCE57$433,248,5075.3% of total
4FEDERAL CONTRACTING INCUXSBJ33DSAH56$410,053,6165.0% of total
5ROSENBAUER AMERICA LLCCLLBL2AMKGQ9113$256,379,4153.1% of total
6TRIBAL HEALTH, LLCYMXNQECN7MJ5152$233,161,0922.8% of total
7KREISERS, LLCFMMWPW8Q6K7529$209,763,2492.5% of total
8BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLCXXNJCWMAKNH81$208,661,4442.5% of total
9LEIDOS, INC.P1DHVE8PH2Q31$193,899,3242.4% of total
10VOITH HYDRO INCJE54HSLGWBL71$163,956,1402.0% of total
11WALSH FEDERAL LLCDMFWBVTL93241$138,925,7861.7% of total
12FLINTCO, LLCYNGVB7MJ8WB11$126,512,1051.5% of total
13R. C. CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.RMVYK4WJ5DJ51$123,122,4331.5% of total
14MDM CONSTRUCTION LLCJ96QTKC5KVD466$120,380,5821.5% of total
15INTELLIGENT WAVES LLCTHXALN5YFYQ16$97,384,7181.2% of total
16LACREEK DEVELOPMENT CORPFHNCUMP16GP5112$87,788,0821.1% of total
17BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION INCE14MK2BXGJA776$74,724,6580.9% of total
18AGROPUR INC.RGETL5GVBJB535$68,035,5920.8% of total
19AB STAFFING SOLUTIONS LLCMKNJPM6CKSP9218$67,596,4010.8% of total
20KOMADA LLCTFN5BBTLJ1561$67,013,9620.8% of total

Which agencies buy in South Dakota

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in South Dakota. 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 Defense10,346$3,621,093,86444.0% of total
2Department of the Interior3,708$1,321,846,58216.0% of total
3Department of Health and Human Services7,937$1,318,597,25316.0% of total
4Department of Veterans Affairs3,423$1,095,457,89013.3% of total
5Department of Agriculture1,899$265,619,0053.2% of total
6Department of Homeland Security179$177,605,1972.2% of total
7Department of Transportation98$81,620,1481.0% of total
8Department of Justice917$80,560,7501.0% of total
9General Services Administration699$70,077,7090.9% of total
10Department of Housing and Urban Development5$59,348,6250.7% of total

What the government buys in South Dakota

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
1COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236220804$2,063,241,94625.0% of total
2COMPUTER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES541513290$497,042,9146.0% of total
3OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION237990260$486,284,2445.9% of total
4OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES5415192,020$429,492,9265.2% of total
5ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MANUFACTURING3341112,070$363,844,8204.4% of total
6HIGHWAY, STREET, AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION237310193$260,876,8953.2% of total
7ENGINEERING SERVICES541330345$258,964,2643.1% of total
8TEMPORARY HELP SERVICES5613201,189$257,051,6893.1% of total
9SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING339112340$231,845,1402.8% of total
10CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES54151185$199,373,6052.4% of total
11GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS622110351$197,706,5102.4% of total
12TELEPHONE APPARATUS MANUFACTURING334210626$178,032,1022.2% of total
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Recently started contract work in South Dakota

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.

  • ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.

    $29,743

    Department of the Interior · U.S. Geological Survey

    541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES

    Place of performance
    SIOUX FALLS, SD
    Work started
    Oct 1, 2026
    Through
    Sep 30, 2027
    Contract
    140G0226F0226
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • WESTERN ALTERNATIVE CORRECTIONS, INC.

    $0

    Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

    621420 · OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CENTERS

    Place of performance
    SIOUX FALLS, SD
    Work started
    Oct 1, 2026
    Through
    Dec 31, 2026
    Contract
    15BCTS26F00000467
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • COMPUTER EVIDENCE SPECIALISTS, LLC

    $246,249

    Department of Health and Human Services · Food and Drug Administration

    561611 · INVESTIGATION AND PERSONAL BACKGROUND CHECK SERVICES

    Place of performance
    SIOUX FALLS, SD
    Work started
    Sep 30, 2026
    Through
    Sep 29, 2027
    Contract
    75F40126F19008
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION

    $20,172

    Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health

    541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES

    Place of performance
    NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD
    Work started
    Sep 30, 2026
    Through
    Sep 29, 2027
    Contract
    75N98026F00011
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • HELICOPTER ROUNDUP SERVICE LLC

    $40,513

    Department of the Interior · Departmental Offices

    481211 · NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION

    Place of performance
    INTERIOR, SD
    Work started
    Sep 27, 2026
    Through
    Sep 26, 2027
    Contract
    140D0426FP148
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • ELKHORN AVIATION, INC.

    $32,475

    Department of the Interior · Departmental Offices

    481211 · NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION

    Place of performance
    INTERIOR, SD
    Work started
    Sep 27, 2026
    Through
    Sep 26, 2027
    Contract
    140D0426FP149
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

    $15,600

    Department of Veterans Affairs

    813920 · PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

    Place of performance
    FORT MEADE, SD
    Work started
    Sep 23, 2026
    Through
    Sep 25, 2026
    Contract
    36C26326P0462
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

  • CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC

    $57,425

    Department of Veterans Affairs

    562112 · HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

    Place of performance
    SIOUX FALLS, SD
    Work started
    Sep 16, 2026
    Through
    Sep 15, 2027
    Contract
    36C26326N0553
    Check this award on USAspending.gov

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

South Dakota government contracts — common questions

Who wins the most government contracts in South Dakota?
Of the federal contract awards on file for South Dakota, STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION holds the largest total: 4,222 awards worth $758,396,778. 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 South Dakota?
Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 10,346 awards worth $3,621,093,864. 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 South Dakota?
The median award on file is $19,685, while the average is $269,683. 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 South Dakota?
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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota?
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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