Who wins the most government contracts in Virginia?

Of the federal contract awards on file for Virginia, OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC. holds the largest total: 105 awards worth $79,015,307,833. 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 Virginia?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 1,344,291 awards worth $521,169,613,249. 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 Virginia?

The median award on file is $293, while the average is $452,017. 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 Virginia?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS (NAICS 524114). 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 Virginia 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 Virginia?

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.

Virginia· Federal contract awards

Virginia government contracts

2,180,132 federal contract awards for work performed in Virginia are on file here, worth $985.5B 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 Virginia, by the numbers

Total awarded: $985.5B
Awards on file: 2,180,132
Average award: $452K
Median award: $292.8
Largest single award: $12.8B
Period covered: Oct 15, 1979 – Jul 20, 3014

Who wins government contracts in Virginia

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in Virginia, 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
1OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC.XMUZGJN98231	105	$79,015,307,8338.0% of total
2HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCWMXDDH6HJNA5	218	$67,179,113,2626.8% of total
3TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORPJ7M9HPTGJ1S9	43	$41,635,998,0454.2% of total
4BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCJCBMLGPE6Z71	2,390	$33,075,522,9393.4% of total
5GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.SMNWM6HN79X5	2,667	$24,586,021,3372.5% of total
6ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.GJMSFBCNMSK3	277,237	$18,524,837,5321.9% of total
7SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONMMLKPW9JLX64	1,944	$17,619,627,8521.8% of total
8ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLCC47BNA8GM833	698	$16,683,476,8601.7% of total
9THE MITRE CORPORATIONDMHDNDCPWUD1	1,280	$13,483,632,7291.4% of total
10CACI, INC. - FEDERALN3PBJAVNKF61	415	$12,749,621,4911.3% of total
11MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.TREKW6J3QSF5	119	$11,990,615,6991.2% of total
12LEIDOS, INC.UE9QJD4KK1L6	10,661	$11,950,627,6871.2% of total
13DELOITTE CONSULTING LLPCKV2L9GZKJK3	1,134	$11,304,069,7831.1% of total
14MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.JY2BDT2K58Z6	370	$9,443,369,0641.0% of total
15PERATON INC.ZBPQEJVECCT4	660	$9,182,315,9820.9% of total
16AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.QEMLRQA7PLG4	514	$9,130,493,8530.9% of total
17LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONNMHFLDYJJ4C5	1,411	$8,961,521,6250.9% of total
18LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONG4KDGE4JFFK7	52	$8,884,268,0460.9% of total
19CGI FEDERAL INC.TRKEP1HEBNS5	707	$8,572,392,1650.9% of total
20PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLCMBSRAWAQ9559	947	$8,412,000,7580.9% of total

Which agencies buy in Virginia

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in Virginia. 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	1,344,291	$521,169,613,24952.9% of total
2Department of Veterans Affairs	13,355	$147,403,064,54815.0% of total
3Department of Homeland Security	18,596	$60,727,731,6506.2% of total
4Department of Health and Human Services	11,249	$51,060,435,6095.2% of total
5General Services Administration	706,443	$46,031,126,3584.7% of total
6Department of State	11,017	$27,268,078,3632.8% of total
7Department of Justice	23,907	$25,618,861,7572.6% of total
8Department of Transportation	6,860	$15,880,070,4531.6% of total
9National Aeronautics and Space Administration	4,931	$13,708,775,3291.4% of total
10Department of the Treasury	5,119	$10,947,570,3671.1% of total

What the government buys in Virginia

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
1DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS524114	153	$120,767,788,43612.3% of total
2ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	17,382	$112,528,181,54311.4% of total
3COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES541512	18,591	$109,507,227,56711.1% of total
4SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING336611	5,783	$84,889,544,5798.6% of total
5OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES541519	44,173	$65,854,568,8146.7% of total
6ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES541611	14,074	$45,362,866,5644.6% of total
7RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)541712	3,234	$35,112,008,9363.6% of total
8CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES541511	5,385	$32,301,942,4063.3% of total
9RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715	4,279	$30,727,363,0633.1% of total
10ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES541990	6,293	$24,860,408,6092.5% of total
11SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING334511	2,606	$16,295,162,9021.7% of total
12WIRED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS517110	19,516	$15,890,169,8161.6% of total

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Recently started contract work in Virginia

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning July 20, 3014. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
$4,605
Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
611420 · COMPUTER TRAINING
Place of performance
ARLINGTON, VA
Work started
Jul 20, 3014
Through
Nov 3, 2014
Contract
HHSD2002014M59825P
Check this award on USAspending.gov
JMT VOLKERT A JV
$5,000
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
541330 · ENGINEERING SERVICES
Place of performance
NORFOLK, VA
Work started
May 12, 2029
Through
May 12, 2029
Contract
N4008524F5335
Check this award on USAspending.gov
ONEIDA ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
$173,179
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
541690 · OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES
Place of performance
NORFOLK, VA
Work started
Aug 29, 2028
Through
May 31, 2029
Contract
N4008525F0681
Check this award on USAspending.gov
NEW DAY OFFICE PRODUCTS & FURNISHINGS INC
$26,245
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
337122 · NONUPHOLSTERED WOOD HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
HAMPTON, VA
Work started
Jul 31, 2028
Through
Jul 31, 2028
Contract
FA489024F0062
Check this award on USAspending.gov
REPROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.
$26,932
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
333316 · PHOTOGRAPHIC AND PHOTOCOPYING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
RICHMOND, VA
Work started
Jul 15, 2028
Through
Jul 14, 2031
Contract
SP700025F0358
Check this award on USAspending.gov
BOUNDLESS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY LLC
$14,678
Department of Defense · Defense Human Resources Activity
334111 · ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MANUFACTURING
Place of performance
ALEXANDRIA, VA
Work started
Feb 27, 2028
Through
Feb 27, 2028
Contract
H9821026FE034
Check this award on USAspending.gov
LOUDERMILK CONSERVATION LLC
$25,000
Department of State
711510 · INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND PERFORMERS
Place of performance
CLIFTON, VA
Work started
Dec 3, 2027
Through
Dec 3, 2027
Contract
19AQMM26P0030
Check this award on USAspending.gov
US21 INC
$18,076
Department of Justice · Drug Enforcement Administration
423990 · OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DURABLE GOODS MERCHANT WHOLESALERS
Place of performance
FAIRFAX, VA
Work started
Sep 30, 2027
Through
Sep 30, 2027
Contract
15DDHQ26F00000732
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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