Who wins the most government contracts in West Virginia?

Of the federal contract awards on file for West Virginia, NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP holds the largest total: 27 awards worth $1,330,933,693. 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 West Virginia?

Department of Defense accounts for the largest total in this dataset: 30,021 awards worth $4,689,633,586. 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 West Virginia?

The median award on file is $5,217, while the average is $359,165. 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 West Virginia?

In this dataset the largest industry by dollars is COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES (NAICS 541512). 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 West 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 West 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.

West Virginia· Federal contract awards

West Virginia government contracts

56,308 federal contract awards for work performed in West Virginia are on file here, worth $20.2B 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 West Virginia, by the numbers

Total awarded: $20.2B
Awards on file: 56,308
Average award: $359.2K
Median award: $5.2K
Largest single award: $1B
Period covered: Jul 30, 1999 – Dec 31, 2026

Who wins government contracts in West Virginia

The contractors holding the most federal contract dollars for work performed in West 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
1NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPNYAPEDKLW2A5	27	$1,330,933,6936.6% of total
2LEIDOS, INC.MYKLJHTX3MM7	6	$1,231,404,9816.1% of total
3ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLCHDM5WRBME2K7	104	$771,485,4673.8% of total
4SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONMMLKPW9JLX64	14	$763,343,8453.8% of total
5AMENTUM ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY, INC.EPJXJJAXYF38	1	$608,390,8513.0% of total
6KEYLOGIC, LLCYSL4NDJMULJ1	19	$577,465,9052.9% of total
7BRAYMAN CONSTRUCTION CORPEHELS5QAHUV3	4	$480,111,5252.4% of total
8DIGITAL MANAGEMENT LLCEMACGJ3EEAT5	15	$345,202,3961.7% of total
9SYNERGY BUSINESS INNOVATION & SOLUTIONS INC.UDNBG3G6ZMM6	45	$336,613,3541.7% of total
10QUALITY INSIGHTS, INCLUUMAWREV1E4	23	$271,863,9581.3% of total
11MAVERIS LLCNEKWPBM5VT33	5	$266,130,6751.3% of total
12MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.JY2BDT2K58Z6	8	$254,462,7811.3% of total
13SIERRA7, INC.NP4TUKF8QCM5	26	$231,447,1341.1% of total
14WE2 SUPPORT SERVICES 8A JV LLCELXNHFYVZST7	1	$226,764,2021.1% of total
15GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLCWKMCZLH1KJM4	6	$214,866,6381.1% of total
16SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPL7EUZR8R5RZ3	3	$213,803,8921.1% of total
17GREENBRIER GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INCKVMTJANNET58	123	$210,674,5661.0% of total
18ACTION FACILITIES MANAGEMENT INCHB9HZZ9R8AX4	73	$197,624,9281.0% of total
19BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCJCBMLGPE6Z71	8	$168,135,9740.8% of total
20FCN, INC.JEANDJTZ8HJ3	137	$159,428,0130.8% of total

Which agencies buy in West Virginia

Awarding agencies ranked by total contract dollars in West 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	30,021	$4,689,633,58623.2% of total
2Department of Energy	822	$4,026,533,63119.9% of total
3Department of Veterans Affairs	5,600	$2,811,143,26213.9% of total
4Department of Justice	6,817	$2,241,597,61911.1% of total
5Department of Homeland Security	1,852	$2,168,397,26310.7% of total
6Department of the Treasury	1,301	$1,348,672,9716.7% of total
7National Aeronautics and Space Administration	135	$723,398,4213.6% of total
8Department of Health and Human Services	860	$450,157,1742.2% of total
9Department of Commerce	93	$360,056,2881.8% of total
10Department of Labor	342	$335,959,1091.7% of total

What the government buys in West 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
1COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES541512	191	$2,294,031,80811.3% of total
2OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES541519	2,047	$1,765,905,8678.7% of total
3ENGINEERING SERVICES541330	794	$1,717,901,0588.5% of total
4CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES541511	391	$1,378,059,5466.8% of total
5RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)541715	123	$1,303,120,6916.4% of total
6COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION236220	989	$1,287,395,4366.4% of total
7FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES561210	1,052	$1,110,824,3465.5% of total
8AMMUNITION (EXCEPT SMALL ARMS) MANUFACTURING332993	41	$1,013,438,7025.0% of total
9RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)541712	97	$800,342,3844.0% of total
10OTHER HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION237990	199	$661,122,4683.3% of total
11SMALL ARMS, ORDNANCE, AND ORDNANCE ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURING332994	142	$588,448,9632.9% of total
12ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES541611	270	$427,623,5532.1% of total

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Recently started contract work in West Virginia

The most recent awards on file by period-of-performance start date, the latest beginning December 31, 2026. Every card links to the same award on USAspending.gov so you can check the figures against the government's own record.

SKYLIGHT FORESTRY INC
$23,621
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
115310 · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY
Place of performance
ELKINS, WV
Work started
Dec 31, 2026
Through
Dec 30, 2027
Contract
12445026F0020
Check this award on USAspending.gov
COMCAST GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC
$31,640
Department of Defense · Defense Information Systems Agency
517110 · WIRED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS
Place of performance
KEARNEYSVILLE, WV
Work started
Nov 12, 2026
Through
Jul 30, 2032
Contract
HC101326FB686
Check this award on USAspending.gov
BETTER DIRECT, LLC
$41,007
Department of Energy
541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES
Place of performance
MORGANTOWN, WV
Work started
Oct 1, 2026
Through
Sep 30, 2027
Contract
89243326FFE400792
Check this award on USAspending.gov
VETERAN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC
$35,209
Department of Energy
541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES
Place of performance
MORGANTOWN, WV
Work started
Oct 1, 2026
Through
Sep 30, 2027
Contract
89243326FFE400793
Check this award on USAspending.gov
ALLIUM US HOLDING LLC
$70,082
Department of Energy
541990 · ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
Place of performance
MORGANTOWN, WV
Work started
Oct 1, 2026
Through
Sep 30, 2027
Contract
89243326PFE000981
Check this award on USAspending.gov
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.
$1,220
General Services Administration · Federal Acquisition Service
425120 · WHOLESALE TRADE AGENTS AND BROKERS
Place of performance
SAINT ALBANS, WV
Work started
Sep 30, 2026
Through
Sep 30, 2026
Contract
47QSCC26FM122
Check this award on USAspending.gov
ATT MOBILITY LLC
$23,088
Department of Justice · Offices, Boards and Divisions
517112 · WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS (EXCEPT SATELLITE)
Place of performance
CHARLESTON, WV
Work started
Sep 30, 2026
Through
Sep 29, 2027
Contract
15JA8826F00000005
Check this award on USAspending.gov
PANAMERICA COMPUTERS, INC.
$32,012
Department of Energy
541519 · OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES
Place of performance
MORGANTOWN, WV
Work started
Sep 28, 2026
Through
Sep 27, 2027
Contract
89243326FFE400787
Check this award on USAspending.gov

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