Federal Contracts by Agency
Federal contracting universe organized by the agencies that buy. Each guide covers the agency's components, top NAICS purchased, key contract vehicles, application strategy, and common pitfalls. Cross-linked with NAICS reference pages and audience guides.
Department of Defense (DoD)
DoD is the largest federal contracting customer by an order of magnitude. Each Service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force) plus the Fourth Estate (DLA, DISA, DCMA, DTRA, MDA, OSD) buys independently with its own contracting c...
Read the guide →General Services Administration (GSA)
GSA is the federal government's central buyer and landlord. The Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) is the single largest cross-agency procurement vehicle. The Public Buildings Service (PBS) procures construction, leasing, and facilities work. Fe...
Read the guide →Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
VA is the second-largest federal contracting customer by component, with massive procurement spending on healthcare services, medical equipment, IT, facilities construction, and supply-chain logistics. The Vets First Contracting Program (38...
Read the guide →Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
DHS is the federal government's primary buyer of border-security technology, transportation-security services, immigration-IT systems, cybersecurity infrastructure, and emergency-response capabilities. Each major component (TSA, CBP, ICE, F...
Read the guide →HHS Contracting (Distinct from HHS Grants)
HHS contracts are distinct from HHS grants. While HHS grants flow primarily as cooperative agreements to research institutions, HHS contracts buy IT, professional services, biomedical research support, surveillance systems, and emergency-re...
Read the guide →DOE Contracts and National Lab Procurements
DOE contracts skew heavily through Management & Operating (M&O) contracts at the 17 National Labs, plus direct DOE procurements for environmental cleanup, nuclear-weapons stockpile stewardship, and clean-energy demonstration projects. The I...
Read the guide →DOJ Contracts (Distinct from DOJ Grants)
DOJ contracting is distinct from DOJ grants. Contracts buy IT for federal law enforcement (FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals), federal prison operations (Bureau of Prisons), litigation support, and immigration-court infrastructure (EOIR).
Read the guide →Department of the Treasury
Treasury contracts buy IRS modernization (the single largest federal IT modernization in history), banking-supervision IT for OCC and FinCEN, debt-collection services, public-debt operations infrastructure, and Treasury's own enterprise IT.
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