Federal sub-agency · Department of Energy

Department of Energy

Department of Energy obligated $53.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 9,641 contract actions (+9.7% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC ($5.5B). It also awarded $3.6B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$53.1B
Actions
9,641
New awards: 1,403
Sole-source
3.4%
Small business
7.4%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.8BFY2017
  2. 31.5BFY2018
  3. 32.8BFY2019
  4. 35.5BFY2020
  5. 37.6BFY2021
  6. 41.1BFY2022
  7. 44.5BFY2023
  8. 45.9BFY2024
  9. 48.4BFY2025
  10. 53.1BFY2026
  11. -735.2KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$5.5B10%
  2. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$5.4B10%
  3. LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$3.7B7.0%
  4. SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS LLC$3.4B6.4%
  5. CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC$3.3B6.3%
  6. UT-BATTELLE LLC$2.8B5.2%
  7. HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$2.3B4.3%
  8. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$2.1B4.0%
  9. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$1.9B3.7%
  10. PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC$1.6B3.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$40.1B76%
  2. Research & development$4.1B7.8%
  3. Professional services$3.4B6.4%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$2.8B5.2%
  5. Construction & real property$1.3B2.5%
  6. IT & telecom$870.5M1.6%
  7. Education & social services$249.3M0.5%
  8. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$67.7M0.1%
  9. Fuel$55.5M0.1%
  10. Equipment maintenance$27.8M0.1%
  11. Transportation & logistics$14.3M0.0%
  12. Health & medical$7M0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Mexico$11.1B21%
  2. Tennessee$7.6B14%
  3. California$6.8B13%
  4. South Carolina$4.9B9.1%
  5. Washington$3.7B7.0%
  6. Idaho$2.7B5.1%
  7. Missouri$2.3B4.3%
  8. Pennsylvania$2B3.8%
  9. Illinois$2B3.7%
  10. Maryland$1.9B3.6%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition9.0%
    US 39% · $4.8B
  • Sole-source awards3.4%
    US 30% · $1.8B
  • Single-offer competitions5.6%
    US 8.7% · $3B
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $9.8M
  • Year-end rush3.8%
    US 6.1% · $2B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $93.4M
  • Time-and-materials pricing2.6%
    US 4.2% · $1.4B

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. NNSA NON-MO CNTRCTNG OPS DIV$751.3M45%
  2. SC OAK RIDGE OFFICE$739.7M14%
  3. HEADQUARTERS PROCUREMENT SERVICES$169.1M20%
  4. EM-ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT CON BUS CTR$40M7.7%
  5. NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY$32.6M9.0%

Contracts terminated for default: 1

Largest awards

  1. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES BY LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION AS THE NEW CONTRACTING PARTY IN AND TO THE CONTRACT DE-AC04-94AL85000$48.1B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Bernalillo County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Jul 7, 2026· DEAC0494AL85000
  2. CONTRACT AWARD DE-NA0003525 TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY&ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (NTESS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES (SNL)$43.5B
    NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC· Bernalillo County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Dec 16, 2016 – Oct 6, 2026· DENA0003525
  3. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY$42.4B
    UT-BATTELLE LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 20, 2016 – Aug 27, 2026· DEAC0500OR22725
  4. THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (PBMC) IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY (LLNL). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSIGNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LABORATORY. THE LABORATORY IS ONE OF DOES OFFICE OF DEFENSE PROGRAM MULTI-PROGRAM LABORATORIES. THE LABORATORY IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION (ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 35 AND OPERATED UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING (M&O) CONTRACT, AS DEFINED IN FAR 17.6 AND DEAR 917.6.$41.6B
    LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Oct 31, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· DEAC5207NA27344
  5. OPERATION OF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY$37B
    THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA· Alameda County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Nov 3, 2016 – May 11, 2026· DEAC0343SF00048
  6. COMPETITION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY$35.4B
    TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC· Los Alamos County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Jun 8, 2018 – Sep 28, 2026· 89233218CNA000001
  7. M&O OF LANL BR OF U OF CA$35.3B
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE· Los Alamos County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Nov 3, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· DEAC3243AL00036
  8. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX, PANTEX PLANT, WITH AN OPTION FOR SAVANNAH RIVER TRITIUM OPERATIONS$34.7B
    CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 2, 2026· DENA0001942

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Department of Energy obligated $3.6B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10,086 actions (1,089 new awards), −88% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($1.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.6B
Loan face value
$71.1B
lent or guaranteed
Actions
10.1K
Since FY2021
$66.5B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.9BFY2021
  2. 4.2BFY2022
  3. 9.3BFY2023
  4. 15.9BFY2024
  5. 29.6BFY2025
  6. 3.6BFY2026
  7. 0FY2027

By type

  1. Grants$2.4B65%
  2. Other assistance$1.3B35%
  3. Loans$00.0%
    $71.1B lent or guaranteed
  4. Direct payments-$2.8M0.0%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$1.2B34%
  2. 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$1.2B33%
  3. 81.121 · Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration$962.5M27%
  4. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$334.3M9.2%
  5. 81.042 · Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons$182.1M5.0%
  6. 81.008 · Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER)$178M4.9%
  7. 81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program$147.6M4.1%
  8. 81.253 · Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications$123.5M3.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. US SFR OWNER LLC$713.9M20%
    BELLEVUE, WA
  2. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC$187.5M5.2%
    CHARLOTTE, NC
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$156.7M4.3%
    EAST LANSING, MI
  4. GENERAL ATOMICS$126M3.5%
    SAN DIEGO, CA
  5. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$124.9M3.4%
    SUMMERVILLE, SC
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$124.3M3.4%
    ROCHESTER, NY
  7. SWA LITHIUM LLC$99.3M2.7%
    EL DORADO, AR
  8. EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.$91M2.5%
    WINCHESTER, KY

Where it went

  1. Washington$787M22%
  2. California$390.9M11%
  3. Illinois$326.5M9.0%
  4. New York$217.9M6.0%
  5. North Carolina$183.7M5.1%
  6. Kentucky$173.7M4.8%
  7. North Dakota$157.5M4.3%
  8. Wisconsin$149.7M4.1%
  9. Pennsylvania$144.2M4.0%
  10. Virginia$136.7M3.8%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $7.8B (3,976 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $1.1B (1,909 subawards)

2,575 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. TECHNICAL ASSURANCE, INC.$2.2B24%
    WILLOUGHBY, OH · 6 subawards
  2. CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY LLC$2.2B24%
    FREDERICK, MD · 6 subawards
  3. HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY$905.1M10%
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards
  4. OTTER TAIL POWER CO$124.9M1.4%
    FERGUS FALLS, MN · 1 subaward
  5. AMENTUM ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY, INC.$89.2M1.0%
    AIKEN, SC · 4 subawards
  6. PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.$70.9M0.8%
    ATLANTA, GA · 6 subawards
  7. HILINE ENGINEERING & FABRICATION,INC.$64.9M0.7%
    RICHLAND, WA · 31 subawards
  8. HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO$63.7M0.7%
    GREELEY, CO · 3 subawards
  9. PERK CO INC$55.1M0.6%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  10. KIEWIT POWER CONSTRUCTORS CO$52.2M0.6%
    LENEXA, KS · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 11, 2026, loaded Oct 11, 2026.