Contracting office · Department of the Navy

NSWC DAHLGREN

NSWC DAHLGREN obligated $726M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,456 contract actions (−25% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC ($63.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$726M
Actions
2,456
New awards: 587
Sole-source
7.6%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 625.6MFY2017
  2. 731.9MFY2018
  3. 789.9MFY2019
  4. 808.5MFY2020
  5. 831.3MFY2021
  6. 743.7MFY2022
  7. 859.7MFY2023
  8. 963.5MFY2024
  9. 972.5MFY2025
  10. 726MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC$63.1M8.7%
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$56.8M7.8%
  3. SIMVENTIONS INC$50.1M6.9%
  4. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$47.7M6.6%
  5. HII TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION$46.1M6.4%
  6. SOUTHEASTERN COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC.$26M3.6%
  7. BASIC COMMERCE & INDUSTRIES INC$22.3M3.1%
  8. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$21.6M3.0%
  9. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$20.3M2.8%
  10. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$19.3M2.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$493M68%
  2. Education & social services$73.1M10%
  3. Research & development$53.1M7.3%
  4. IT & telecom$45.9M6.3%
  5. Equipment maintenance$22.5M3.1%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$19.1M2.6%
  7. Construction & real property$12.7M1.8%
  8. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$3.7M0.5%
  9. Facilities & utilities$2.9M0.4%
  10. Transportation & logistics$2,4680.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$615M85%
  2. New Jersey$23.8M3.3%
  3. Maryland$19.5M2.7%
  4. Georgia$13.7M1.9%
  5. North Carolina$10.5M1.4%
  6. Massachusetts$8.5M1.2%
  7. Oklahoma$7.7M1.1%
  8. Alaska$7.1M1.0%
  9. Florida$4M0.6%
  10. Alabama$3.3M0.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $239.1M
  • Sole-source awards7.6%
    US 30% · $55.2M
  • Single-offer competitions25%
    US 8.8% · $184M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $885.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $251.2K

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

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$500
1 award · 1 recipient

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 4, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 4, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. INSTRUCTOR SERVICES/WATERFRONT TRAINING (INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE DOMAIN)$232.2M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· King George County, VA· Education & social services· May 19, 2023 – Jun 5, 2026· N0017823F3012
  2. COMBAT SYSTEMS TRAINING SERVICES FOR THE CENTER FOR SURFACE COMBAT SYSTEMS (CSCS) DOMAIN.$212.7M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· King George County, VA· Education & social services· Mar 31, 2017 – Mar 31, 2026· N0017817F3008
  3. CORPORATE IT SERVICES$137.1M
    BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 21, 2021 – May 20, 2026· N0017821F3009
  4. CYBERSECURITY, RISK MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT, AND AUTHORIZATION, IA OVERSIGHT, CONTINUOUS MONITORING, TECH. SUPPORT AND DOC. SUPPORT TO THE NAVY FOR RDT&E, ANALYSIS, SYS. ENG., INTEGRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS AND FLEET SUPPORT.$97.7M
    SIMVENTIONS INC· Stafford County, VA· Professional services· May 12, 2021 – Jun 11, 2026· N0017821F3010
  5. COMBAT SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES SCSC, WALLOPS ISLAND, VA$86.9M
    BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.· Accomack County, VA· Professional services· Sep 16, 2022 – May 27, 2026· N0017822F3029
  6. LASER/EO SYSTEMS SUPPORT$78.2M
    BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· King George County, VA· Research & development· Jan 29, 2019 – May 29, 2026· N0017819F3005
  7. CENTER FOR SURFACE COMBAT SYSTEMS (CSCS) SIMULATIONS OPERATIONS$73.8M
    FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· King George County, VA· Professional services· Apr 22, 2020 – May 21, 2026· N0017820F3010
  8. INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND THREAT ENGINEERING IN SUPPORT OF THE AEGIS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (ABMD) SYSTEM, PRIMARILY THE AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM, STANDARD MISSILE SYSTEM, AND AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE RADAR UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF THE NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER (NSWC) CORONA, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT (PAD)$72.7M
    SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.· Howard County, MD· Professional services· Oct 7, 2016 – Oct 16, 2025· J102

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.