Federal sub-agency · Department of Defense

Washington Headquarters Services

Washington Headquarters Services obligated $1.5B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,028 contract actions (−42% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ($176.4M). It also awarded $1.2B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.5B
Actions
2,028
New awards: 322
Sole-source
41%
Small business
43%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5BFY2017
  2. 1.6BFY2018
  3. 1.8BFY2019
  4. 2.1BFY2020
  5. 2.2BFY2021
  6. 2.1BFY2022
  7. 2.5BFY2023
  8. 2.7BFY2024
  9. 2.7BFY2025
  10. 1.5BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES$176.4M11%
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$85.3M5.5%
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$83M5.4%
  4. AMERICAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$79.1M5.1%
  5. ANALYTIC SERVICES INC.$50.2M3.2%
  6. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$44.5M2.9%
  7. RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$35.8M2.3%
  8. SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.$34.8M2.2%
  9. THE RAND CORPORATION$30M1.9%
  10. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$30M1.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$876.4M57%
  2. Research & development$353.3M23%
  3. IT & telecom$155.1M10%
  4. Facilities & utilities$52.3M3.4%
  5. Construction & real property$33.8M2.2%
  6. Health & medical$28.6M1.8%
  7. Equipment maintenance$20.2M1.3%
  8. Education & social services$19.6M1.3%
  9. Other equipment & supplies$5.9M0.4%
  10. Transportation & logistics$3.4M0.2%
  11. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$765.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$730M47%
  2. Virginia$539.6M35%
  3. Maryland$95.9M6.2%
  4. California$91.6M5.9%
  5. Hawaii$35.2M2.3%
  6. Pennsylvania$21.1M1.4%
  7. Abroad$15M1.0%
  8. New Jersey$10.8M0.7%
  9. Ohio$2.6M0.2%
  10. Florida$1.7M0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition57%
    US 39% · $882.7M
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $639.2M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $243.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $2.1M
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $256.6K
  • Time-and-materials pricing14%
    US 4.2% · $221.3M

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. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES$639.2M41%
  2. ACQUISITION DIRECTORATE, GERMANY$22.7K1.9%

Largest awards

  1. POWER PROJECTION 2: PROVIDE ASSESSMENTS AND ALTERNATIVES OF OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES WITHIN ABOVE DOMAINS, MISSIONS AND WARFARE AREAS$397.3M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Professional services· Jun 3, 2019 – Jun 11, 2026· HQ003419F0278
  2. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY WILL SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING WITH THIS POWER PROJECTION 3 TASK ORDER TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING EXPERTISE.$349.4M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Professional services· Jun 30, 2022 – May 20, 2026· HQ003422F0001
  3. INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSIS, FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT SERVICES$219.7M
    INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 30, 2023 – May 27, 2026· HQ003424F0002
  4. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, JOINT STAFF, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER USERS SPECIFIED IN THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT.$217.4M
    INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Aug 23, 2024 – May 27, 2026· HQ003424F0422
  5. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, JOINT STAFF, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER USERS SPECIFIED IN THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT.$149.5M
    INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 20, 2025 – May 22, 2026· HQ003426FE005
  6. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND STUDIES SUPPORT SERVICES.$138M
    INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 22, 2024 – May 22, 2026· HQ003425F0021
  7. FOREIGN INVESTMENT RISK PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES$128.7M
    SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 29, 2019 – Apr 24, 2026· HQ003419F0752
  8. EO14042, SECURITY OFFICER GUARD SERVICES.$124.8M
    S1S ALPHA LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Nov 5, 2021 – Jun 1, 2026· HQ003422C0005

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.

Washington Headquarters Services obligated $1.2B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 215 actions (16 new awards), +5.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.225 · Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program ($1.1B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.2B
New awards
16
Actions
215
Since FY2021
$4.8B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 372.3MFY2021
  2. 424MFY2022
  3. 871.8MFY2023
  4. 739.6MFY2024
  5. 1.2BFY2025
  6. 1.2BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.2B100%

Top programs

  1. 12.225 · Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities Program$1.1B86%
  2. 12.599 · Congressionally Directed Assistance$119.8M9.7%
  3. 12.019 · Pacific Center Disaster (PDC) Program$12.9M1.0%
  4. 12.006 · National Defense Education Program$12.5M1.0%
  5. 12.902 · Information Security Grants$9M0.7%
  6. 12.632 · Department of War Energy, Installations, and Environment Innovation Programs$7.1M0.6%
  7. 12.017 · Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program$6.4M0.5%
  8. 12.032 · Department of War Cyber Academic Engagement Office$6M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES INC$1.1B86%
    ANN ARBOR, MI
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$46.8M3.8%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN
  3. AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, THE$25M2.0%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  4. UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INC.$24M2.0%
    ARLINGTON, VA
  5. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$12.9M1.0%
    HONOLULU, HI
  6. PENTAGON MEMORIAL FUND, INC.$12M1.0%
    ARLINGTON, VA
  7. NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER$12M1.0%
    NEW YORK, NY
  8. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$9.6M0.8%
    EL PASO, TX

Where it went

  1. Ohio$2.5M0.2%
  2. District of Columbia$2.3M0.2%
  3. Virginia$2.2M0.2%
  4. California$1.8M0.1%
  5. Pennsylvania$1.7M0.1%
  6. South Carolina$1.4M0.1%
  7. New Jersey$1M0.1%
  8. Louisiana$612.3K0.0%
  9. Washington$563.1K0.0%
  10. Florida$528.3K0.0%

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $44.2M (108 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $550.2M (155 subawards)

162 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY$106.6M18%
    WICHITA, KS · 22 subawards
  2. MRL MATERIALS RESOURCES LLC$58.7M9.9%
    XENIA, OH · 1 subaward
  3. ANDROMEDA SYSTEMS INCORPORATED$51.8M8.7%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 6 subawards
  4. VALKYRIE ENTERPRISES, LLC$49.8M8.4%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 5 subawards
  5. TRUSTED SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS INC$49.4M8.3%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 subawards
  6. STEERBRIDGE STRATEGIES LLC$31.7M5.3%
    VIENNA, VA · 18 subawards
  7. AMERICAN RHEINMETALL VEHICLES, LLC$31.2M5.2%
    AUBURN HILLS, MI · 1 subaward
  8. RENK AMERICA LLC$25M4.2%
    MUSKEGON, MI · 1 subaward
  9. PRINCIPAL MINERAL CO. INC.$24.2M4.1%
    SOUTHLAKE, TX · 1 subaward
  10. CLOGIC LLC$21.5M3.6%
    JACKSONVILLE, FL · 6 subawards

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.