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WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES obligated $1.5B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,011 contract actions (−42% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ($176.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.5B
Actions
2,011
New awards: 321
Sole-source
41%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5BFY2017
  2. 1.5BFY2018
  3. 1.8BFY2019
  4. 2.1BFY2020
  5. 2.2BFY2021
  6. 2.1BFY2022
  7. 2.5BFY2023
  8. 2.7BFY2024
  9. 2.6BFY2025
  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$153.6M9.9%
  4. Facilities & utilities$52.3M3.4%
  5. Construction & real property$33.6M2.2%
  6. Health & medical$28.6M1.8%
  7. Equipment maintenance$20.2M1.3%
  8. Education & social services$19.6M1.3%
  9. Other equipment & supplies$5.8M0.4%
  10. Transportation & logistics$3.9M0.3%
  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$13.8M0.9%
  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% · $883M
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $639.2M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $243.8M
  • 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.

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

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.