Federal contractor · SPRINGFIELD, VA

BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC

BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC received $103.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (−28% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $613.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($97.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$103.2M
New awards
28
Sole-source
9.7%
Single offer
39%
UEI
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Small businessMinority-owned8(a) programNative-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.5MFY2018
  2. 11.8MFY2019
  3. 17.7MFY2020
  4. 43.2MFY2021
  5. 71.9MFY2022
  6. 98.1MFY2023
  7. 119.6MFY2024
  8. 144MFY2025
  9. 103.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$97.2M94%
    23 awards
  2. Department of the Army$6.1M6.0%
    2 awards
  3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection-$10.5K0.0%
    1 awards
  4. Department of State-$117.4K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$83.6M81%
  2. Research & development$11.1M11%
  3. IT & telecom$8.4M8.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fairfax County, VA$33.6M33%
  2. King George County, VA$29.5M29%
  3. Martin County, IN$13.6M13%
  4. Riverside County, CA$8.5M8.3%
  5. Alexandria city, VA$6.1M6.0%
  6. Virginia Beach city, VA$4M3.9%
  7. St. Mary's County, MD$2.6M2.6%
  8. Berkeley County, SC$2.5M2.4%
  9. Prince William County, VA$1.8M1.7%
  10. District of Columbia, DC$935.1K0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $50.3M
  • Sole-source awards9.7%
    US 30% · $10M
  • Single-offer competitions39%
    US 8.8% · $40.3M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Army$6.1M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$4M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. CORPORATE IT SERVICES$137.1M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 21, 2021 – May 20, 2026· N0017821F3009
  2. NON-PERSONAL TECHNICAL, LOGISTICAL, AND LIFE-CYCLE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RADAR SYSTEMS, SUBSYSTEMS, AND COMPONENTS IN SUPPORT THE RADAR TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION, WXP.$59.7M
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Professional services· Aug 26, 2019 – Apr 24, 2026· N0016419F3500
  3. OPERATIONS ANALYSIS SUPPORT SERVICES$33.2M
    Department of the Navy· King George County, VA· Research & development· Apr 14, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· N0017822F3009
  4. ENGINEERING AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE SHIPYARD INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM$26.4M
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· N6426722C0011
  5. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT AWARD$25.9M
    Department of the Navy· King George County, VA· Professional services· Dec 11, 2020 – Jun 12, 2026· N0017821F3001
  6. BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCLUDE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING, FINANCE, LOGISTICS, SECURITY, SPACE PLANNING, SAFETY, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, TECHNICAL EDITING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND IT SUPPORT.$23.2M
    Department of the Navy· Virginia Beach city, VA· Professional services· Sep 12, 2023 – May 8, 2026· N0016723F3005
  7. SUPPORT OF THE ADVANCED HYPERSONIC WEAPONS & GUIDED MUNITIONS DIVISION (E20) NSWCDD TO PROVIDE R&D FOR GUIDED MUNITIONS, PROJECTILES, GUIDED MISSILES, AND GUIDED ROCKETS AGAINST THREATS$20.6M
    Department of the Navy· King George County, VA· Professional services· Dec 1, 2023 – May 8, 2026· N0017824F3002
  8. DETO$20M
    Department of the Navy· King George County, VA· Professional services· Jul 22, 2022 – Jun 2, 2026· N0017822F3026

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $84.6K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. MI-TECH TUNGSTEN METALS LLC$84.6K100%
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.1% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $7.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $14.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $18.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $84.6K paid out · $0 received

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.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

29 companies · $47.7M reported

  1. AVIAN, LLC$8.8M
    LEXINGTON PARK, MD · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.$7.3M
    CENTREVILLE, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. TECH WIZARDS, INC$4.5M
    NEWBURG, MD · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

No prime reported paying it.

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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 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$398.1M−18% in FY2026
    LEXINGTON PARK, MD · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. GRYPHON TECHNOLOGIES, L.C.$334.4M−32% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, DC · 4 entities · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. FIDELITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, LLC$465.3M−5.7% in FY2026
    READING, PA · 2 entities · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.