Federal contractor · RESTON, VA

CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP

CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP received $2B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1,938 awards (+8.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.8B. Its largest customer was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($230.9M). It also received $29M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2B
New awards
1,938
Sole-source
11%
Single offer
38%
UEI
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Other than small business

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 675.6MFY2017
  2. 785.6MFY2018
  3. 788.3MFY2019
  4. 1.2BFY2020
  5. 1.2BFY2021
  6. 1.3BFY2022
  7. 1.4BFY2023
  8. 1.8BFY2024
  9. 1.8BFY2025
  10. 2BFY2026
  11. 46.4KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 10 awards
  2. 318 awards
  3. 105 awards
  4. 39 awards
  5. 393 awards
  6. 22 awards
  7. 105 awards
  8. 19 awards
  9. 87 awards
  10. 40 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$1.7B88%
  2. Professional services$215.8M11%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$14.4M0.7%
  4. Education & social services$1.1M0.1%
  5. Equipment maintenance$612.3K0.0%
  6. Health & medical$139.7K0.0%
  7. Transportation & logistics$108.7K0.0%
  8. Research & development$9,0000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $965.2M
  • Sole-source awards11%
    US 30% · $212.1M
  • Single-offer competitions38%
    US 8.8% · $753.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $1.3M

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 Defense · 7 awards
  2. Department of Homeland Security · 2 awards
  3. Department of Energy · 1 awards
  4. Department of Defense · 20 awards
  5. Department of Defense · 9 awards

Largest awards

  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Sep 19, 2023 – Sep 25, 2026· 75FCMC23F0133
  2. Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Jackson County, MO· IT & telecom· Jun 19, 2020 – Apr 30, 2026· 12314420F0355
  3. Department of the Army· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 23, 2022 – Dec 16, 2025· W519TC23F0051
  4. Department of the Army· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Nov 24, 2021 – May 22, 2026· W52P1J22F0026
  5. Defense Logistics Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 30, 2024 – May 21, 2026· SP470124F0236
  6. Department of the Air Force· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Sep 25, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· FA701425F0296
  7. Department of the Army· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jan 22, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· W519TC26F0032
  8. Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 27, 2025 – Aug 10, 2026· 12314425F0188

Federal grants & assistance received

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.

CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP received $29M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 88 actions (10 new awards), +200% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support ($19.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$29M
New awards
10
Actions
88
Since FY2021
$107.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 7.8MFY2021
  2. 17.5MFY2022
  3. 23.2MFY2023
  4. 20.2MFY2024
  5. 9.7MFY2025
  6. 29MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$29M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$19.3M67%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$6.8M23%
  3. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$834.7K2.9%
  4. 93.172 · Human Genome Research$712K2.5%
  5. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$650K2.2%
  6. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$481.4K1.7%
  7. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$300K1.0%
  8. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care-$38.5K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. STRIDES$113.9M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 12, 2021 – Sep 3, 2026· OT2OD027060
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· CSPP-CBR9900001511
  3. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· CSPP-CBR9900000243
  4. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 31, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· CSPP-CBR9900000038
  5. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· CSPP-CBR9900001777
  6. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· SL-2699052427

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.9B (491 subawards)

86 primes

  1. FAIRFAX, VA · 16 subawards
  2. RESTON, VA · 42 subawards
  3. FAIRFAX, VA · 25 subawards
  4. FAIRFAX, VA · 52 subawards
  5. ARLINGTON, VA · 32 subawards
  6. COLUMBUS, OH · 11 subawards
  7. CHANTILLY, VA · 41 subawards
  8. MCLEAN, VA · 29 subawards
  9. BETHESDA, MD · 13 subawards
  10. FAIRFAX, VA · 20 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $347.5K paid out · $344.2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $307.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $647.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $549.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $505.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.9B 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

2 companies · $347.5K reported

  1. FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards · Software publishers
  2. KFORCE INC.$166.5K
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward · Software publishers

Primes that pay it

140 companies · $4.2B reported

  1. FAIRFAX, VA · 24 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. RESTON, VA · 510 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. RESTON, VA · 543 subawards · Computer systems design and related services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 445 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$9.6B−15% in FY2026
    ROUND ROCK, TX · 4 entities · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Software publishersAir Force · Software publishersDefense Information Systems Agency · Software publishers+9 more
  2. PALANTIR USG INC$3.3B+70% in FY2026
    PALO ALTO, CA · 3 entities · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Computer systems design and related servicesArmy · Software publishersArmy · Software publishers+6 more
  3. GREAT FALLS, VA · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Chief Financial Officer · Computer systems design and related servicesInternal Revenue Service · Software publishersFederal Acquisition Service · Software publishers+4 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.