Federal contractor · VERNON HILLS, IL

CDW GOVERNMENT LLC

CDW GOVERNMENT LLC received $277.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 705 awards (+1.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.7B. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($221M). It also received $138.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$277.3M
New awards
705
Sole-source
0.8%
Single offer
5.7%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $277.3M in FY2026 together.

  1. CDW GOVERNMENT LLCVERNON HILLS, IL · Family page
    $277.3M
  2. CDW DIRECT, LLCVERNON HILLS, IL
    $0
  3. CDW GOVERNMENT LLCHERNDON, VA
    $0
  4. CDW GOVERNMENT LLCCHICAGO, IL
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-09

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 826.2MFY2017
  2. 659.2MFY2018
  3. 1.2BFY2019
  4. 843.6MFY2020
  5. 451.3MFY2021
  6. 470.2MFY2022
  7. 372.6MFY2023
  8. 311.1MFY2024
  9. 274.4MFY2025
  10. 277.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$221M80%
    391 awards
  2. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$13.5M4.9%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$12M4.3%
    36 awards
  4. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$8.3M3.0%
    9 awards
  5. Federal Highway Administration$4.9M1.8%
    4 awards
  6. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$3.4M1.2%
    3 awards
  7. Department of the Air Force$2.6M0.9%
    8 awards
  8. Smithsonian Institution$2.4M0.8%
    6 awards
  9. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$1.1M0.4%
    1 awards
  10. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$1.1M0.4%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$271.4M98%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$3.2M1.2%
  3. Equipment maintenance$1.5M0.5%
  4. Professional services$1.1M0.4%
  5. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$83.3M30%
  2. Oklahoma County, OK$59.5M21%
  3. Atlantic County, NJ$33M12%
  4. Lake County, IL$25.9M9.3%
  5. Jackson County, MO$15.2M5.5%
  6. Canadian County, OK$14.3M5.2%
  7. Loudoun County, VA$11.8M4.3%
  8. King County, WA$5.9M2.1%
  9. Washington County, OR$5.2M1.9%
  10. Montgomery County, MD$4.3M1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.5%
    US 39% · $18.1M
  • Sole-source awards0.8%
    US 30% · $2.2M
  • Single-offer competitions5.7%
    US 8.7% · $15.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $196.3K

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. Indian Health Service$563K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 8 awards
  2. Smithsonian Institution$442.6K
    Smithsonian Institution · 4 awards
  3. Selective Service System$329.6K
    Selective Service System · 2 awards
  4. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$153.6K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  5. Department of State$139.1K
    Department of State · 17 awards

Largest awards

  1. MICROSOFT ELA$340.2M
    Department of State· Lake County, IL· IT & telecom· Mar 1, 2019 – May 13, 2026· 19AQMM19F0913
  2. RED HAT ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BASE PLUS OPTION YEAR ONE (1)$57.3M
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Aug 21, 2025 – Aug 21, 2026· 697DCK25F00817
  3. ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR AIT PORTION OF THE ORACLE ELA LICENSES$30.9M
    Federal Aviation Administration· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Feb 26, 2024 – Mar 2, 2026· 697DCK24F00226
  4. ESC ORACLE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FOR THE DELPHI SYSTEM$25M
    Federal Aviation Administration· Oklahoma County, OK· IT & telecom· Feb 21, 2024 – Feb 19, 2026· 697DCK24F00214
  5. MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE LICENSES AND SUPPORT - HHS OS ENROLLMENT$23.4M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Lake County, IL· IT & telecom· Jun 28, 2017 – Aug 26, 2026· HHSP23337002
  6. USDA,OCIO, DISC: SERVICENOW RENEWAL$13.5M
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Lake County, IL· IT & telecom· Dec 8, 2025 – Feb 9, 2026· 12314426F0017
  7. MICROSOFT SOFTWARE ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT$12.8M
    National Institutes of Health· Lake County, IL· IT & telecom· Dec 29, 2017 – Sep 3, 2026· HHSN27200055
  8. ZSCALER FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL.$10.3M
    Federal Aviation Administration· Oklahoma County, OK· IT & telecom· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· 697DCK26F00246

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.

CDW GOVERNMENT LLC received $138.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,997 actions (1,230 new awards), −36% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($134.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$138.1M
New awards
1,230
Actions
1,997
Since FY2021
$1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 101.2MFY2021
  2. 397.3MFY2022
  3. 161.3MFY2023
  4. -4MFY2024
  5. 216.8MFY2025
  6. 138.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$138.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$134.7M98%
  2. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$3.4M2.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$138.1M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$7.5M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 30, 2025 – Feb 15, 2026· SL-2599025181
  2. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$7.2M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 15, 2025 – Nov 15, 2025· SL-2399049104
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$6M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· SL-2599042876
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$5.3M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 30, 2025 – Nov 30, 2025· SL-2599061445
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$5.1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 15, 2026· SL-2699009618
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$3.5M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699025230

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: $33.7M (221 subawards)

60 primes

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$7.8M23%
    RESTON, VA · 82 subawards
  2. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$5.9M18%
    HERNDON, VA · 5 subawards
  3. INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC.$5.5M16%
    BLAIRSVILLE, GA · 19 subawards
  4. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$2.2M6.4%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 18 subawards
  5. LEIDOS, INC.$1.5M4.5%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  6. PERATON INC.$1.5M4.4%
    HERNDON, VA · 9 subawards
  7. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$1.1M3.2%
    RESTON, VA · 4 subawards
  8. AMENTUM SERVICES INC$813.6K2.4%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 5 subawards
  9. THE BOEING COMPANY$709.1K2.1%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  10. LEIDOS, INC.$636.7K1.9%
    RESTON, VA · 6 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $142.6M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $101.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $97.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $123.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $105.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $33.7M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

123 companies · $605.1M reported

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$111.2M
    RESTON, VA · 429 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. SERCO INC$98.3M
    HERNDON, VA · 45 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$60.3M
    RESTON, VA · 97 subawards · Architectural, engineering, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 159 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. KARSUN SOLUTIONS LLC$299.6M−8.9% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  2. MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC$404.8M−32% in FY2026
    DELRAY BEACH, FL · 3 entities · 22% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Computer systems design and related servicesArmy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingArmy · Software publishers+1 more
  3. CONCEPT SOLUTIONS LLC$145.2M+2.2% in FY2026
    RESTON, VA · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Computer systems design and related services

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.