Federal award data
Department of Justice: contract awards and competition
What does the Department of Justice buy, and how many bids do its contracts get?
The Department of Justice signed 176,268 new contract awards of $25,000 or more in FY2016-FY2026, worth $86.5B. 76% were competed, and competed awards drew a median of 3 offers; 36% got a single offer. Its most common NAICS code was 622110 (General Medical and Surgical Hospitals), with 16,513 awards.
USAspending.gov data, FY2016-FY2026. Updated .
- New awards
- 176,268
- Obligated
- $86.5B
- Median award
- $68,251
- Median offers
- 3
- Agencies signed about 16,159 new awards a year from FY2016 to FY2025, 14,511 of them in FY2025 (down 16% from FY2016).
- The median award was $68,251; 12,865 different companies won at least one award.
- 32% of awards that report a set-aside were set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program, most often small business set-asides.
- 5,351 of these awards reach their potential end date (all options exercised) in the next 12 months, so most of that work comes up for re-bid.
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Awards per fiscal year
New Department of Justice awards of $25,000 or more by the fiscal year they were signed (October to September), with the amount obligated on them to date.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 17,182 | $7.3B |
| FY2017 | 15,699 | $6.8B |
| FY2018 | 16,730 | $7.3B |
| FY2019 | 16,839 | $8.6B |
| FY2020 | 15,914 | $8.7B |
| FY2021 | 16,443 | $8.4B |
| FY2022 | 16,319 | $8.9B |
| FY2023 | 16,841 | $9.8B |
| FY2024 | 15,115 | $7.9B |
| FY2025 | 14,511 | $6.5B |
| FY2026* | 14,675 | $6.2B |
* FY2026 is still filling in: the Department of Defense reports its awards 90 days late. Full years run to FY2025.
How competitive are these contracts?
76% of awards were competed. Competed awards drew a median of 3 offers, against 3 offers across all federal contracts; 36% got a single offer.
| Offers received | Competed awards |
|---|---|
| 1 (single offer) | 31,543 (36%) |
| 2 | 9,397 (11%) |
| 3-4 | 22,274 (26%) |
| 5-9 | 12,655 (15%) |
| 10+ | 11,208 (13%) |
87,077 competed awards with an offer count. Not competed: 41,648 awards (sole source, follow-on or not available for competition).
Set-asides
32% of the 91,980 awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program.
| Set-aside | Awards |
|---|---|
| No set-aside | 62,289 (68%) |
| Small business | 26,771 (29%) |
| 8(a) | 1,409 (2%) |
| Service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB) | 726 (1%) |
| Women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB) | 423 (0%) |
| HUBZone | 361 (0%) |
| Indian Economic Enterprises (ISBEE) | 1 (0%) |
Orders placed under an existing contract vehicle often leave the set-aside blank (it is recorded on the vehicle), so they are left out here.
How big are the awards?
The median award was $68,251. 62% were under $100,000, the range where agencies often use simplified acquisition.
| Amount obligated | Awards |
|---|---|
| Under $100K | 108,844 (62%) |
| $100K-$1M | 55,200 (31%) |
| $1M-$10M | 11,105 (6%) |
| $10M+ | 1,119 (1%) |
What does it buy?
The NAICS codes with the most new awards.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 16,513 | $5.1B |
| 541519 Other Computer Related Services | 13,752 | $12.2B |
| 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services | 11,623 | $1.5B |
| 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing | 8,920 | $486M |
| 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | 6,868 | $1.5B |
| 541199 All Other Legal Services | 4,984 | $4.1B |
| 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services | 4,631 | $6.3B |
| 561320 Temporary Help Services | 4,027 | $393M |
Which parts of it buy?
The components (sub-agencies) that sign the awards.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons | 85,894 | $23.5B |
| Offices, Boards and Divisions | 21,038 | $16.8B |
| Drug Enforcement Administration | 20,771 | $6B |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | 17,277 | $22.1B |
| Federal Prison Industries / Unicor | 15,615 | $3.1B |
| U.S. Marshals Service | 10,490 | $10.3B |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division | 3,876 | $3.2B |
| Office of Justice Programs | 1,002 | $1.5B |
Where is the work done?
Awards by place of performance.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 22,484 | $28B |
| California | 15,899 | $3.9B |
| Texas | 15,082 | $5.5B |
| District of Columbia | 12,170 | $9.3B |
| Florida | 8,441 | $3.2B |
| Maryland | 6,929 | $5.5B |
| New York | 6,091 | $1.7B |
| Wisconsin | 5,665 | $971M |
Largest awards
The five awards with the most obligated, as described by the contracting office. Each links to its record on USAspending.gov.
- Co: telly renfroe award of new task order base year initial fundingOffices, Boards and Divisions, FY2019$674M
- Esa v managed services (atf and fcs)Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division, FY2020$640M
- Academic zone design-build project, redstone arsenal, alabamaFederal Bureau of Investigation, FY2024$520M
- Design build fci leavenworthFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons, FY2023$466M
- Design and construction of the technology buildings 2 & 3 with parking garagesFederal Bureau of Investigation, FY2023$420M
Coming up for re-bid
5,351 of these awards reach their potential end date (every option exercised) in the 12 months after November 5, 2026. Agencies usually post the follow-on solicitation, or a sources-sought notice, months before that.
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How many bids do Department of Justice contracts get?
Competed awards drew a median of 3 offers (FY2016-FY2026, 87,077 awards with an offer count). 36% got a single offer and 27% got five or more. Across all federal contracts the median is 3 offers.
What does the Department of Justice buy most?
By number of new awards in FY2016-FY2026: NAICS 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (16,513), NAICS 541519 Other Computer Related Services (13,752), NAICS 541930 Translation and Interpretation Services (11,623), NAICS 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (8,920).
How many Department of Justice contracts are set aside for small business?
32% of the awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program: small business set-asides 29%, 8(a) 2%, Service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB) 1%. Orders under existing contract vehicles often leave the field blank, so those are not counted.
Where the numbers come from
Every new federal contract award of $25,000 or more signed from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2026 (FY2016 to FY2026), as reported to USAspending.gov from the Federal Procurement Data System: definitive contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders and BPA calls. Amounts are what has been obligated on each award to date, options and modifications included. Place is the place of performance.
Offer counts are FPDS's “number of offers received” on competed awards. Award recipients are counted but not named here. Pages with fewer than 150 awards (500 for one code in one state) are left out of search engines, because a handful of awards can swing the numbers.
Compiled by Falkview US from public data, updated November 5, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to the page.
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