Federal award data
General Services Administration: contract awards and competition
What does the General Services Administration buy, and how many bids do its contracts get?
The General Services Administration signed 386,173 new contract awards of $25,000 or more in FY2016-FY2026, worth $189B. 96% were competed, and competed awards drew a median of 10 offers; 5% got a single offer. Its most common NAICS code was 336111 (Automobile Manufacturing), with 243,106 awards.
USAspending.gov data, FY2016-FY2026. Updated .
- New awards
- 386,173
- Obligated
- $189B
- Median award
- $45,048
- Median offers
- 10
- Agencies signed about 31,257 new awards a year from FY2016 to FY2025, 48,089 of them in FY2025 (up 85% from FY2016).
- The median award was $45,048; 7,909 different companies won at least one award.
- 25% of awards that report a set-aside were set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program, most often small business set-asides.
- 27,211 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 General Services Administration 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 | 26,029 | $11.3B |
| FY2017 | 26,572 | $15.8B |
| FY2018 | 27,733 | $15.4B |
| FY2019 | 25,895 | $17.6B |
| FY2020 | 28,855 | $25.2B |
| FY2021 | 30,701 | $26B |
| FY2022 | 29,550 | $17.9B |
| FY2023 | 33,120 | $16.8B |
| FY2024 | 36,021 | $21.5B |
| FY2025 | 48,089 | $11.3B |
| FY2026* | 73,608 | $10.5B |
* 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?
96% of awards were competed. Competed awards drew a median of 10 offers, against 3 offers across all federal contracts; 5% got a single offer.
| Offers received | Competed awards |
|---|---|
| 1 (single offer) | 15,389 (5%) |
| 2 | 8,199 (3%) |
| 3-4 | 10,147 (3%) |
| 5-9 | 124,187 (39%) |
| 10+ | 158,258 (50%) |
316,180 competed awards with an offer count. Not competed: 17,119 awards (sole source, follow-on or not available for competition).
Set-asides
25% of the 59,767 awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program.
| Set-aside | Awards |
|---|---|
| No set-aside | 44,758 (75%) |
| Small business | 7,780 (13%) |
| 8(a) | 6,355 (11%) |
| Service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB) | 464 (1%) |
| HUBZone | 217 (0%) |
| Women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB) | 193 (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 $45,048. 82% were under $100,000, the range where agencies often use simplified acquisition.
| Amount obligated | Awards |
|---|---|
| Under $100K | 317,816 (82%) |
| $100K-$1M | 57,929 (15%) |
| $1M-$10M | 8,588 (2%) |
| $10M+ | 1,840 (0%) |
What does it buy?
The NAICS codes with the most new awards.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| 336111 Automobile Manufacturing | 243,106 | $13.5B |
| 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing | 16,725 | $1.6B |
| 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | 14,076 | $17.9B |
| 336110 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | 12,274 | $1B |
| 444110 Home Centers | 11,013 | $953M |
| 561210 Facilities Support Services | 10,632 | $4.2B |
| 336120 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing | 7,276 | $1.3B |
| 444130 Hardware Stores | 5,487 | $370M |
Which parts of it buy?
The components (sub-agencies) that sign the awards.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Acquisition Service | 342,379 | $157B |
| Public Buildings Service | 41,945 | $30.5B |
| Office of Administrative Services | 1,552 | $2.2B |
| Office of Inspector General | 224 | $38.1M |
| Office of the Administrator | 60 | $45.9M |
| Technology Transformation Service | 12 | $11.2M |
| General Services Administration | 1 | $29,031 |
Where is the work done?
Awards by place of performance.
| Awards | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 192,412 | $11.6B |
| Nevada | 37,118 | $2.1B |
| Texas | 20,210 | $6B |
| California | 19,828 | $11.6B |
| Illinois | 15,072 | $2.4B |
| District of Columbia | 12,780 | $27.7B |
| Oklahoma | 8,378 | $1.2B |
| Maryland | 8,043 | $15.4B |
Largest awards
The five awards with the most obligated, as described by the contracting office. Each links to its record on USAspending.gov.
- Software life cycle developmentFederal Acquisition Service, FY2020$1.4B
- Task order (to) 47qfca21f0018 is hereby awarded to booz allen hamilton, inc. (bah) to provide enterprise...Federal Acquisition Service, FY2021$1.4B
- Task order awardFederal Acquisition Service, FY2022$1.3B
- Military and family life counseling. requirement for worldwide non medical confidential counseling services.Federal Acquisition Service, FY2021$1.2B
- The scope of the to is to provide enterprise it services for the usace.Federal Acquisition Service, FY2021$1.2B
Coming up for re-bid
27,211 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 General Services Administration contracts get?
Competed awards drew a median of 10 offers (FY2016-FY2026, 316,180 awards with an offer count). 5% got a single offer and 89% got five or more. Across all federal contracts the median is 3 offers.
What does the General Services Administration buy most?
By number of new awards in FY2016-FY2026: NAICS 336111 Automobile Manufacturing (243,106), NAICS 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing (16,725), NAICS 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (14,076), NAICS 336110 Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (12,274).
How many General Services Administration contracts are set aside for small business?
25% of the awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program: small business set-asides 13%, 8(a) 11%, 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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