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Federal department or agency · Code 049

U.S. National Science Foundation

U.S. National Science Foundation signed $4.91B in prime contracts with 9 covered companies since FY2008.

Prime Contracts Awarded$4.91B obligated · FY2008–FY2027

Obligated
$4.91B
FY2008–FY2027
Contract actions
610
33 awards
Peak year
FY2025
$372M
Top contractor
Leidos
68% of obligations
Obligations by fiscal yearLast 5 full years avg $311MFaded: FY2026 so far; DoD publishes actions about 90 days late.
FY2008: $188M · 0 actionsFY2009: $225M · 0 actionsFY2010: $178M · 0 actionsFY2011: $216M · 0 actionsFY2012: $191M · 0 actionsFY2013: $203M · 0 actionsFY2014: $234M · 0 actionsFY2015: $234M · 0 actionsFY2016: $218M · 0 actionsFY2017: $242M · 0 actionsFY2018: $288M · 0 actionsFY2019: $352M · 0 actionsFY2020: $278M · 0 actionsFY2021: $253M · 0 actionsFY2022: $286M · 0 actionsFY2023: $281M · 0 actionsFY2024: $365M · 0 actionsFY2025: $372M · 0 actionsFY2026 (to date): $304M · 0 actions
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Obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligatedActionsAwards
FY2026 (to date)$304M0—
FY2025$372M0—
FY2024$365M0—
FY2023$281M0—
FY2022$286M0—
FY2021$253M0—
FY2020$278M0—
FY2019$352M0—
FY2018$288M0—
FY2017$242M0—
FY2016$218M0—
FY2015$234M0—
FY2014$234M0—
FY2013$203M0—
FY2012$191M0—
FY2011$216M0—
FY2010$178M0—
FY2009$225M0—
FY2008$188M0—

Contractors

  1. Leidos$3.32B 68%
  2. Booz Allen Hamilton$903M 18%
  3. Rtx$657M 13%
  4. Saic$16.5M 0.3%
  5. Kbr$5.0M 0.1%
  6. Teledyne Technologies$4.0M 0.1%
  7. Lockheed Martin$602K 0.0%
  8. BAE Systems$0 0.0%
  9. General Dynamics−$916K -0.0%

Covered companies, including subsidiaries.

What it buys (PSC)

  1. Operation of Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (Goco) R&D Facilities$3.28B 67%
  2. Oper of Govt R&D Goco Facilities$657M 13%
  3. IT and Telecom- Integrated Hardware/Software/Services Solutions, Predominantly Services$536M 11%
  4. IT and Telecom- Other IT and Telecommunications$165M 3.4%
  5. IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor)$155M 3.2%
  6. IT and Telecom- Facility Operation and Maintenance$42.5M 0.9%
  7. Support- Management: Other$22.9M 0.5%
  8. Support- Professional: Other$22.5M 0.5%
  9. Support- Professional: Program Evaluation/Review/Development$16.6M 0.3%
  10. General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Basic Research$4.0M 0.1%
  11. IT and Telecom- Systems Development$1.3M 0.0%
  12. Support- Professional: Patent and Trademark$322K 0.0%
  13. Support- Professional: Program Management/Support$171K 0.0%
  14. IT and Telecom- Programming$150K 0.0%
  15. IT and Telecom- Data Conversion$32K 0.0%

Largest awards10

Obligations U.S. National Science Foundation signed on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) with the covered companies, from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 5, 2026. Awards to other contractors are not included. Obligations include de-obligations.

Contracting Offices2

Contracting offices
NameAwardsObligated
Division of Acquisition & Cooperative Support23$4.47B
Div of Acq and Cooperative Support10$434M

Obligations to the covered companies since FY2008, largest first.