Department of Energy — Contract Spending Analysis

Agency Spending Overview

The Department of Energy is a federal government agency that awards contracts to private-sector companies and organizations. This page provides a detailed analysis of the agency's contract spending patterns, including total obligated funds, competition rates, sector breakdowns, and top contractors.

Department of Energy has obligated $815,968,113,529 across 1333 federal contracts tracked in our database. Of these contracts, 100% were competitively awarded, meaning multiple bidders submitted proposals, while the remainder were sole-source awards. Small businesses received 0% of the agency's contract awards, reflecting the agency's participation in federal small business contracting goals.

Understanding how federal agencies spend taxpayer money is essential for government accountability and transparency. Contract spending data is sourced from USAspending.gov and the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). ReadTheGovContract analyzes this data to make it accessible and provide insights into spending patterns, contractor relationships, and competition levels across the federal government.

Budget Details

Total Obligated: $815,968,113,529

Contract Count: 1333

Competition Rate: 100%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Spending by Sector

The following breakdown shows how Department of Energy distributes contract spending across industry sectors, based on NAICS classification codes. This can reveal which industries are most dependent on the agency's procurement dollars.

• Other: $471.5B (130 contracts)
• R&D: $305.7B (36 contracts)
• Defense: $4.4B (8 contracts)
• Energy: $4.0B (10 contracts)
• IT: $3.2B (11 contracts)
• Construction: $2.7B (3 contracts)
• Engineering Services: $160.9M (1 contracts)
• Healthcare: $130.6M (1 contracts)

Top Contractors

These are the contractors that have received the most funding from Department of Energy, ranked by total obligated contract value.

1. Lockheed Martin Corp — $48.2B (2 contracts)
2. National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC — $41.7B (1 contracts)
3. Ut-Battelle LLC — $40.8B (1 contracts)
4. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC — $40.8B (1 contracts)
5. THE Regents of the University of California — $37.6B (3 contracts)
6. Regents of the University of California, the — $35.3B (1 contracts)
7. Triad National Security, LLC — $34.6B (1 contracts)
8. Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC — $33.7B (1 contracts)
9. Battelle Memorial Institute — $30.2B (1 contracts)
10. LOS Alamos National Security LLC — $27.8B (2 contracts)
11. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC — $26.3B (1 contracts)
12. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC — $25.2B (1 contracts)
13. Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC — $25.1B (3 contracts)
14. Lockheed Martin Services, LLC — $20.6B (1 contracts)
15. Bechtel National, Inc. — $17.8B (2 contracts)
16. Uchicago Argonne, LLC — $17.0B (1 contracts)
17. Brookhaven Science Associates LLC — $16.0B (2 contracts)
18. Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC — $14.8B (1 contracts)
19. THE Leland Stanford Junior University — $14.5B (1 contracts)
20. Washington Savannah River Company LLC — $12.9B (1 contracts)

Recent Contracts

• — $48.1B
• IGF::CL,CT::IGF CONTRACT AWARD DE-NA0003525 TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY&ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (NTESS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES (SNL) — $41.7B
• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY — $40.8B
• TAS::89 0240::TAS THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (PBMC) IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY (LLNL). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSIGNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LABORATORY. THE LABORATORY IS ONE OF DOES OFFICE OF DEFENSE PROGRAM MULTI-PROGRAM LABORATORIES. THE LABORATORY IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION (ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 35 AND OPERATED UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING (M&O) CONTRACT, AS DEFINED IN FAR 17.6 AND DEAR 917.6. — $40.8B
• M&O OF LANL BR OF U OF CA — $35.3B
• IGF::CL::IGF COMPETITION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY — $34.6B
• IGF::CL,CT::IGF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX, PANTEX PLANT, WITH AN OPTION FOR SAVANNAH RIVER TRITIUM OPERATIONS — $33.7B
• BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE/PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORY OPERATING AND MANAGING CONTRACT — $30.2B
• THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES (EXCEPT AS MAY BE FURNISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT) AND OTHERWISE DO ALL THING NECESSARY FOR, OR INCIDENT TO PROVIDING ITS BEST EFFORTS TO EFFECTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY/NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. — $27.4B
• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE. — $26.3B
• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE INL — $25.2B
• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF Y-12 PLANT AND OTHER PROGRAMS — $20.6B
• THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (PBMC) IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY (LBNL). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSIGNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LABORATORY. THE LABORATORY IS ONE OF THE DOE?S OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC) MULTI-PROGRAM LABORATORIES. THE LABORATORY IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 35 AND OPERATED UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING (M&O) CONTRACT, AS DEFINED IN FAR 17.6 AND DEAR 917.6. — $19.2B
• OPERATION OF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY — $18.0B
• IGF::CL,CT::IGF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS -- CONTRACT NO. DE-NA0002839 — $17.3B
• — $17.0B
• PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY — $17.0B
• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NAVAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY AND NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION PROGRAM SUPPORT — $14.8B
• OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE LINEAR ACCELLERATOR — $14.5B
• INTEGRATED TEAM MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF SRS — $12.9B