Department of State — Contract Spending Analysis

Agency Spending Overview

The Department of State 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 State has obligated $118,176,720,788 across 2351 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: $118,176,720,788

Contract Count: 2351

Competition Rate: 100%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Spending by Sector

The following breakdown shows how Department of State 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: $35.2B (97 contracts)
  • Construction: $19.8B (66 contracts)
  • IT: $12.0B (36 contracts)
  • Transportation: $418.3M (1 contracts)

Top Contractors

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

  1. BL Harbert International LLC — $9.8B (30 contracts)
  2. Caddell Construction CO. (DE), LLC — $5.9B (19 contracts)
  3. Dyncorp International LLC — $5.2B (13 contracts)
  4. PAE Government Services, Inc. — $4.4B (15 contracts)
  5. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. — $4.4B (9 contracts)
  6. Triple Canopy Inc — $3.6B (8 contracts)
  7. Xator LLC — $3.3B (3 contracts)
  8. Science Applications International Corporation — $3.0B (3 contracts)
  9. Domestic Awardees (undisclosed) — $2.6B (7 contracts)
  10. CGI Federal Inc. — $2.2B (7 contracts)
  11. SOC LLC — $1.5B (2 contracts)
  12. Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. — $1.3B (4 contracts)
  13. Gardaworld Federal Services LLC — $1.0B (2 contracts)
  14. Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc. — $992.4M (4 contracts)
  15. Peraton Inc. — $944.7M (4 contracts)
  16. International Development Solutions LLC — $905.9M (2 contracts)
  17. Academi Training Center LLC — $868.2M (2 contracts)
  18. AAR Government Services, Inc. — $842.5M (3 contracts)
  19. Amentum Services, Inc. — $680.6M (2 contracts)
  20. Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc. — $678.6M (2 contracts)

Recent Contracts