PrimeRFP SCOUT · Industry Intelligence

Federal Contracting by Industry Sector

Explore federal contract spending across 6 major industry sectors. Track obligations, top agencies, leading contractors, and recompete opportunities by industry.

Cybersecurity

Federal cybersecurity spending focused on threat intelligence, secure architecture, incident response, and identity management across DoD, DHS, and civilian agencies.

Total Obligated$11.4B

Award Count1,179

NAICSNAICS 541519

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IT & Software

Federal IT and software development spanning cloud migration, DevOps, data analytics, and enterprise modernization across DoD, NASA, HHS, VA, and civilian agencies.

Total Obligated$86.2B

Award Count26,145

NAICSNAICS 5415

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Construction & Infrastructure

Federal construction, facility modernization, and infrastructure projects spanning military real estate, shipbuilding, civil works, and facility operations across DoD, DHS, VA, State, and GSA.

Total Obligated$156.1B

Award Count11,242

NAICSNAICS 236–238

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Research & Development

Federal R&D and FFRDC spending across defense R&D, scientific research, advanced technology development, and university partnerships at DoD, NASA, HHS, DOE, and GSA.

Total Obligated$118.5B

Award Count13,497

NAICSNAICS 5417

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Logistics & Supply Chain

Federal logistics, supply chain management, and transportation services spanning global military logistics, aircraft maintenance, spaceport operations, and cargo handling.

Total Obligated$88.4B

Award Count4,516

NAICSNAICS 488–493

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Healthcare & Medical

Federal healthcare services, medical device procurement, pharmacy services, and healthcare IT spanning military medicine, veteran healthcare, public health, and DOD treatment facilities.

Total Obligated$46.4B

Award Count2,404

NAICSNAICS 621–622

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Sector Overview

Total Federal Spend

$506.9B

Across all 6 sectors (36-month)

Total Awards

58,983

Government contracts tracked

Largest Sector

Construction

By total obligations

Data & Methodology

Federal contract and award data sourced from government procurement systems — including FPDS-NG, SAM.gov, and related federal data repositories. PrimeRFP SCOUT ingests, normalizes, and continuously updates records as agencies publish them. Reporting timelines vary by agency; some components (particularly DoD) carry a 60–90 day lag relative to award execution.

Public preview — ≥ $10M floor

Intelligence shown on this page is filtered to contracts with a cumulative current value of $10M or more. This represents the highest-value tier of federal contracting activity — approximately 58,000 contracts.

Full SCOUT dataset — ≥ $25K floor

A free SCOUT account unlocks the complete dataset at the $25,000 threshold — over 5 million contracts and 2.5 million unique awardees, including small business awards, task orders, and mid-market opportunities invisible in the preview.

Award identification: Each record is keyed by federal Award ID (PIID). Task orders recorded as independent awards appear as separate rows. IDIQs and their task orders are tracked distinctly.

Why SCOUT dollar figures differ from published annual totals: Per-agency dollar figures on SCOUT intelligence pages aggregate all USASpending transaction records — including base contract awards, task orders, delivery orders, and modifications to existing contracts. Annual federal contract obligation figures cited in industry reports (e.g., FY2025: $833.8B per Bloomberg Government) count only new prime award actions in the fiscal year, excluding mods. An IDIQ vehicle (like OASIS+) carries no obligation at award — only task orders issued against it are counted. SCOUT's transaction-level aggregates are larger because they capture the full activity picture across a contract's lifecycle, making them useful for competitive analysis and pipeline sizing rather than year-over-year spending comparison.