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.

Construction & Infrastructure

Federal construction, facility modernization, and infrastructure spending — covering military real estate, border infrastructure, VA medical construction, national-lab facility work, civil works, and government facility operations.

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)$139.1B

Contracts (12-Mo)140,383

Headline scopeCategory · Facilities & Construction

Companion (NAICS)NAICS 23

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IT & Software

Federal information technology and software spending — spanning IT services (D-series), software (5840/5865), hardware (70xx), and cloud / managed services. Includes cybersecurity PSCs (DA01, DA10) within the OMB IT category.

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)$38.2B

Contracts (12-Mo)32,331

Headline scopeCategory · IT

Companion (NAICS)NAICS 5415

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Cybersecurity

Federal cybersecurity services spending under the strict PSC DA10 scope — 'Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.' Covers zero-trust implementation, threat intel, incident response, continuous diagnostics, and related cyber-specific services.

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)$6.4B

Contracts (12-Mo)5,928

Headline scopePSC · DA10

Companion (NAICS)NAICS 5415

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Research & Development

Federal R&D spending under the OMB R&D Category — covering basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development across DoD, NASA, DOE, HHS, and other R&D-funding agencies.

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)$33.0B

Contracts (12-Mo)28,869

Headline scopeCategory · R&D

Companion (NAICS)NAICS 5417

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Healthcare & Medical

Federal medical spending under the OMB Medical Category — covering clinical services (Q-series), pharmaceuticals (6505), medical / surgical supplies (6515, 6525), and related products. Dominated by VA community care and DoD TRICARE supporting services.

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)$50.0B

Contracts (12-Mo)37,225

Headline scopeCategory · Medical

Companion (NAICS)NAICS 621

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Logistics & Supply Chain

Federal transportation and logistics services spending — covering freight, air transport, mail and package delivery, relocation services, and related logistics support across DoD, DHS, NASA, and civilian agencies.

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)$10.5B

Contracts (12-Mo)8,415

Headline scopePSC · V-series

Companion (NAICS)NAICS 48

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Sector Overview

The six headline scopes below overlap in places (e.g., the IT Category includes cyber PSCs shown on the Cybersecurity page) — summing them across sectors does not equal the federal contracting total. See each industry page for exact scope.

Largest Headline Sector

Construction

By 12-month obligations

Most Contracts

Construction

By 12-month contract count

Time window

TTM

2025-04-29 → 2026-03-04

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.

Dataset coverage — ≥ $100K floor

All intelligence on this page and within SCOUT is filtered to federal contract awards whose current total award value is $100K or more. PrimeRFP applies this floor at the award level (on current_total_value_award), not per-transaction, so large awards split across many mid-size obligation lines are retained in full. PrimeRFP's own empirical sampling against the raw USASpending dataset shows this threshold captures 98%+ of total federal contract dollars while excluding a long tail of micro-purchases, small modifications, and administrative actions — the trade-off that makes market intelligence tractable without distorting the dollar picture. Coverage: 560,000+ active contract awards and 2.5M+ unique awardees, including small-business set-asides, task orders, and mid-market opportunities.

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.