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IT & Software Federal Contracts

Under OMB Category: IT, federal obligations totaled $45.9B across 35,727 contracts in the trailing 12 months (last 12 months (2025-07-17 – 2026-07-12)), with an average award of $1.3M.

This page uses a Category-led market view as the headline and a NAICS-based companion view for firm-classification analysis — see below.

$45.9B

12-Mo Obligations (Headline)

35,727

Contracts (12-Mo)

$1.3M

Avg Award Size

$65.0B

NAICS Companion (Firm-classification companion; not market size.)

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How this market is scoped

Headline view — Market

OMB Category: IT

OMB Category Management definition — PSC-based. The authoritative federal taxonomy for this market.

Obligated: $45.9B · 35,727 contracts

Companion view — Firm classification

NAICS 5415 — Computer Systems Design & Related Services firms

NAICS describes a seller's industry classification — not what was bought. Use this view for firm-set analysis, not market sizing.

Obligated: $65.0B · 59,368 contracts

NAICS 5415 is larger than the IT Category because 5415-classified firms also win work under other OMB categories.

Scope note: The IT Category includes cyber PSCs DA01 and DA10; see the Cybersecurity page for strict DA10 scope.

Data filters — reconstructible in USASpending

Every figure on this page is derived from the following filter set, applied to federal award data. Because SCOUT is a USASpending-derived extract, any number here can be reconstructed in USASpending Advanced Search using the scope label above plus these filters.

Scope: OMB Category: IT
Time window: Trailing 12 months (2025-07-17 → 2026-07-12)
Min award: ≥ $100,000 per transaction
Transaction type: Obligations only (federal_action_obligation). IDIQ/IDV base vehicles excluded.
Year type: calendar
Data source: PrimeRFP SCOUT (USASpending-derived extract)
Since date: 2025-07-17
Last refreshed: 2026-07-12

Top Agencies in IT & Software

Rank	Agency	Obligations
#1	Department of Defense (DOD)	$19.0B
#2	Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)	$6.9B
#3	General Services Administration (GSA)	$3.8B
#4	Department of Homeland Security (DHS)	$3.6B
#5	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)	$3.1B
#6	Department of Transportation (DOT)	$1.6B
#7	Department of the Treasury (TREAS)	$1.2B
#8	Department of State (DOS)	$1.1B
#9	Department of the Interior (DOI)	$877.8M
#10	Department of Justice (DOJ)	$811.7M

12-month aggregate · Scope: Authoritative market-size lens for federal IT spend. · PrimeRFP SCOUT

Top IT & Software Contractors

Rank	Contractor	Awards	Total Obligation
#1	CERNER GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.	98	$1.5B
#2	ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC	780	$1.3B
#3	GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.	607	$1.3B
#4	BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.	471	$1.2B
#5	LEIDOS, INC.	2,310	$1.1B

12-month aggregate, top 5 shown · Scope: Authoritative market-size lens for federal IT spend. · PrimeRFP SCOUT

Emerging Competitors (Rank 6–10)

Rank	Contractor	Awards	Total Obligation
#6	RAYTHEON COMPANY	116	$974.7M
#7	CACI, INC. - FEDERAL	167	$845.3M
#8	SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION	344	$819.1M
#9	DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P.	69	$693.3M
#10	AT&T CORP.	143	$674.7M

Market Intelligence — IT & Software

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DoD leads IT category obligations by a wide margin.

Frequently Asked Questions — IT & Software

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About IT & Software

Federal information technology and software spending — spanning IT services (D-series), software, hardware, and cloud / managed services under the OMB IT category.

Headline scope: Authoritative market-size lens for federal IT spend.

Companion (NAICS): Firm-classification companion; not market size.

Data coverage: last 12 months (2025-07-17 – 2026-07-12)

Data Coverage

PrimeRFP SCOUT · USASpending-derived extract
Obligations only · Awards ≥ $100K
Trailing 12 months · Last refreshed: 2026-07-12

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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.

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