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Federal construction contracts in the Washington, DC area
The Navy, the National Institutes of Health, and the Army and Corps of Engineers put the most federal construction money into the Washington, DC metro area. Here is where it went in fiscal 2025, who won it, and the biggest jobs.
Washington, DC market
Federal construction in the Washington, DC area, by the numbers
In fiscal 2025, federal agencies obligated $2.3 billion on construction contracts performed in the Washington, DC metro area (23 counties), across 4,315 contracts. The largest share, 21%, came from the Navy.
The metro crosses state lines, covering parts of the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.
These figures leave out $273 million obligated in fiscal 2025 on NASA's Mobile Launcher 2, which is being built at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The federal record places it at the contractor's office in Reston, VA.
Source: USAspending.gov, federal contract obligations under NAICS 23 (construction) with the work performed in one of the metro's counties, federal fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025). Metro area as defined in OMB Bulletin 23-01 (July 2023).
$2.3B
obligated on construction contracts in the Washington, DC area in fiscal 2025
4,315
construction contracts that received federal money that year
86%
of those contracts went to small businesses
#3
of 387 US metro areas by federal construction dollars
Who pays and who wins
The agencies and contractors in the Washington, DC area
Dollars obligated in fiscal 2025, by the agency that awarded the contract, the company that won it, and the county where the work was done.
- Department of the Navy $480M
- National Institutes of Health $397M
- Army and Corps of Engineers $355M
- GSA Public Buildings Service $172M
- Smithsonian Institution $137M
- Clark Construction Group LLC $210M
- Hensel Phelps Construction Co $121M
- Grunley Construction Co, Inc $98.8M
- Xator LLC $74.7M
- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company $66.6M
- District of Columbia $651M
- Montgomery County, MD $640M
- Arlington County, VA $220M
- Fairfax County, VA $174M
- Prince George's County, MD $169M
- Frederick County, MD $105M
- Charles County, MD $100M
- Loudoun County, VA $70.3M
- Prince William County, VA $63.5M
- Alexandria city, VA $23.7M
- Clarke County, VA $22.7M
- Warren County, VA $16.0M
- Jefferson County, WV $9.7M
- Stafford County, VA $1.7M
- Falls Church city, VA $1.5M
- Fredericksburg city, VA $836K
- Fauquier County, VA $749K
- Culpeper County, VA $80K
- Fairfax city, VA $28K
- Rappahannock County, VA $0
- Manassas Park city, VA $0
- Spotsylvania County, VA -$143K
- Manassas city, VA -$778K
Net of deobligations, so a county where more money was taken back than added shows a negative figure.
Real projects
The largest federal construction jobs in the Washington, DC area
Contracts that received money in fiscal 2025, with the total awarded to date. Descriptions are shortened from the federal record.
All contractors
$766M
C103157: Surgery, Radiology, and Laboratory Medicine (SRLM) Building Construction
National Institutes of Health. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Performance start 2022.
Federal record$545M
Pre-Construction Services, National Air & Space Museum Revitalization
Smithsonian Institution. Clark/Smoot/Consigli (joint venture). Performance start 2017.
Federal record$527M
P-114, Set 2, Medical Center Addition/Alteration (MCAA), Walter Reed National Military…
Department of the Navy. Clark Construction Group LLC. Performance start 2019.
Federal recordWon by small businesses
$97.7M
Construction Services for Storm Window and Door Installations at the U.S. Capitol…
Army and Corps of Engineers. Paragon Professional Services LLC. Performance start 2023.
Federal record$73.0M
P232, P233, P234 Potable Water System and RM19-1196 Energetics Production
Department of the Navy. Tybe-Garney Federal JV LLC. Performance start 2022.
Federal record$47.6M
Phase 1 Campus Electrical Distribution, Bethesda Campus
National Institutes of Health. Olgoonik Specialty Contractors LLC. Performance start 2024.
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Common questions
Federal construction contracts in the Washington, DC area: FAQ
Answers to the questions contractors in this metro ask most.
How much does the federal government spend on construction in the Washington, DC area?
In fiscal 2025, federal agencies obligated $2.3 billion on construction contracts performed in the Washington, DC metro area (23 counties), across 4,315 contracts. The largest share, 21%, came from the Navy. That ranks it #3 of the 387 metro areas in the 50 states and DC by federal construction dollars. Figures are from USAspending.gov, for contracts classified under NAICS 23 (construction) with the work performed in one of the metro's counties. These figures leave out $273 million obligated in fiscal 2025 on NASA's Mobile Launcher 2, which is being built at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The federal record places it at the contractor's office in Reston, VA.
Which counties are in the Washington, DC metro area?
We use the federal definition of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area from OMB Bulletin 23-01 (July 2023): Arlington County, VA; Clarke County, VA; Culpeper County, VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County, VA; Rappahannock County, VA; Spotsylvania County, VA; Stafford County, VA; Warren County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA; Fredericksburg city, VA; Manassas city, VA; Manassas Park city, VA; Jefferson County, WV; Frederick County, MD; Montgomery County, MD; District of Columbia; Charles County, MD; and Prince George's County, MD. The metro crosses state lines, covering parts of the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.
Which federal agencies award the most construction contracts in the Washington, DC area?
In fiscal 2025: Department of the Navy, $480 million; National Institutes of Health, $397 million; Army and Corps of Engineers, $355 million; GSA Public Buildings Service, $172 million. Each posts its construction solicitations on SAM.gov.
Which contractors win the most federal construction money in the Washington, DC area?
By dollars obligated in fiscal 2025: Clark Construction Group LLC, $210 million; Hensel Phelps Construction Co, $121 million; Grunley Construction Co, Inc, $98.8 million; Xator LLC, $74.7 million.
How much federal construction work in the Washington, DC area goes to small businesses?
Small businesses won 3,717 of the 4,315 federal construction contracts that received money in the Washington, DC metro area in fiscal 2025, or 86%. That is a count of contracts, not dollars. The largest small business job was "Construction Services for Storm Window and Door Installations at the U.S. Capitol…" for Army and Corps of Engineers, worth $97.7 million to date, awarded to Paragon Professional Services LLC.
Where do I find open federal construction bids in the Washington, DC area?
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