The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recorded 1.438865 billion in obligated contract action value across 3,037 award actions, with an average action value of 473,778.40. Spending was concentrated in advertising, testing, consulting, and computer programming services, while annual obligations peaked in 2024 at 347.40 million.
Federal Agency
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Federal Contract Obligations (Last 5 Years)
Federal procurement activity for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the last five years, including obligations, awards, vendors, NAICS concentrations, and annual trend data.
Vendor names and NAICS classifications reflect reported FPDS entries for the selected five-year analysis window and may include naming variations.
Agency ID
6940
Total Obligated
1.44 billion
1,438,865,011.31
Award Actions
3,037
Average Action Value
473,778.40
About NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION federal contract activity
Over the last 5 years, the NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (Agency ID 6940) obligated 1.44 billion across 3,037 awards, for an average award value of 473,778.4. The profile indicates a procurement portfolio concentrated in technical, research, communications, and program support services tied to transportation safety mission requirements.
Vendor concentration and leading contractors
STRATACOMM LLC is the largest vendor by obligated dollars at 254.37 million across 36 awards, followed by KLD ASSOCIATES, INC. at 119.05 million across 20 awards. The vendor list also includes STRATACOMM, LLC, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC., and SPATIAL FRONT INCORPORATED, suggesting recurring use of specialized contractors and some vendor-name variation in the record set.
Industry profile based on NAICS activity
NAICS 541810, Advertising Agencies, is the largest category by obligated value at 377.35 million, while NAICS 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services, accounts for the highest number of awards at 1,035 and 232.76 million. Additional spend is concentrated in professional and technical services, including consulting, custom programming, and other scientific services, which together reflect a mixed portfolio of outreach, analysis, and technical support work.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
Annual obligations peaked in 2024 at 347.40 million, then declined to 261.83 million in 2025. Obligations were relatively stable from 2021 through 2024, ranging from 230.75 million to 347.40 million, while award counts remained in a narrow band between 513 and 647 per year.
How to interpret this page
This summary uses FPDS obligations and award counts for the last 5 years and aggregates activity by vendor, NAICS code, and fiscal year. Dollar totals reflect obligated amounts as reported in the source data; vendor names and category labels are presented as recorded in FPDS without normalization beyond the provided dataset.
Top Vendors
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FROM
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AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 5 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY vendor_name
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ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Vendor | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATACOMM LLC | 254,369,235.46 | 254.37 million | 36 |
| KLD ASSOCIATES, INC. | 119,053,841.89 | 119.05 million | 20 |
| STRATACOMM, LLC | 85,599,788.80 | 85.60 million | 7 |
| TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC. | 66,749,396.43 | 66.75 million | 289 |
| SPATIAL FRONT INCORPORATED | 60,298,786.33 | 60.30 million | 21 |
| TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC | 59,190,325.76 | 59.19 million | 70 |
| STRONGBRIDGE LLC | 38,597,156.15 | 38.60 million | 15 |
| ADVERTISING COUNCIL, INC., THE | 36,652,866.00 | 36.65 million | 34 |
| HALVIK CORP | 32,609,817.67 | 32.61 million | 26 |
| WESTAT, INC. | 30,999,167.96 | 31.00 million | 46 |
Insight
Over the last 5 years, NHTSA obligated $1.44 billion across 3,037 awards, with an average award value of $473,778.4, indicating a mix of relatively high-value obligations and a broad award base. Spending is moderately concentrated at the top: STRATACOMM LLC is the largest vendor at $254.37 million, about 17.7% of total obligations, and the top 10 listed vendors together account for a substantial share of total spend. The data also show vendor-name variation that may split obligations across near-duplicate entries, including STRATACOMM LLC/STRATACOMM, LLC and TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC./TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC.
Top NAICS
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naics_code,
naics_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
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sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
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AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 5 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY naics_code
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| NAICS Code | Description | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541810 | ADVERTISING AGENCIES | 377,352,060.78 | 377.35 million | 94 |
| 541380 | TESTING LABORATORIES AND SERVICES | 232,757,132.31 | 232.76 million | 1,035 |
| 541990 | ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES | 155,782,611.11 | 155.78 million | 89 |
| 541511 | CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES | 132,783,953.64 | 132.78 million | 67 |
| 541611 | ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES | 70,544,490.23 | 70.54 million | 116 |
| 541330 | ENGINEERING SERVICES | 65,245,671.52 | 65.25 million | 213 |
| 541512 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | 55,967,726.04 | 55.97 million | 94 |
| 541519 | OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES | 55,919,699.77 | 55.92 million | 196 |
| 541910 | MARKETING RESEARCH AND PUBLIC OPINION POLLING | 49,462,403.64 | 49.46 million | 98 |
| 541715 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) | 36,048,050.74 | 36.05 million | 83 |
Insight
Over the last 5 years, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION obligated $1.44 billion across 3,037 awards, with procurement concentrated in a small set of service-oriented NAICS codes. Advertising Agencies (541810) leads by dollars at $377.35 million, while Testing Laboratories and Services (541380) has the highest award volume at 1,035 awards, indicating a split between a few high-dollar buys and a larger number of smaller testing actions. The remaining top NAICS are clustered in professional, scientific, technical, and IT-related services, with no single code accounting for a majority of obligations, suggesting a diversified acquisition base within a limited mission set.
Annual Trend
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year,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
toYear(parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate)) AS year,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '6940'
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 5 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY year
)
ORDER BY year DESC| Year | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261,827,737.83 | 261.83 million | 513 |
| 2024 | 347,397,161.70 | 347.40 million | 611 |
| 2023 | 284,895,037.08 | 284.90 million | 632 |
| 2022 | 313,999,664.28 | 314.00 million | 647 |
| 2021 | 230,745,410.42 | 230.75 million | 634 |
Insight
Over the last 5 years, NHTSA obligated $1.44 billion across 3,037 awards, averaging $473,778 per award. Annual obligations were highest in 2024 at $347.40 million, then declined in 2025 to $261.83 million; 2022 and 2023 were also relatively elevated at $314.00 million and $284.90 million, respectively. Award volume was fairly stable, ranging from 513 to 647 awards per year, indicating that year-to-year changes in obligations were driven more by award value than by major shifts in award count.
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