Over the last 5 years, the National Science Foundation obligated $3.12 billion across 5,042 award actions, with an average action value of $618,690.62. Annual obligations ranged from $499.84 million in 2022 to $716.98 million in 2024, while 2025 totals through the analysis window reached $610.25 million.
Federal Agency
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Federal Contract Obligations (Last 5 Years)
Federal procurement summary for the National Science Foundation (Agency ID 4900) covering obligations, vendors, NAICS concentrations, and yearly award activity over the last 5 years.
Vendor, NAICS, and annual totals reflect obligated amounts recorded in FPDS for the selected 5-year window and may not sum exactly due to rounding.
Agency ID
4900
Total Obligated
3.12 billion
3,119,438,119.46
Award Actions
5,042
Average Action Value
618,690.62
About NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION federal contract activity
Over the last 5 years, the National Science Foundation obligated 3.12 billion across 5,042 awards, with an average award value of 618,690.62. This portfolio reflects a high volume of relatively moderate-sized awards, consistent with a broad mix of contract and support activity.
Vendor concentration and leading contractors
LEIDOS INNOVATIONS CORPORATION led all vendors with 1.18 billion across 58 awards, well ahead of BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. at 300.82 million and BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE at 219.63 million. The remaining top vendors each received materially smaller totals, indicating a concentrated set of large service relationships at the top of the vendor base.
Industry profile based on NAICS activity
The largest NAICS category was 561210 Facilities Support Services at 1.42 billion, making it the dominant spending area in the period. The next largest categories were management consulting, custom programming, computer systems design, and other computer-related services, showing a strong concentration in administrative, IT, and support functions.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
Annual obligations peaked in 2024 at 716.98 million and remained elevated in 2023 at 711.40 million before easing to 610.25 million in 2025. Award volume was highest in 2021 at 1,113 awards and declined to 889 in 2025, suggesting fewer awards in the most recent year despite spending remaining above 2022 levels.
How to interpret this page
This summary is based on FPDS Query-observed obligations and award counts for the National Science Foundation (Agency ID 4900) over the last 5 years. Totals are reported as obligated dollars and counts are taken from the provided analysis window without additional normalization or inference.
Top Vendors
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEIDOS INNOVATIONS CORPORATION | 1,179,672,141.40 | 1.18 billion | 58 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. | 300,815,767.32 | 300.82 million | 69 |
| BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | 219,629,978.51 | 219.63 million | 34 |
| BY LIGHT PROFESSIONAL IT SERVICES LLC | 66,942,731.86 | 66.94 million | 39 |
| SYNECTICS FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, INC. | 61,097,323.19 | 61.10 million | 40 |
| RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE | 45,219,008.50 | 45.22 million | 95 |
| DIRECTVIZ SOLUTIONS LLC | 45,072,547.56 | 45.07 million | 27 |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC | 38,070,377.36 | 38.07 million | 33 |
| INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES INCORPORATED | 34,445,162.69 | 34.45 million | 78 |
| CIVICACTIONS, INC. | 30,555,799.53 | 30.56 million | 36 |
Insight
Over the last 5 years, NSF obligated $3.12 billion across 5,042 awards, with average award value of about $618,691. Top vendor spend is concentrated in a small number of firms, led by Leidos Innovations Corporation at $1.18 billion, which represents a substantial share of total obligations and far exceeds the next-largest vendor, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. at $300.82 million. The remaining top vendors are materially smaller, ranging from $219.63 million to $30.56 million, indicating a pronounced drop-off after the leading vendor and a dispersed secondary vendor base by award count.
Top NAICS
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naics_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
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anyHeavy(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode__description) AS naics_name,
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 561210 | FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES | 1,415,838,212.07 | 1.42 billion | 166 |
| 541611 | ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES | 385,108,414.37 | 385.11 million | 1,296 |
| 541511 | CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES | 344,719,672.01 | 344.72 million | 320 |
| 541512 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | 341,012,019.82 | 341.01 million | 367 |
| 541519 | OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES | 210,815,392.66 | 210.82 million | 939 |
| 541990 | ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES | 63,189,173.31 | 63.19 million | 227 |
| 541715 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) | 54,094,584.91 | 54.09 million | 78 |
| 541330 | ENGINEERING SERVICES | 44,769,278.24 | 44.77 million | 92 |
| 541613 | MARKETING CONSULTING SERVICES | 33,036,693.32 | 33.04 million | 66 |
| 541720 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES | 26,675,666.94 | 26.68 million | 96 |
Insight
Over the last 5 years, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION obligated $3.12 billion across 5,042 awards, with spending concentrated in a small number of NAICS codes. Facilities Support Services (561210) is the clear dominant category at $1.42 billion, accounting for nearly half of total obligations, while the next four categories are all information technology and consulting-related services, each below $386 million. Award volume is more diffuse than dollar value, led by Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611) with 1,296 awards, indicating a mix of high-dollar support contracts and a larger number of lower-value professional services actions.
Annual Trend
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year,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
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sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '4900'
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 | 610,245,312.45 | 610.25 million | 889 |
| 2024 | 716,979,200.20 | 716.98 million | 1,072 |
| 2023 | 711,404,339.85 | 711.40 million | 996 |
| 2022 | 499,844,709.70 | 499.84 million | 972 |
| 2021 | 580,964,557.26 | 580.96 million | 1,113 |
Insight
Over the last 5 years, NSF obligated $3.12 billion across 5,042 awards, with an average award value of $618,690.62, indicating a relatively high-volume but moderately concentrated obligation pattern. Annual obligations were strongest in 2023 and 2024 at $711.40 million and $716.98 million, respectively, then declined to $610.25 million in 2025 after a low point in 2022 at $499.84 million. Award counts ranged from 889 in 2025 to 1,113 in 2021, suggesting year-to-year volume variability while obligations remained clustered near the $500 million to $717 million range.
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