USAspending.gov · federal agency · CY2024 · code 089
Department of Energy (DOE)
Federal contract spending profile, contract obligations, budget authority and top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Corpus rank
- #3 of 65
- Contract obligations (CY2024)
- $44.8B
- Budget authority
- $138.0B
- Agency
- DOE
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Department of Energy’s annual contract obligations fell from $48.6B in 2023 to $44.8B in 2024. 7.8% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2023 at $48.6B.
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures share the calendar-year basis of the CY2024 headline above; budget authority is a separate measure.
How Department of Energy leads the CY2024 obligation board
$44.8B · #3 of 65 by CY2024 contract obligations (top 5% nationally) - a top-third USAspending agency by calendar-2024 contract obligations (same board as the agencies listing). See methodology.
From calendar 2019 to 2024, Department of Energy held #3 of 66 agencies in the annual contract-obligation series. Its share of that year’s tracked agency total moved from 4.17% to 5.95%. Across the available annual series, its obligations ranged from $23.6B in 2019 to $48.6B in 2023, a 2.1x spread.
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC is the largest listed prime contractor at $5.0B, or 11.2% of this agency’s calendar-2024 obligation total. The table below shows the remaining named prime recipients in the extract. Contract obligations ($44.8B) sit in a mid band versus the $138.0B budget-authority ceiling. Methodology documents the distinct populations and the Treasury source fields.
Top Contractors
| # | Contractor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC | $5.0B |
| 2 | Triad National Security, LLC | $4.9B |
| 3 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | $3.0B |
| 4 | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC | $2.9B |
| 5 | Ut-Battelle LLC | $2.6B |
| 6 | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC | $2.0B |
| 7 | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC | $1.8B |
| 8 | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC | $1.8B |
| 9 | Battelle Memorial Institute | $1.7B |
| 10 | Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC | $1.6B |
| 11 | The Regents of the University of California | $1.3B |
| 12 | Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC | $1.2B |
| 13 | Uchicago Argonne, LLC | $1.1B |
| 14 | Mission Support & Test Services LLC | $1.0B |
| 15 | Pantexas Deterrence, LLC | $963.0M |
| 16 | Savannah River Mission Completion, LLC | $855.5M |
| 17 | Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC | $756.6M |
| 18 | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC | $745.2M |
| 19 | Bechtel National, Inc. | $736.0M |
| 20 | The Leland Stanford Junior University | $658.1M |
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Nearby mega-scale agencies
Data-derived peers across the USAspending agency extract: nearest contract-obligation scale and nearest budget authority. Not recommendations or same-department siblings.
Closest CY2024 contract obligations
Similar budget authority
- Department of Education (ED) $154.1B
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) $91.1B
- Department of the Interior (DOI) $89.9B
- Department of Justice (DOJ) $84.2B
- Department of Labor (DOL) $80.1B
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $55.9B
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Contract amounts are aggregated and may not reflect the most current modifications or de-obligations. Always verify with official sources.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.