USAspending.gov · federal agency · CY2024 · code 069
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Federal contract spending profile, contract obligations, budget authority and top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Corpus rank
- #12 of 65
- Contract obligations (CY2024)
- $8.6B
- Budget authority
- $302.5B
- Agency
- DOT
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Department of Transportation’s annual contract obligations held roughly level from $8.7B in 2023 to $8.6B in 2024. 1% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2023 at $8.7B.
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 Transportation leads the CY2024 obligation board
$8.6B · #12 of 65 by CY2024 contract obligations (top quartile 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 Transportation held #12 of 66 agencies in the annual contract-obligation series. Its share of that year’s tracked agency total moved from 1.02% to 1.15%. Across the available annual series, its obligations ranged from $5.8B in 2019 to $8.7B in 2023, a 1.5x spread.
Harris Corporation is the largest listed prime contractor at $476.9M, or 5.5% of this agency’s calendar-2024 obligation total. The table below shows the remaining named prime recipients in the extract. Contract obligations ($8.6B) are a thin slice of the $302.5B budget-authority ceiling - most of the legal authority is outside this contract window. Methodology documents the distinct populations and the Treasury source fields.
Top Contractors
| # | Contractor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris Corporation | $476.9M |
| 2 | Crowley Government Services, Inc. | $381.2M |
| 3 | Leidos, Inc. | $205.6M |
| 4 | Cdw Government LLC | $183.5M |
| 5 | Patriot Contract Services, LLC | $167.9M |
| 6 | The Mitre Corporation | $160.8M |
| 7 | Ptsi Managed Services Inc | $139.6M |
| 8 | Science Applications International Corporation | $129.4M |
| 9 | Raytheon Company | $128.3M |
| 10 | Verizon Business Network Services LLC | $121.4M |
| 11 | Noblis, Inc. | $119.2M |
| 12 | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | $118.9M |
| 13 | Granite Construction Company | $111.7M |
| 14 | Tote Services, LLC | $110.6M |
| 15 | Keystone Shipping Services, Inc. | $104.3M |
| 16 | Ls Technologies LLC | $98.6M |
| 17 | Stratacomm, LLC | $84.6M |
| 18 | Robinson Aviation (Rva), Inc. | $84.2M |
| 19 | Karsun Solutions LLC | $73.3M |
| 20 | Leidos, Inc. | $70.9M |
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
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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