Federal contracts in Alabama
In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025) federal agencies obligated $18.14B on contracts for work performed in Alabama, up 4.6% from the year before, across 89,408 contract actions: the #11 of 56 states and territories. 46 federal contract opportunities with work in Alabama are taking responses now.
Source: USAspending.gov (contract obligations, data as of 2026-09-30) and SAM.gov (contract opportunities). Money is counted where the work is performed. Free, no sign-in; every number links to its records.
Open federal contract opportunities in Alabama
- Area of Interest (AoI) – Metal Cleaning and Finishing Services · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-05
- Noun: LINER AND BEARING A NSN:2840009860444 P/N:2-080-120-01 · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-06
- Brake Assembly · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-06 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
- FY27 42SFS CATM Range Cleaning · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-07
- AH-64 Spares Buy for Backshell, Electrical Connectors · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-07
- Letter RFP SPRRA2-26-R-0072 Sole Source to RTX · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-07
- Department of War (DoW) Drone Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Consortium- Request for Whitepaper – Brigade Uncrewed Aircraft System (BDE UAS) Prototype Project · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-07
- AH-64D/E Apache Contractor Field Service Representative (CFSR) Sensors Support · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-08
The agency, company and industry lists for Alabama are being prepared; they appear after tonight's update.
Federal contract spending in Alabama by year
| Fiscal year | Contract obligations | Contract actions |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14.88B | 67,073 |
| FY2024 | $17.35B | 73,310 |
| FY2025 | $18.14B | 89,408 |
| FY2026 (reports still coming in) | $15.87B | 103,342 |
The Department of Defense reports contracts about 90 days late, so the latest year grows for a few months.
More on federal money in Alabama
- Open opportunities: solicitations taking responses, soonest deadline first, with a brief on each.
- Recompete pipeline: contracts ending soon, the incumbent and the likely follow-on.
- Procurement forecasts: what agencies plan to buy before the solicitation is out.
- Recently awarded: who just won, and for how much.
- Typical contract sizes by industry and state.
- Free tools: bid/no-bid check, capability statement builder, glossary.
- All federal spending in Alabama: grants, loans and direct payments too.
- Earmarks in Alabama: projects Congress funded by name.
- Government contracts: federal, state and local, and where each is posted.
Questions people ask
How much federal contract money goes to Alabama?
In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025) federal agencies obligated $18.14B on contracts for work performed in Alabama, up 4.6% from the year before, the #11 of 56 states and territories.
How do I find federal contract opportunities in Alabama?
46 federal contract opportunities with work in Alabama are taking responses now on SAM.gov. Search them on SpendQuery's open opportunities page filtered to Alabama, or set an alert for new ones.