Federal contracts in Colorado
In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025) federal agencies obligated $16.10B on contracts for work performed in Colorado, up 7.4% from the year before, across 56,935 contract actions: the #12 of 56 states and territories. 31 federal contract opportunities with work in Colorado 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 Colorado
- Heater Exchange Repair-One time Service · Veterans Affairs, Department of · due 2026-10-05
- US Government Notice of Lease Requirement · General Services Administration · due 2026-10-05
- INDUSTRY DAY: Fort Carson Equipment Concentration Site - Construction Management at Risk using Other Transaction Authority (CM@Risk w/OTA) · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-06
- GAOA Trujillo Meadows Old Toilet Building Replacement RGNF · Agriculture, Department of · due 2026-10-07 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
- GAOA Trujillo Meadows Old Toilet Building Replacement RGNF · Agriculture, Department of · due 2026-10-07 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
- CO NP BLCA 10(1) South Rim Drive · Transportation, Department of · due 2026-10-08 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
- Space Warfighter Training, Modeling, and Simulation Support · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-08
- CO NP BLCA 10(1) South Rim Drive · Transportation, Department of · due 2026-10-08 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
The agency, company and industry lists for Colorado are being prepared; they appear after tonight's update.
Federal contract spending in Colorado by year
| Fiscal year | Contract obligations | Contract actions |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14.89B | 60,491 |
| FY2024 | $15.00B | 56,760 |
| FY2025 | $16.10B | 56,935 |
| FY2026 (reports still coming in) | $13.39B | 28,929 |
The Department of Defense reports contracts about 90 days late, so the latest year grows for a few months.
More on federal money in Colorado
- 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 Colorado: grants, loans and direct payments too.
- Earmarks in Colorado: 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 Colorado?
In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025) federal agencies obligated $16.10B on contracts for work performed in Colorado, up 7.4% from the year before, the #12 of 56 states and territories.
How do I find federal contract opportunities in Colorado?
31 federal contract opportunities with work in Colorado are taking responses now on SAM.gov. Search them on SpendQuery's open opportunities page filtered to Colorado, or set an alert for new ones.