Federal contracts in Texas
In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025) federal agencies obligated $86.40B on contracts for work performed in Texas, up 45.8% from the year before, across 286,512 contract actions: the #2 of 56 states and territories. 101 federal contract opportunities with work in Texas 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 Texas
- FY27-29 Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED) Production · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-05
- Operations, Research, and Broad Innovative Technology Services (ORBIT) Request for Information (RFI) and Sources Sought Notice (SSN) · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · due 2026-10-05 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
- National Enterprise Dredging Center Scope Dredge to Budget Shallow Draft · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-05 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
- Pantex Production Support Complex (PSC) Facility · Energy, Department of · due 2026-10-05
- Q301--New - VISN Specialty Testing Services · Veterans Affairs, Department of · due 2026-10-05
- B-21: Squadron Ops/Bomber Generation Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-06
- Cloth and Plastic Nametapes/Nametags · Dept of Defense · due 2026-10-06
- 6515-- | 2027 | CTX Home O2 S/O 36C257-27-AP-0386 674-27-1-573-0001 · Veterans Affairs, Department of · due 2026-10-06 · Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
The agency, company and industry lists for Texas are being prepared; they appear after tonight's update.
Federal contract spending in Texas by year
| Fiscal year | Contract obligations | Contract actions |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $81.88B | 287,558 |
| FY2024 | $59.26B | 266,030 |
| FY2025 | $86.40B | 286,512 |
| FY2026 (reports still coming in) | $94.37B | 207,794 |
The Department of Defense reports contracts about 90 days late, so the latest year grows for a few months.
More on federal money in Texas
- 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 Texas: grants, loans and direct payments too.
- Earmarks in Texas: projects Congress funded by name.
- Texas's own spending: the state's checkbook, who it pays.
- Government contracts: federal, state and local, and where each is posted.
Questions people ask
How much federal contract money goes to Texas?
In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 – September 2025) federal agencies obligated $86.40B on contracts for work performed in Texas, up 45.8% from the year before, the #2 of 56 states and territories.
How do I find federal contract opportunities in Texas?
101 federal contract opportunities with work in Texas are taking responses now on SAM.gov. Search them on SpendQuery's open opportunities page filtered to Texas, or set an alert for new ones.