Who won August's biggest contracts?
Contract award activity slowed a bit in the eighth month of 2016, with Washington Technology reporting on 41 awards. Who won the biggest contracts?
Editor's Note: This article has been updated to include a Unisys contract that was inadvertently left off the list.
Contract award activity slowed a bit in the eighth month of 2016, with Washington Technology reporting on 44 awards.
August’s 44 awards is a couple of awards shy of July’s 46, as well as being lower than August 2015’s 55 awards. So far, Washington Technology has covered 382 awards compared to 379 awards at this point last year.
You can track the month to month contract awards we've published in the chart below.
| Month |
2016 Contract awards
|
2015 Contract awards
|
2014 Contract awards
|
| January | 46 |
58
|
53
|
|---|---|---|---|
| February |
40
|
33
|
43
|
| March |
57
|
58
|
66
|
| April |
47
|
41 |
69
|
| May |
53
|
43
|
63
|
| June |
49
|
39
|
46
|
| July |
46
|
52
|
44
|
| August |
44
|
55
|
49
|
| September |
0
|
70
|
58
|
| October |
0
|
49
|
54
|
| November |
0
|
46
|
31
|
| December |
0
|
45
|
59
|
| Total | 382 |
589
|
635
|
To make the list in August, you had to have a contract with a value greater than $104 million. August’s contract threshold is higher than last month’s $86 million threshold.
The top ten contracts of August are:
10. Raytheon wins $104M contract to modernize Global Hawk ground segment
Raytheon has won a $104 million contract to modernize the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle.
9. Lockheed awarded $126.3M contract extension for high-tech periscopes
Lockheed Martin Corp. has been awarded a $126.3 million contract modification by the Navy for engineering services and support of an integrated submarine imaging system.
8. Alion wins $145M contract to manage Navy shipbuilding program
Alion Science and Technology has won a $145 million contract to support the Navy’s DDG 51 Shipbuilding Program.
7. Five companies win $155.8M contract to support Joint Chiefs of Staff cyber program
Five companies have won a $155.8 million contract to support the Joint Chiefs of Staff J6 Directorate’s C4/Cyber Program.
6. Imagine One Technology and Management wins $175M task order for sustainment, modernization
Imagine One Technology and Management has won a potentially $175 million task order for Navy Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution Sustainment and Modernization support.
5. ManTech wins $208M task order to support Marine Corps
ManTech International Corporation has been awarded a $208 million task order to support the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISR-E) objectives.
4. Unisys fights for, wins $232.5M incumbent contract
Unisys Corp. has faced down challenges to a $232.5 million Agriculture Department win and held onto a long-term incumbent contract.
3. Small biz wins $305.7M contract to support Army surveillance system
Bravura Information Technology Systems has won a $305.7 million contract to support the Army’s Persistent Surveillance Systems – Tethered system.
2. Booz Allen nets $379.6M IED task order
Booz Allen Hamilton has won a $379.6 million contract to help the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency with a variety of tasks related to its mission.
And the biggest contract of August 2016 is:
1. Lockheed wins $490M contract to expand Aegis fleet
Lockheed Martin has won a $490 million contract to deliver integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities to destroyers and expand the global Aegis fleet in the United States, Japan and Korea.