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Department of State: $9.8B in contracts in FY2025
The State Department buys for 270 posts around the world: embassy and consulate construction and security, protective services, worldwide logistics and travel, language and training services, and the IT and communications that connect Washington to every post. Much of it is performed overseas by U.S. firms.
Its mission, in its own words
The Department's mission is to shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and foster conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere. This mission is shared with the USAID, ensuring we have a common path forward in partnership as we invest in the shared security and prosperity that will ultimately better prepare us for the challenges of tomorrow.
As recorded on USAspending.gov; 2 sub-agencies and bureaus buy under it. www.state.gov
- Small-business set-asides
- $997M
Source: USAspending.gov, FY2025 contract obligations under a small-business set-aside, read 2026-11-05.
- Set-aside share
- 10.1%
Source: USAspending.gov, FY2025 set-aside obligations over all contract obligations, read 2026-11-05.
What DOS buys, by code
The NAICS codes with the most DOS contract dollars in FY2025: together $7.4B, 74.8% of everything it obligated. Each code links to its own page with the buyers under it across government.
| NAICS code | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| $1B | 10.5% | |
| $1B | 10.3% | |
| $1B | 10.2% | |
| $955M | 9.7% | |
| $885M | 9% | |
| $629M | 6.4% | |
| $502M | 5.1% | |
| $251M | 2.5% | |
| $247M | 2.5% | |
| $220M | 2.2% | |
| $182M | 1.8% | |
| $116M | 1.2% | |
| $112M | 1.1% | |
| $107M | 1.1% | |
| $103M | 1% |
Source: USAspending.gov, FY2025 contract obligations by NAICS code, read 2026-11-05.
The small-business share
$997,146,616 of DOS’s FY2025 contract dollars, 10.1% of the total, went out under a small-business set-aside: competitions and sole-source awards reserved for small firms, 8(a) participants, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned and women-owned businesses. The dollars primes placed with small subcontractors sit on top of that and are not counted here.
Source: USAspending.gov, FY2025 set-aside obligations, read 2026-11-05.
The vehicles
Worldwide Protective Services
The Diplomatic Security protective-services contracts.
Vanguard 2.2
The Department's IT services vehicle.
OBO construction IDIQs
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations' design and construction vehicles.
OASIS+ and GSA MAS
Professional services and commercial products for the bureaus in Washington.
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