Defense Contract Management Agency

The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), a defense agency sub-component within the Department of Defense, administers contract surveillance and quality-assurance services on behalf of DoD and customer agencies acquiring defense and non-defense supplies and services. DCMA transacts through its Procurement Center, located at Fort Lee, Virginia, and manages oversight of contractor performance at locations worldwide, with administrative headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

DCMA has awarded 14,372 federal contracts cumulatively since 1997, with a combined potential value of $19.78 billion and combined dollars obligated of $17.07 billion. Award activity has fluctuated significantly in recent years: 834 awards in 2022, 1,386 in 2023, 422 in 2024, 307 in 2025, and 168 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award dates to September 30, 2026. Across the portfolio, 2,466 distinct prime contractors have been awarded at least one contract.

The competitive landscape is highly fragmented by award count, with AT&T Corp. leading at 287 awards over the last five years, followed by Simmonds Precision Products Inc. at 252 awards and Nippi Corporation at 213 awards; together the top five count primes account for 29 percent of recent awards. By potential value, concentration is highly fragmented, with The Boeing Company dominating at $446.2 million combined potential value across 63 awards, Nippi Corporation at $40 million across 213 awards, and Science Applications International Corporation at $33.7 million across 58 awards; the top five by value represent only 3 percent of combined recent potential value. This disparity reflects DCMA's transaction structure: the agency transacts heavily through task orders, purchase orders, and modifications, many of which carry unreported or below-threshold dollar values.

The set-aside mix is overwhelmingly open competition, with 13,295 awards (93 percent) carrying no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides account for 4 percent of awards (549 total), service-disabled veteran-owned small business for 2 percent (217 awards), and 8(a) designations for roughly 1 percent combined (248 awards). HUBZone, woman-owned small business, and other minority designations together represent less than 1 percent.

DCMA has issued three federal grants cumulatively, obligating $10.9 million across two distinct recipients. The most recent grant award closed in 2020. Assistance consisted of two Project Grants and one Block Grant.

Recent contract opportunities include Sentris Silver Enhanced Subscription (S5121A2641165), a sole-source firm-fixed-price contract with ManTech Advanced Systems International for data security software licenses and maintenance supporting Special Access Program compliance, with a one-year base and four one-year options; the pre-solicitation closed September 23, 2026. DCMA also issued a sources-sought notice for Additive Manufacturing suppliers (S5121A-SourcesSought) requesting information on qualified businesses' capability to meet manufacturing, material, performance, and quality standards for parts made with additive-manufacture methods; the notice closed August 21, 2026. An additional solicitation (S5121A26QE011) for 40-hour Level 2 Digital Radiography / Non-Film Transition Training for DCMA Space Enterprises closed September 17, 2026. No recent grant opportunities are recorded.

The Defense Contract Management Agency is responsible for contract management for the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and several other federal, state, foreign and international goverments and agencies. Its goal is to ensure contracts are fulfilled on time and at the correct cost.