Benchmark category

Commercial Building Construction

Name: Commercial Building Construction federal award value benchmark
Creator: BidBenchmark
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

New construction and major renovation of commercial and institutional federal buildings.

Category slug: commercial-construction
Taxonomy version: 2026.08.1
Snapshot: f4130ccc15467012
Computed: Oct 22, 2026

Median current award value

$583,777²

Awards recorded through Oct 22, 2026

Comparable awards

11,529

Snapshot computed Oct 22, 2026

Year over year

—

Withheld: 9,034 awards in the last twelve months against 1,107 the year before is a gap in source coverage, not a market change

10th

$35,589

25th

$136,339

Median

$583,777

75th

$2,475,957

90th

$6,339,176

Box: 25th to 75th percentile. Line: median. Whiskers: 10th to 90th percentile. The lowest and highest tenth of awards lie beyond the whiskers and are not drawn.

What the distribution shows

Half of the 11,529 comparable commercial building construction awards were worth less than $583,777, and half were worth more.

The middle half ran from $136,339 to $2,475,957. The 75th percentile is 18.2 times the 25th, a wide spread, so the scope of a particular requirement matters more than the category label.

The mean is $2,059,581, 3.5 times the median. A minority of large awards pulls the average up, which is why the median is the headline figure.

3,658 contractors won these awards from 27 awarding agencies.

Each figure is the total current value of an award, including modifications to date. It is not an hourly rate, a unit price, or an annual cost.

Over time

The median award value for each federal fiscal year, from the published price index.

Period	Value	Awards	Note
FY2016	100.0	11	incomplete coverage, thin sample
FY2017	2914.1	17	incomplete coverage, thin sample
FY2018	32.0	35	incomplete coverage
FY2019	180.0	48	incomplete coverage
FY2020	179.5	49	incomplete coverage
FY2021	453.2	114	incomplete coverage
FY2022	502.4	178	incomplete coverage
FY2023	404.4	330	incomplete coverage
FY2024	282.8	597	incomplete coverage
FY2025	113.3	1097	incomplete coverage
FY2026	55.4	8999
FY2027	27.9	43	partial year

Index points, first published fiscal year = 100. Each period is a separate set of awards, so a jump can reflect a change in what was bought as well as in price. A partial year had not ended when the index was computed; a thin sample has fewer than 30 awards; incomplete coverage marks a year whose award records are only partly loaded, so movement into or out of it is not a price change.

Full series, vintages, and revisions for the BidBenchmark Commercial Building Construction Price Index

Measures

Three distinct measures, deliberately not collapsed into one price.

Measure	p25	Median	p75	Awards	Definition
Current award value	$136,339	$583,777	$2,475,957	11,529	Distribution of current award value across comparable awards
Potential value with options	$169,692	$857,927	$4,308,833	13,067	Distribution of potential award value including option periods
Obligated to date	$108,477	$507,080	$2,264,717	11,865	Distribution of total obligations to date

By place of performance

Only slices that independently clear the sample threshold are published.

State	p25	Median	p75	Awards
California	$134,049	$750,006	$2,985,302	882
Maryland	$85,463	$336,454	$1,422,298	861
District of Columbia	$101,503	$500,000	$2,070,939	567
Texas	$121,985	$607,598	$3,114,764	499
Florida	$241,188	$1,116,951	$3,689,539	490
Virginia	$153,832	$533,387	$2,118,626	472
New York	$215,591	$958,444	$3,887,746	330
Washington	$193,033	$890,259	$3,904,999	322
North Carolina	$182,664	$819,998	$3,784,068	286
Pennsylvania	$102,490	$477,281	$2,180,547	276
Georgia	$167,495	$699,307	$2,553,797	271
Colorado	$139,161	$415,773	$1,557,686	263
Oklahoma	$16,111	$50,000	$596,187	244
Ohio	$251,423	$841,000	$3,118,570	223
Alabama	$127,202	$603,168	$2,916,465	211
Arizona	$249,569	$767,604	$2,546,594	183
New Jersey	$91,850	$318,433	$1,370,792	182
Hawaii	$119,862	$611,619	$3,851,690	176
Illinois	$171,822	$836,494	$3,131,200	175
Alaska	$217,763	$783,611	$4,027,120	174
New Mexico	$198,677	$772,758	$3,709,330	171
Missouri	$100,093	$323,675	$763,357	169
South Carolina	$188,471	$527,988	$1,863,189	161
Oregon	$249,104	$690,676	$2,970,438	144
Tennessee	$171,901	$696,229	$2,843,945	143

By awarding agency

Agencies with enough awards in this category to publish their own figure.

Agency	p25	Median	p75	Awards
Department of Defense	$159,210	$669,148	$3,091,364	3,977
Department of Veterans Affairs	$276,753	$1,618,478	$5,829,766	1,753
General Services Administration	$81,953	$346,806	$1,307,877	1,358
Department of the Interior	$156,667	$480,168	$1,652,290	902
Department of Health and Human Services	$43,300	$188,038	$805,624	646
Department of Transportation	$294,620	$1,259,169	$4,453,192	595
Department of Homeland Security	$176,317	$880,683	$2,822,325	571
Department of Agriculture	$124,058	$335,622	$1,064,856	556
Department of State	$93,500	$625,590	$2,534,520	439
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$167,873	$954,503	$3,531,335	238
Smithsonian Institution	$142,281	$548,268	$2,367,032	161
Department of Commerce	$37,673	$170,053	$729,673	135
Department of Justice	$56,811	$432,000	$2,164,017	109
Department of Energy	$122,443	$570,718	$2,063,735	98
Department of the Treasury	$62,772	$290,507	$1,981,304	48
National Archives and Records Administration	$108,737	$360,500	$1,293,775	25
National Gallery of Art	$57,212	$103,190	$203,788	13
Department of Labor	$868,040	$2,067,303	$2,802,578	12
District of Columbia Courts	$44,120	$124,830	$183,133	10
Environmental Protection Agency	$99,324	$216,851	$5,119,621	10

Typical awards in the sample

Counted awards closest to the median, under the same rules and outlier fence as the published figure.

Award	Contractor	Agency	Place	First action	Current value
6973GH26F01106 BASE & ALL BID OPTIONS SELECTED	FLOWERS CONSTRUCTION L.L.C	Department of Transportation	OK	Jul 21, 2026	$583,777
6973GH26C00077 MT. KALALA, HI - CLEANUP AND RESTORATION TO REESTABLISH A CLEAN, SAFE, AND FULLY OPERABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT IN MT. KALALA, HI IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOW, SPECS AND DRAWINGS.	DACO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC	Department of Transportation	HI	Apr 20, 2026	$583,905
47PE5526C0012 ATLANTA GA RUSSELL FB LOWER PLAZA GATES INSTALLATION	MC DODD CONSTRUCTION LLC	General Services Administration	GA	Sep 14, 2026	$584,102
FA860125F0050 22-1225PB; REPAIR/REPLACE ELECTRIC METERS (PHASE II)	GANA-A'YOO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES JV, LLC	Department of Defense	OH	Mar 9, 2026	$583,403
75N99026F00004 C202286 - CONSTRUCTION CUP CHILLER #27 COMPRESSOR REPAIR BLDG 11, WAYNE SMALLS	OLGOONIK GENERAL, LLC	Department of Health and Human Services	MD	Jul 8, 2026	$584,194
19AQMM19P1282 THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION INSTALLATION OF A FIRE MAIN IN TIJUANA, MEXICO.	MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES	Department of State	—	Aug 6, 2019	$583,130
70Z08825FESDV0003 REPAIR OF FIRE ALARM AND FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AT STATION UMPQUA RIVER WINCHESTER BAY, OREGON	BURTON CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Department of Homeland Security	OR	Jan 15, 2025	$584,429
6973GH22C00112 SUPPLY AND INSTALL ONE (1) 70 FT. HIGH FREE-STANDING ANTENNA TOWER ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLISH AND REMOVE THE TWO (2) 70 FT. HIGH EXISTING GUYED ANTENNA TOWERS IN DOVER, NC IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TH	FLAKE TOWERS, LLC	Department of Transportation	TN	Jul 28, 2026	$584,506
140FC326F0021 EO 14398; ID-MINIDOKA NWR-OFFICE & QUARTERS CONSTR	NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.	Department of the Interior	ID	Sep 25, 2026	$582,420
70Z05026F43000007 CERCLA, BASE SEATTLE, CI SERVICES	CIVIL DESIGN & ENGINEERING INC	Department of Homeland Security	WA	Mar 17, 2026	$582,340

Left out of this benchmark

Awards classified into this category that the published figure does not count, with the rule that removed each. The largest examples of each reason are shown.

Award	Agency	First action	Current value
Indefinite delivery vehicle: a ceiling, not an award value208 awards, 5 shown
HHSF223201310024C IGF::CT::IGF 8A MASTER IDIQ CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES	Department of Health and Human Services	May 28, 2013	$0
HSFEOP08D00001 THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ESTABLISH TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE CONTRACTOR(S) WILL PROVIDE REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS INCLUDING DESIGN-BUILD TO VARIOUS FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AT THE MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE FACILITY) IN MT. WEATHER, VIRGINIA 20135 AND ITS SATELLITE LOCATION IN GAITHERSBURG MARYLAND (HEREIN REFERENCE TO AS OLNEY) UNDER TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE DHS OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS.	Department of Homeland Security	Apr 15, 2008	$0
HSFEOP08D00002 THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ESTABLISH TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE CONTRACTOR(S) WILL PROVIDE REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS INCLUDING DESIGN-BUILD TO VARIOUS FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AT THE MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE FACILITY) IN MT. WEATHER, VIRGINIA 20135 AND ITS SATELLITE LOCATION IN GAITHERSBURG MARYLAND (HEREIN REFERENCE TO AS OLNEY) UNDER TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE DHS OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS.	Department of Homeland Security	Apr 15, 2008	$0
HSFEOP08D00003 THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ESTABLISH TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE CONTRACTOR(S) WILL PROVIDE REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS INCLUDING DESIGN-BUILD TO VARIOUS FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AT THE MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE FACILITY) IN MT. WEATHER, VIRGINIA 20135 AND ITS SATELLITE LOCATION IN GAITHERSBURG MARYLAND (HEREIN REFERENCE TO AS OLNEY) UNDER TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE DHS OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS.	Department of Homeland Security	Mar 31, 2008	$0
HSFEOP08D00004 THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ESTABLISH TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE CONTRACTOR(S) WILL PROVIDE REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS INCLUDING DESIGN-BUILD TO VARIOUS FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AT THE MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE FACILITY) IN MT. WEATHER, VIRGINIA 20135 AND ITS SATELLITE LOCATION IN GAITHERSBURG MARYLAND (HEREIN REFERENCE TO AS OLNEY) UNDER TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE DHS OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS.	Department of Homeland Security	Mar 31, 2008	$0
No positive award value on record2,302 awards, 5 shown
0111 200404!000399!2100!W52P1J!U.S. ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS !DAAA0999G0006 !A!N! !N!0111 ! !20040107!20040930!008057440!008057440!007913486!N!DAY & ZIMMERMANN, INC !HWY 82 WEST !TEXARKANA !TX!75505!43720!037!48!LONE STAR ARMY AMMUN!BOWIE !TEXAS !+000000003203!N!N!000000000000!Y171!AMMUNITION STORAGE BUILDINGS !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !332993!E! !4! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001!N!1G!C!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!B!Y! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !	Department of Defense	Jan 7, 2004	$0
0114 200405!000675!2100!W52P1J!U.S. ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS !DAAA0999G0006 !A!N! !N!0114 ! !20040225!20040930!008057440!008057440!007913486!N!DAY & ZIMMERMANN, INC !HWY 82 WEST !TEXARKANA !TX!75505!43720!037!48!LONE STAR ARMY AMMUN!BOWIE !TEXAS !+000000047283!N!N!000000000000!Y151!AMMUNITION FACILITIES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !332993!E! !4! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001!N!1G!C!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!A!Y! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !	Department of Defense	Feb 25, 2004	$0
0122 200407!000976!2100!W52P1J!U.S. ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS !DAAA0999G0006 !A!N! !N!0122 ! !20040412!20040930!008057440!008057440!007913486!N!DAY & ZIMMERMANN, INC !HWY 82 WEST !TEXARKANA !TX!75505!43720!037!48!LONE STAR ARMY AMMUN!BOWIE !TEXAS !+000000004206!N!N!000000000000!Y151!AMMUNITION FACILITIES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !332993!E! !4! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001!N!1G!C!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!B!Y! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !	Department of Defense	Apr 12, 2004	$0
0129 200408!001226!2100!W52P1J!U.S. ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS !DAAA0999G0006 !A!N! !N!0129 ! !20040521!20051230!008057440!008057440!007913486!N!DAY & ZIMMERMANN, INC !HWY 82 WEST !TEXARKANA !TX!75505!43720!037!48!LONE STAR ARMY AMMUN!BOWIE !TEXAS !+000000037318!N!N!000000000000!Y181!GOVERNMENT-OWNED CONTRACTOR-OPERATED R&D FAC !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !332993!E! !4! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001!N!1G!C!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!B!Y! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !	Department of Defense	May 21, 2004	$0
0132 200412!001912!2100!W52P1J!U.S. ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS !DAAA0999G0006 !A!N! !N!0132 ! !20040913!20050930!008057440!008057440!007913486!N!DAY & ZIMMERMANN, INC !HWY 82 WEST !TEXARKANA !TX!75505!43720!037!48!LONE STAR ARMY AMMUN!BOWIE !TEXAS !+000000049977!N!N!000000000000!Y151!AMMUNITION FACILITIES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !332993!E! !4! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001!N!1G!C!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!C!Y! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !	Department of Defense	Sep 13, 2004	$0
Above the outlier fence of $16,681,2321,407 awards, 5 shown
DEAC2701RV14136 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO UPDATE SECTION B, SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS TO OBLIGATE INCREMENTAL FUNDING UNDER PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 26EM001966, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $55,499,902.37 FOR HIGH-LEVEL WASTE.	Department of Energy	Dec 15, 2000	$18,922,440,249
W912EP24C0018 CEPP CNT 11B, EAA A-2 RESERVOIR EMBANKMENT AND STRUCTURES	Department of Defense	Mar 3, 2026	$4,781,321,247
N6274223F4007 CONTRACT NO. N62742-22-D-1311, WATERFRONT MACC PRIMARILY FOR SIOP AT HI, WA AND OTHER AREAS UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF NAVFAC PAC TO N6274223F4007, FY23 MCON PROJECT P-209, DRY DOCK 3 REPLACEMENT, JBPHH, HAWAII. FUNDING ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION.	Department of Defense	Mar 6, 2026	$3,298,431,328
70B01C26F00000017 CONSTRUCT VERTICAL BORDER BARRIER	Department of Homeland Security	Dec 17, 2025	$2,833,494,612
70B01C26F00000405 BORDER BARRIER DESIGN BUILD FOR BBT-5	Department of Homeland Security	Jun 2, 2026	$2,594,040,000

Questions about this benchmark

What do federal commercial building construction contracts usually come to?: The median current award value is $583,777, across 11,529 comparable awards in the snapshot computed Oct 22, 2026. Half of the awards in the sample were worth less.
What range do most commercial building construction awards fall in?: The middle half of awards ran from $136,339 to $2,475,957. One in ten was below $35,589, and one in ten above $6,339,176.
Are commercial building construction award values rising or falling?: No change is published. Oct 22, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026 holds 9,034 awards against 1,107 for Oct 22, 2024 to Oct 21, 2025; a gap that wide reflects how completely the source records are loaded, not a change in the market.
Which agency awards the most commercial building construction contracts?: Among agencies with enough awards to publish their own figure, Department of Defense has the most: 3,977 awards with a median of $669,148.
Where is commercial building construction work performed?: By place of performance, the states with the most published awards are California (882), Maryland (861), and District of Columbia (567).
Why are some commercial building construction awards not counted?: As the records stand now, the benchmark leaves out 208 indefinite delivery vehicles, 2,302 awards with no positive value, and 1,407 awards above the outlier fence.
Can I use this figure as a unit price?: No. Federal award records report the total value of each award, not hours, square feet, or units delivered. Two awards with the same value can buy very different quantities of work.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Distribution of current award value across comparable awards. Indefinite delivery vehicles are excluded because their ceiling values are not comparable to individual awards. Values beyond 3 times the interquartile range outside the first and third quartiles are excluded, as are values of zero or less. A cohort is published only when at least 10 comparable awards remain after exclusions. Awards whose category classification is below the confidence threshold are excluded from these statistics.

1Computed from USAspending.gov, last refreshed Oct 21, 2026. Award records are United States Government works.
2Distribution of current award value across 11,529 awards classified into this category, as of Oct 22, 2026. Snapshot f4130ccc1546, code aacf4584192a85d5.

Source data refreshed: 18 days ago
Metric definition: current_award_value@2026.08.1
Definition hash: 47e351283780691d
Page evaluation: seo@2026.10.1

Note 1 applies to every figure on this page. These are award values, not unit prices: federal award records report obligations and award values, not dollars per square foot or per hour.