Benchmark category
Program Management Support
- Category slug
- program-management-support
- Taxonomy version
- 2026.08.1
- Snapshot
- 85e8a2a33a7c63ea
- Computed
- Oct 22, 2026
Awards recorded through Oct 22, 2026
Snapshot computed Oct 22, 2026
Withheld: 2,967 awards in the last twelve months against 376 the year before is a gap in source coverage, not a market change
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 4,887 comparable program management support awards were worth less than $944,658, and half were worth more.
The middle half ran from $269,312 to $3,117,353. The 75th percentile is 11.6 times the 25th, a wide spread, so the scope of a particular requirement matters more than the category label.
The mean is $2,481,465, 2.6 times the median. A minority of large awards pulls the average up, which is why the median is the headline figure.
1,677 contractors won these awards from 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | 100.0 | 14 | incomplete coverage, thin sample |
| FY2015 | 4749.0 | 13 | incomplete coverage, thin sample |
| FY2016 | 833.0 | 12 | incomplete coverage, thin sample |
| FY2017 | 924.9 | 11 | incomplete coverage, thin sample |
| FY2018 | 4794.5 | 35 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2019 | 3312.8 | 60 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2020 | 2999.0 | 97 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2021 | 4363.7 | 284 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2022 | 2758.1 | 231 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2023 | 2598.2 | 339 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2024 | 2365.4 | 423 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2025 | 2157.6 | 383 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2026 | 919.8 | 2963 |
Full series, vintages, and revisions for the BidBenchmark Program Management Support Price Index
Measures
Three distinct measures, deliberately not collapsed into one price.
| Measure | p25 | Median | p75 | Awards | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current award value | $269,312 | $944,658 | $3,117,353 | 4,887 | Distribution of current award value across comparable awards |
| Potential value with options | $439,013 | $1,452,909 | $5,000,000 | 5,837 | Distribution of potential award value including option periods |
| Obligated to date | $239,373 | $840,344 | $2,848,540 | 4,951 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $322,428 | $921,595 | $2,728,090 | 1,443 |
| Virginia | $382,143 | $1,603,307 | $4,962,170 | 1,329 |
| Maryland | $180,778 | $651,330 | $2,325,834 | 688 |
| California | $159,933 | $951,487 | $4,711,618 | 149 |
| Florida | $594,113 | $1,809,570 | $4,179,225 | 104 |
| Texas | $211,335 | $660,733 | $3,441,433 | 96 |
| Massachusetts | $202,180 | $608,157 | $1,649,271 | 86 |
| Colorado | $685,993 | $2,662,690 | $11,662,078 | 81 |
| Ohio | $255,053 | $692,461 | $1,965,750 | 69 |
| Pennsylvania | $175,003 | $860,244 | $3,280,871 | 67 |
| Georgia | $443,926 | $1,241,256 | $2,422,445 | 63 |
| Alabama | $633,425 | $3,982,329 | $8,951,621 | 45 |
| New Jersey | $448,510 | $1,782,828 | $6,303,830 | 37 |
| New York | $163,296 | $471,000 | $975,296 | 37 |
| North Carolina | $376,247 | $1,636,459 | $5,457,387 | 35 |
| Washington | $85,928 | $134,531 | $270,011 | 32 |
| Oklahoma | $146,341 | $782,549 | $2,097,299 | 25 |
| South Carolina | $628,250 | $2,093,638 | $10,799,531 | 25 |
| Louisiana | $303,325 | $620,191 | $775,672 | 22 |
| Alaska | $830,533 | $1,555,526 | $3,347,753 | 20 |
| Missouri | $17,402 | $59,106 | $197,994 | 19 |
| Oregon | $123,157 | $303,659 | $678,900 | 19 |
| Illinois | $437,524 | $1,864,431 | $3,429,059 | 18 |
| New Mexico | $20,702 | $87,003 | $300,000 | 17 |
| Nevada | $347,803 | $747,250 | $1,929,272 | 15 |
By awarding agency
Agencies with enough awards in this category to publish their own figure.
| Agency | p25 | Median | p75 | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $655,719 | $3,162,640 | $10,132,916 | 885 |
| Department of State | $377,367 | $830,083 | $1,845,120 | 804 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $164,877 | $443,926 | $1,901,815 | 614 |
| Department of Transportation | $198,277 | $679,714 | $2,355,874 | 603 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $572,385 | $2,046,904 | $5,694,830 | 518 |
| Department of Commerce | $181,402 | $757,471 | $1,978,217 | 238 |
| Department of Justice | $211,498 | $1,073,651 | $3,757,700 | 224 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $96,161 | $535,849 | $2,265,540 | 175 |
| Department of the Interior | $150,585 | $471,463 | $1,040,939 | 152 |
| Department of the Treasury | $731,498 | $1,780,765 | $3,242,185 | 143 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $181,567 | $462,571 | $1,082,526 | 132 |
| Department of Agriculture | $80,444 | $323,153 | $1,046,314 | 84 |
| General Services Administration | $671,583 | $4,398,309 | $12,522,348 | 83 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $300,000 | $876,884 | $2,944,008 | 51 |
| Department of Labor | $250,269 | $608,613 | $2,320,234 | 49 |
| Agency for International Development | $356,613 | $19,686,837 | $46,891,849 | 42 |
| Department of Energy | $248,123 | $1,770,885 | $11,025,658 | 38 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $396,865 | $958,057 | $2,008,337 | 31 |
| National Science Foundation | $361,242 | $1,857,275 | $3,926,188 | 18 |
| Department of Education | $1,380,883 | $2,676,045 | $4,164,477 | 14 |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | $1,019,469 | $1,868,681 | $13,236,772 | 14 |
| Smithsonian Institution | $76,221 | $266,767 | $608,900 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36C10X26N0174 POPULATION SURVEY | TRIBILITY LLC | Department of Veterans Affairs | MD | Sep 15, 2026 | $944,658 |
| 70FA6023F00000018 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE AND CLOSEOUT. | THE RAND CORPORATION | Department of Homeland Security | CA | May 18, 2026 | $944,392 |
| 70T05026F5900N002 SURFACE OPERATIONS INVESTIGATOR TRAINING | ENSCO INC | Department of Homeland Security | VA | Apr 24, 2026 | $944,100 |
| 19AQMM26F0332 CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORT TASK ORDER | CAYUSE NATIVE HAWAIIAN VETERANS, LLC | Department of State | MD | Mar 18, 2026 | $943,991 |
| 75F40125C00099 FIRM FIXED PRICE AWARD CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH (CDER) - SMALL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSISTANCE (CDER SBIA) WEBINAR SERIES SUPPORT COR: ANNMARIE BRAGGS OFFICE: 240-402-1680 ANNMARIE.BRAGGS@FDA.HHS.GOV CS: KIMBERLY W. DAVIS | RESOLUTION THINK LLC | Department of Health and Human Services | MD | Sep 25, 2025 | $943,443 |
| 19AQMM23F2609 STAFFING SUPPORT SERVICES - DE-OBLIGATE FUNDING | CHEROKEE NATION SYSTEM SOLUTIONS LLC | Department of State | DC | Mar 20, 2026 | $946,606 |
| M0031823F0057 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - BASE YEAR | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | Department of Defense | HI | Aug 28, 2023 | $946,649 |
| W900KK20F3021 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (SETA) II- IN SUPPORT OF THE JOINT PROJECT MANAGER FOR MEDICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION YEAR 4. | OST INC | Department of Defense | FL | Feb 12, 2020 | $940,757 |
| 19AQMM24F0849 PROFESSIONAL STAFFING FOR OBO | CREATIVE IT SOLUTIONS LLC | Department of State | VA | Mar 13, 2026 | $948,588 |
| 693JJ322F00374N THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO CLOSE OUT AND DE-OBLIGATE $5,642.42 IN UNEXPENDED FUNDS. | LEIDOS, INC. | Department of Transportation | VA | Jun 25, 2026 | $949,490 |
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 value191 awards, 5 shown | |||
| NNH15CN83C IGF::OT::IGF THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO THE UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM (USGCRP) NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE (NCO). THE USGCRP CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE PROGRAM, TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SUPPORT FOR THE USGCRP NCO, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) WORKING GROUP II TECHNICAL SUPPORT UNIT (WG-II TSU), AND MAJOR USGCRP ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT (NCA), AS WELL AS IN NEW TOPICS THAT MAY ARISE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING USGCRP PRIORITIES. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Aug 4, 2015 | $0 |
| 12319826A5000 ANALYTICAL SUPPORT FOR REGULATION DEVELOPMENT BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) | Department of Agriculture | Sep 29, 2026 | — |
| 12319826D5001 WIC PARTICIPANT AND PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS STUDY 2028 2030 | Department of Agriculture | Sep 30, 2026 | — |
| 1331L519A13210028 CONSULTATIVE AND RESEARCH SERVICES | Department of Commerce | Sep 18, 2019 | — |
| 1331L519A13210029 CONSULTATIVE AND RESEARCH SERVICES | Department of Commerce | Sep 18, 2019 | — |
| No positive award value on record1,125 awards, 5 shown | |||
| 0001 200407!005163!2100!W909MY!USA COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS !DAAB1503A0001 !A!N! !Y!0001 ! !20040101!20041231!043991108!043991108!009581091!N!COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION !3160 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE !FALLS CHURCH !VA!22042!29008!059!51!FORT BELVOIR !FAIRFAX !VIRGINIA !+000002154025!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !561499!E! !7! ! ! ! ! !99990909!C! ! !N!Z!A!N!J!2!001! ! !Z!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !Z!Z!A!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! ! | Department of Defense | Jan 1, 2004 | $0 |
| 0001 200311!005746!2100!AB15 !USA COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS !DAAB1503A0002 !A!N! !Y!0001 !20030822!20040821!081080707!081080707!048341838!N!THE TITAN CORPORATION !1900 CAMPUS COMMONS DRIVE !RESTON !VA!20191!29008!059!51!FORT BELVOIR !FAIRFAX !VIRGINIA !+000000124601!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !1000!NOT DISCERNABLE OR CLASSIFIED !561499!E! !7! ! ! ! ! !99990909!C! ! !N!Z!A!N!J!2!002! ! !Z!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !Z!Z!A!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! ! | Department of Defense | Aug 22, 2003 | $0 |
| 0001 200504!003005!1700!N00014!OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH !N0001404D0508 !A!N! !Y!0001 ! !20041229!20051231!001014182!001014182!001014182!N!DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION !60 FRONTAGE RD !ANDOVER !MA!01810!01430!009!25!ANDOVER !ESSEX !MASS !+000001000000!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !541330!E! !5!B!M! !A!C!20060930!B! ! !A! !A!N!U!2!003!F! !Z!Y!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !C!C!A!A!000!A!C!N! ! ! !Y!1714!N00014!0001! ! | Department of Defense | Dec 29, 2004 | $0 |
| 0002 200411!005681!2100!W909MY!USA COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS !DAAB1503A0002 !A!N! !Y!0002 ! !20040831!20050821!081080707!081080707!048341838!N!THE TITAN CORPORATION !11955 FREEDOM DRIVE !RESTON !VA!20190!29008!059!51!FORT BELVOIR !FAIRFAX !VIRGINIA !+000001178992!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !561499!E! !7! ! ! ! ! !99990909!C! ! !N!Z!A!N!J!2!002! ! !Z!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !Z!Z!A!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! ! | Department of Defense | Aug 31, 2004 | $0 |
| 0002 200402!005094!2100!W91QUZ!ACA, ITEC4 !DABL0103D1016 !A!N! !Y!0002 ! !20031119!20040930!612799734!612799734!009581091!N!COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION !304 WEST ROUTE 38 !MOORESTOWN !NJ!08057!48990!005!34!MOUNT LAUREL !BURLINGTON !NEW JERSEY!+000003626936!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !541330!E! !5!B!S! ! ! !99990909!B!F!Y!A! !D!U!J!1!001!N!1A!Z!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!D!N! ! ! !Y!2100! !0001! ! | Department of Defense | Nov 19, 2003 | $0 |
| Above the outlier fence of $17,560,648509 awards, 5 shown | |||
| 19AQMM22F2462 STAFFING SUPPORT | Department of State | Aug 1, 2022 | $1,260,633,561 |
| 86615623C00015 SINGLE FAMILY MASTER SUBSERVICER (SF MSS) SERVICES | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Jun 26, 2026 | $1,138,168,536 |
| 86615623C00016 SINGLE FAMILY MASTER SUBSERVICER (SF MSS) SERVICES | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Jun 30, 2026 | $1,039,959,523 |
| 72012124C00003 THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC TECHNICAL AND PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE (GOU), FOCUSING ON ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE, RELIABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND SECURITY OF THE ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS, AN | Agency for International Development | Mar 31, 2024 | $897,326,058 |
| 191NLE21F7056 OVERSEAS CONTRACT | Department of State | Jul 28, 2021 | $756,455,370 |
Questions about this benchmark
- How much is a typical federal program management support award?
- The median current award value is $944,658, across 4,887 comparable awards in the snapshot computed Oct 22, 2026. Half of the awards in the sample were worth less.
- What range do most program management support awards fall in?
- The middle half of awards ran from $269,312 to $3,117,353. One in ten was below $85,987, and one in ten above $7,475,502.
- Are program management support award values rising or falling?
- No change is published. Oct 22, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026 holds 2,967 awards against 376 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 program management support contracts?
- Among agencies with enough awards to publish their own figure, Department of Defense has the most: 885 awards with a median of $3,162,640.
- Where is program management support work performed?
- By place of performance, the states with the most published awards are District of Columbia (1,443), Virginia (1,329), and Maryland (688).
- Why are some program management support awards not counted?
- As the records stand now, the benchmark leaves out 191 indefinite delivery vehicles, 1,125 awards with no positive value, and 509 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.
Related records
Derived from awards these records share, ordered by how many.
Industry codes in this category
- 541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services3,003
- 541330 — Engineering Services765
- 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services391
- 541519 — Other Computer Related Services316
- 541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services211
- 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services206
- 561210 — Facilities Support Services178
- 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)150
Product and service codes
Buying agencies
Places of performance
- District of Columbia1,562
- Virginia1,444
- Maryland769
- California169
- Florida111
- Texas106
- Massachusetts102
- Colorado89
Further reading
- BidBenchmark Program Management Support Price Indexhow the median moves over time
- Guides to reading award data
- How benchmarks are computed
Related categories
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 4,887 awards classified into this category, as of Oct 22, 2026. Snapshot 85e8a2a33a7c, 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.