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Top contractors of the Department of Energy: FY2020

FY2020 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-12

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National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC received more money from the Department of Energy than any other recipient in FY2020: $3.8B in obligations. Ranked by what the Department of Energy obligated to each recipient in FY2020, so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. Computed

Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded.

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RankNameFY2020
01National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC0 awards$3.8B
02Triad National Security, LLC0 awards$3.1B
03Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC0 awards$2.9B
04Battelle Memorial Institute0 awards$2.7B
05Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC0 awards$2.4B
06UT-Battelle LLC0 awards$2.3B
07Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC0 awards$1.6B
08Honeywell International Inc.0 awards$1.5B
09Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC0 awards$1.5B
10The Regents of the University of California0 awards$1.1B
11Uchicago Argonne, LLC0 awards$1.1B
12Washington River Protection Solutions LLC0 awards$856.7M
13Brookhaven Science Associates LLC0 awards$699.9M
14Bechtel Corporation0 awards$668.9M
15Mission Support & Test Services LLC0 awards$650.2M
16Savannah River Remediation LLC0 awards$633.1M
17Fermi Research Alliance, LLC0 awards$630.8M
18Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC0 awards$574.7M
19Ucor LLC0 awards$539.9M
20CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company0 awards$511.9M
21The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards$470.3M
22Fluor Idaho LLC0 awards$423.7M
23Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth LLC0 awards$390.2M
24Mission Support Alliance, LLC0 awards$374.2M
25Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC0 awards$349.4M
26Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated0 awards$280.6M
27Accenture Federal Services LLC0 awards$246.9M
28Newport News Nuclear Bwxt-Los Alamos LLC0 awards$193.2M
29Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership LLC0 awards$173.4M
30The Trustees of Princeton University0 awards$161.9M
31Jefferson Science Associates, LLC0 awards$160.8M
32Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC0 awards$160.1M
33Parsons Government Services Inc.0 awards$136.7M
34General Atomics0 awards$116.7M
35Centerra Group, LLC0 awards$114.2M
36Leidos, Inc.0 awards$107M
37University of Rochester0 awards$90.2M
38Michigan State University0 awards$88.2M
39University of Illinois0 awards$85.2M
40University of Wisconsin System0 awards$76.4M
41University of Wisconsin System0 awards$76.4M
42Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards$68.7M
43Iowa State University of Science and Technology0 awards$64.9M
44University of Utah0 awards$57.1M
45Soc LLC0 awards$47.5M
46Oregon State University0 awards$31.9M
47University of Washington0 awards$31.4M
48University of Texas at Austin0 awards$29.5M
49Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards$28.5M
50The Regents of the University of Colorado0 awards$27.3M
51Southwest Research Institute0 awards$26.7M
52Maximus Federal Technology Solutions, LLC0 awards$26.6M
53University of California, Los Angeles0 awards$25.7M
54Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards$24.9M
55The Pennsylvania State University0 awards$24.3M
56Carahsoft Technology Corp0 awards$23M
57Northwestern University0 awards$22.2M
58Arizona State University0 awards$21.9M
59The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards$21.3M
60Colorado State University0 awards$21.1M
61University of Maryland, College Park0 awards$21.1M
62Michigan Department of Health and Human Services0 awards$20M
63Ohio Department of Development0 awards$19.9M
64University of Florida0 awards$19.4M
65Department of Community & Economic Development Pennsylvania0 awards$19.2M
66University of California, Santa Barbara0 awards$18.9M
67University of Delaware0 awards$18.6M
68University of California Irvine0 awards$18.1M
69Illinois Department Commerce & Economic Opportunity0 awards$17.4M
70Duke University0 awards$17.1M
71California Institute of Technology0 awards$17.1M
72Purdue University0 awards$17M
73Cornell University0 awards$16.1M
74Regents of the University of Minnesota0 awards$15.4M
75North Carolina State University0 awards$15M
76Washington State University0 awards$14.9M
77Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University0 awards$14.6M
78ICF Incorporated, L.l.c.0 awards$14.5M
79The Aerospace Corporation0 awards$14.3M
80Ohio State University, the0 awards$13.7M
81Department of Commerce Minnesota0 awards$13.3M
82President and Fellows of Harvard College0 awards$13.2M
83Kpmg LLP0 awards$11.8M
84Alvarez LLC0 awards$11.4M
85Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia0 awards$11.3M
86State of Wisconsin Dept of Admin0 awards$11.2M
87Washington University, the0 awards$11.1M
88The Johns Hopkins University0 awards$10.9M
89University of Kentucky Research Foundation, the0 awards$10.7M
90University of California, Davis0 awards$10.7M
91Florida International University0 awards$10.5M
92Vanderbilt University0 awards$9.8M
93Yale Univ0 awards$9.8M
94University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill0 awards$9.7M
95University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.0 awards$9.5M
96National Academy of Sciences0 awards$9.2M
97Department of Community Services & Development California0 awards$9.1M
98The Mitre Corporation0 awards$9M
99Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs0 awards$9M
100Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority0 awards$8.9M

Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.

Questions

Who is the Department of Energy's biggest contractor in FY2020?
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, with $3.8B obligated in FY2020. Second is Triad National Security, LLC at $3.1B.
Where does this ranking come from?
It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Energy obligated to that recipient in FY2020. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?
The top 100 for FY2020. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2020, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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