Maryland Federal Spending — Week of 2026-03-22
Federal Spending in Maryland: March 22-28, 2026
The federal government obligated $12.8 million across Maryland during the week of March 22-28, 2026, with the Department of Health and Human Services dominating the spending landscape. Twenty total awards went to sixteen unique contractors across four agencies, with contract values ranging from roughly $13,000 to $11.2 million.
SERVBEYOND SOLUTIONS LLC captured the overwhelming majority of weekly spending, securing an $11.2 million contract from HHS—representing 87 percent of all obligations. The Baltimore-area firm's singular award dwarfed the second-largest contract by a factor of nearly 24. Johnson & Torres LLC followed distantly with a $471,000 Department of Homeland Security contract, while New Tech Solutions, Inc. received $200,000 from HHS for what represents one of two awards the company secured during the period.
The contractor landscape remains concentrated among repeat recipients. New Tech Solutions led recurring awardees with $220,000 across two separate contracts, while Thundercat Technology, LLC pulled in $156,000 from two awards. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory secured $150,000 from NASA, and MaxCyte, Inc. received $126,000 from HHS, rounding out the top-five performers for the week.
HHS led all agencies with twelve awards totaling $12.1 million—an outsized share reflecting the SERVBEYOND mega-contract. The Department of Homeland Security ran a distant second with three awards worth $486,000 combined. NASA issued two awards totaling $167,000, while the Department of Defense distributed the remaining three awards for just $13,000, suggesting potential research or administrative contracts rather than procurement-heavy spending.
All twenty awards came in contract form rather than grants or other obligation types, indicating a focus on service delivery and supplier relationships. The week's spending was heavily weighted toward healthcare and life sciences—reflecting both HHS's dominance and the presence of major institutional players like Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and biotechnology firm MaxCyte. The concentration of awards among a small number of large recipients underscores Maryland's role as a hub for federal contracting, particularly in defense, health, and space sectors.