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Significant Contract Modifications ($10M+) — October 23, 2026

Significant Contract Modifications ($10M+)

By Gunpowder Editorial ·

21 total filings analysed

Executive Summary

The 21 significant contract modifications in this digest total $2,110,099,016 in obligations, but the headline is dominated by one award: Booz Allen Hamilton's $1,138,891,386 Department of Veterans Affairs contract, which accounts for roughly 54% of the aggregate.

Only 1 of 21 records is defense-related (Lockheed Martin's $1,528,638 Coast Guard/DHS software sustainment order), so the stream is overwhelmingly civilian, spanning VA, DHS, NASA, State, EPA, DOJ, HHS and others. The dominant theme is civilian IT and professional services, with facilities and construction work from VA, DHS and NASA forming a second cluster. The highest-conviction signal is the Booz Allen VA award, though its underlying data is thin (no revenue, pricing or competition detail), so conviction is medium rather than high. The key watch item is that most records show low outlay-to-obligation ratios (several at $0), and several awards carry date inconsistencies (e.g., Welch Allyn's award date falls after its performance period), so headline obligations should not be treated as realized revenue.

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Investment Signals (6)

  • Booz Allen Hamilton wins $1,138,891,386 VA award, largest in the batch (MEDIUM)
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    Booz Allen Hamilton received the largest obligation in the stream, $1.14B from the Department of Veterans Affairs, indicating a major civilian health-agency services relationship. The record lacks pricing, competition and revenue detail, and its award date (2021-01-07) is older than the rest of the batch, so the signal should be verified against source records before sizing positions.

  • Space Exploration Technologies' $127.9M NASA Gateway Logistics order sits inside a $7B ceiling (MEDIUM)
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    SpaceX's firm-fixed-price Gateway Logistics award from NASA Kennedy carries a $7,000,000,000 base-plus-options ceiling against $127,924,073 obligated, so future option exercises could materially expand the obligation. Outlays already stand at $114,712,954, so most of the current obligation is executing.

  • Lockheed Martin receives $1,528,638 Coast Guard PAWSS software sustainment order (LOW)
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    Lockheed Martin Corporation received a sole-source delivery order from the U.S. Coast Guard for maritime traffic management software support, with $760,047 already outlayed. It is the only defense-related record in the batch, but its size is immaterial to Lockheed's revenue base and its relevance is limited to evidence of continued Coast Guard software sustainment demand.

  • Several large awards show $0 outlays, delaying revenue realization (HIGH)
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    Clark Construction ($117.0M), Amazon Web Services ($83.4M), Veterans Development Corp ($63.1M), Makwa Global ($36.2M), Amentum ($36.9M) and Welch Allyn ($30.1M) all report $0 outlayed, so their obligations have not yet converted into recognized revenue. Investors should treat these as booked backlog pending performance evidence.

  • Makwa Global $36.2M sole-source task order carries high pricing risk (MEDIUM)
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    Makwa Global Security Solutions' Department of State ATA staffing order is a non-competed time-and-materials award with a one-year window and no visible option structure, and its record lists the award as set-aside 'None' despite the recipient's 8(a) and tribal designations. Its recurring value and basis for non-competition are unexplained in the data.

  • Sentinel Group $40.6M VA order flagged high pricing risk (MEDIUM)
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    Sentinel Group LLC's firm-fixed-price VA delivery order has $28.6M outlayed (about 70% of obligation) with a near-term current end of 2027-05-19, so margin pressure from cost overruns on the remaining work falls on the contractor. Whether the recipient is publicly traded is not stated.

Risk Flags (4)

  • Execution [MEDIUM RISK]
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    Obligation-to-outlay gaps are large across the batch: six awards report $0 outlays and several others (e.g., Distinction LLC, Information Management Services, AT&T Enterprises) show partial execution. Revenue recognition timing is uncertain for much of the $2.11B headline.

  • Budget [MEDIUM RISK]
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    The batch contains no appropriations or multi-year budget trend data for any agency, so none of the individual awards can be tied to a funding trajectory. Continuing-resolution exposure is not quantified in the data, though the batch is dated late in the federal fiscal year.

  • Competition [LOW RISK]
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    Two sole-source or non-competed awards carry basis questions: Makwa Global ($36.2M, State) and AWS ($83.4M, DHS/CISA). Protest exposure is unknown for both, and the Makwa award's set-aside designation conflicts with the recipient's categories.

  • Execution [MEDIUM RISK]
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    Date inconsistencies in source records reduce confidence: Welch Allyn's award date (2026-10-20) follows its performance period (2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30), Veterans Development Corp's award date (2026-10-21) is later than the implied batch date, and Booz Allen's record is dated 2021. These should be reconciled against official procurement records.

Opportunities (4)

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    Amazon Web Services won an $83.4M sole-source DHS/CISA cloud hosting delivery order with a potential end of 2028-08-31, signaling continued federal cloud demand that AWS can capture without competition.

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    SpaceX's NASA Gateway Logistics award has a $7B base-plus-options ceiling against only $127.9M obligated, offering large upside if NASA funds options.

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    Clark Construction's $117.0M CBP Border Patrol Station award signals continued federal border infrastructure investment, with a roughly three-year build window.

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    Several recipients hold 8(a), HUBZone or SDVOSB designations (Veterans Development Corp, Distinction LLC, Makwa Global, Sentinel Group), reflecting policy-driven award flows that can recur on set-aside vehicles.

Sector Themes (3)

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    Of 21 records, IT, consulting and program-support awards are the most common category, including Booz Allen (VA), Deloitte (HHS/CDC), SAIC (GAO), ECS Federal (DOJ/FBI), Information Management Services (HHS/NIH) and Salient CRGT (DHS/ICE). Individually these are mostly under $60M, but together they represent the bulk of the non-construction obligations.

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    Facilities-related awards include Clark Construction's $117.0M CBP build, Veterans Development Corp's $63.1M VA HVAC replacement, Amentum's $36.9M NASA Langley facilities support, and Adelante's $31.8M FLETC dormitory services. These represent a meaningful share of the batch and are largely labor- or project-based.

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    Only Lockheed Martin's $1.5M Coast Guard order is defense-related, meaning the batch offers almost no direct read on DOD budget dynamics, which are the largest single driver of the defense-contractor universe.

Watch List (6)

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    {"entity" => "Booz Allen Hamilton", "reason" => "Largest single obligation in the batch at $1,138,891,386 from the VA, though the record lacks pricing and competition detail and is dated 2021.", "trigger" => "Verification of the award record and any VA option exercise or recompete notice"}

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    {"entity" => "Space Exploration Technologies Corp.", "reason" => "$127.9M obligated against a $7B ceiling on the NASA Gateway Logistics firm-fixed-price contract, with outlays already at 90% of obligation.", "trigger" => "NASA option exercises or incremental funding actions toward the 2032-03-24 current end date"}

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    {"entity" => "Amazon Web Services", "reason" => "Sole-source $83.4M DHS/CISA cloud award with $0 outlayed and a potential end of 2028-08-31.", "trigger" => "First outlay activity and exercise of the option period through 2027-08-31"}

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    {"entity" => "Clark Construction Group", "reason" => "$117.0M CBP Border Patrol Station delivery order with $0 outlayed and a 2029-09-01 end date; parent public status unknown.", "trigger" => "Construction milestones and first outlay reporting"}

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    {"entity" => "Sentinel Group LLC", "reason" => "$40.6M VA order with 70% outlayed and a high pricing-risk flag under a firm-fixed-price structure.", "trigger" => "Remaining outlay pace and the 2027-05-19 current end date"}

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    {"entity" => "Lockheed Martin Corporation", "reason" => "Only defense-related record in the batch ($1.5M Coast Guard PAWSS order), a sole-source software sustainment award.", "trigger" => "Follow-on or recompete announcement for PAWSS maintenance after 2026-09-29"}

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