§ Government Contracting Lexicon
Past Performance & CPARS.
Past performance is the government’s evaluation of how well you delivered prior contracts, formally recorded in CPARS (the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System) and weighed heavily in most award decisions.
§ 01 · Definition
What it means.
In practice, for a bidder.
Strong, relevant, recent past performance is often the difference between competitive bidders. Newer firms bridge the gap with subcontract experience, teaming, and clearly labeled relevant commercial work.
§ 02 · In the wild
Find it live.
Recent awards in this category (verifiable records).
USASpending.govrecent NAICS 541512 awards on USASpending.gov (the government's own record), as of 2026-08-23. Each links to the government's own record.
Oracle Health Government Services · $1.42B
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · EHRM deployment waves (VISN 23 and VISN 15) ↗
Booz Allen Hamilton · $1.37B
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · T4NG task order: Benefits Integrated Delivery ↗
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) · $1.20B
General Services Administration · Enterprise IT services for USACE ↗
§ 03 · Related
Related terms.
Words that travel together.
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