Central Program Planning Coordination and Support

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Central Program Planning Coordination and Support, a civilian sub-agency within USDA, executes contract and grant funding to support agricultural research infrastructure, planning, and coordination activities across the research enterprise.

The agency awarded 4,942 federal contracts totaling $1.59 billion in combined potential value since 2002, with $1.36 billion obligated to date. Recent activity shows 185 awards in 2022, 142 in 2023, 161 in 2024, 122 in 2025, and 142 year-to-date in 2026. Among 1,505 distinct prime contractors, competitive concentration is fragmented. In the last five years, International Support Group LLC leads by award count with 43 awards, followed by Library Associates of Maryland, LLC with 29 and New TECH Solutions, Inc. with 23; these three account for just 15 percent of recent awards. By combined potential value, Innovative Consulting & Management Services, LLC dominates with 8 awards worth $63.1 million, while Your Recruiting Company, Inc. holds 11 awards valued at $49.6 million; the top five by value represent only 8 percent of combined potential value from recent transactions. The contract set-aside mix is heavily weighted toward unrestricted competition: 82 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 9 percent of awards, with 8(a) sole-source awards representing 6 percent, 8(a) competitive awards 1 percent, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, and woman-owned small business awards each under 1 percent.

The agency obligated $685.5 million in federal grant dollars across 2,913 awards to 377 distinct recipients since 2011, with the most recent award dated September 2026. Grant activity has declined from 675 awards in 2022 to 102 year-to-date in 2026, reflecting a four-year downward trend. Grant-recipient concentration is fragmented. Over the last five years, Washington State University leads by award count with 65 awards, followed by University of California, Davis with 57 and North Dakota State University with 55; these three capture 20 percent of recent awards. By federal dollars, Auburn University leads with 36 awards worth $22.4 million, while Texas A&M Agrilife Research holds 27 awards valued at $17.9 million; the top five recipients represent 13 percent of recent federal dollars. The grant portfolio is predominantly Cooperative Agreements, which comprise 86 percent of awards, with Project Grants making up the remaining 14 percent.

Recent contract opportunities and grant opportunities information is not recorded in the source data.