Midwest Area

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area is a civilian sub-agency that procures research supplies, equipment, consulting services, and field-support operations to conduct agricultural research across the Midwest region. The Midwest Area is a field research implementation hub within USDA-ARS, managing contracts to support applied agricultural science, crop development, and regional research operations.

The agency has awarded 11,857 federal contracts since 2002, with combined potential value of $973.9 million and $681.3 million obligated. Recent activity shows 367 awards in 2022, 359 in 2023, 362 in 2024, 160 in 2025, and 189 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on October 1, 2026. The agency transacts with 2,396 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio history.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented. The top five primes by award count over the last five years account for only 15 percent of recent awards. Innovative Consulting & Management Services, LLC leads by award count with 89 awards and $2.1 million combined potential value. Government Scientific Source Inc. follows with 45 awards and $1.7 million. Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., Franklin Young International, Incorporated, and Landus Cooperative round out the top five with 36, 27, and 26 awards respectively. By potential value, the top-five coverage drops to 2 percent, indicating that even the largest individual contracts represent minimal dollar concentration; Bailey Edward Design, Inc. leads by value at $5.5 million across 15 awards, followed by Shekar Engineering, P.l.c at $5.1 million across 18 awards.

The set-aside mix is heavily weighted toward open competitive procurements. No set-aside awards account for 9,834 awards or 83 percent of the portfolio. Small-business set-asides represent 1,751 awards or 15 percent, predominantly open Small Business awards; 8(a) sole-source and other socioeconomic set-asides together comprise 2 percent of awards. This structure indicates the agency's procurement is dominated by open-market scientific and administrative contracting rather than reserved-category acquisition.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in the source data for this agency. Business development professionals evaluating this opportunity should monitor the agency's future solicitation activity directly or through federal opportunities platforms, as the most recent awards suggest active procurement despite the absence of current open solicitations in the available data.