Pacific West Area

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Pacific West Area is a sub-agency within USDA that procures scientific equipment, facilities operations, and implementation services in support of agricultural research activities across the Pacific West region. The office executes a high-volume, low-dollar contracting strategy characteristic of research support operations.

ARS Pacific West has awarded 9,981 federal contracts since 2003, with a combined potential value of $512.3 million and $458.5 million obligated to date. Recent activity shows a declining trend: the office issued 411 awards in 2022, 388 in 2023, 353 in 2024, 162 in 2025, and 233 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on October 12, 2026. Across the portfolio, 2,809 distinct prime contractors have received awards, indicating a highly fragmented competitive base.

Within the last five years, Government Scientific Source Inc. leads by award count with 57 contracts worth $2.6 million in combined potential value, followed by Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. with 31 awards ($582 thousand) and Akima Facilities Operations LLC with 27 awards ($399 thousand). By potential value, the same three vendors appear but in reordered positions relative to smaller-value primes including Samyak Solutions, Inc., Agilent Technologies Inc., and Thermo Electron North America LLC, each holding low single-digit-million ranges. Top five vendors account for only 2 percent of recent combined potential value—a reflection of the office's reliance on numerous small purchases distributed across a broad supplier network. This concentration pattern indicates that no single vendor or small cohort dominates the procurement landscape; instead, the agency maintains relationships with hundreds of suppliers across relatively modest contract values.

Set-aside activity remains minimal. Eighty-two percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small Business set-asides (all categories combined) account for 15 percent of awards, with traditional Small Business representing the vast majority of that share. 8(a) awards total 2 percent (180 sole-source, 12 competitive). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, and other designated categories represent less than 1 percent of activity collectively.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded against ARS Pacific West in the source data.