Washington Office

The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Washington Office is a civilian sub-agency within USDA that contracts for operational and programmatic support services and funds grants to agricultural development and rural advancement organizations domestically and internationally.

The Agency's contract portfolio totals 2,191 awards with a combined potential value of $1.53 billion, of which $1.18 billion has been obligated. Contract activity has declined substantially: 316 awards in 2016, 254 in 2017, 173 in 2018, 31 in 2019, and 2 in 2020, with the most recent award closed on 2020-02-04. The contract base comprises 948 distinct prime contractors, making the competitive structure highly fragmented — the top five primes by award count hold no reported potential value concentration figures and account for an unknown combined share. The portfolio is dominated by unrestricted competition, with 88 percent of awards carrying no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides (including 8(a) sole-source, competitive 8(a), and total small-business awards) represent 9 percent of the portfolio; woman-owned small-business awards represent 2 percent; service-disabled veteran-owned and HUBZone designations account for less than 1 percent combined.

The Agency's grant portfolio is substantially more active, totaling 10,282 awards with $456.8 million in combined federal dollars obligated across 201 distinct recipients. Annual grant activity was 1,956 awards in 2020, 1,392 in 2021, 1,431 in 2022, 1,308 in 2023, and 472 year-to-date in 2024. Grant recipients are highly fragmented by both award count and federal-dollar concentration — the top five recipients by count hold 3 percent of recent awards, while the top five by dollars hold 9 percent of federal obligated funds. Land O'Lakes Venture37 leads by award count with 59 grants totaling $1.3 million obligated. By federal dollars, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Inc. dominates with 2 awards representing $20.4 million obligated. Nearly all grant awards are Project Grants; 26 awards carry Cooperative Agreement designations.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded. No recent grant opportunities are recorded.