International Programs

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Programs procures contracts in support of international forestry cooperation, technical assistance, and natural-resource management activities. The International Programs office operates as a sub-agency within USDA Forest Service and awards contracts to support bilateral and multilateral forestry partnerships, capacity building, and research exchange with foreign governments and international organizations.

The International Programs office has awarded 1,248 federal contracts totaling $152.7 million in combined potential value since December 2016, with $151.9 million obligated. Recent activity has contracted sharply: the office awarded 226 contracts in 2022, 378 in 2023, and 471 in 2024, but dropped to 49 awards in 2025 and 1 award year-to-date in 2026. This collapse in 2025–2026 awards represents a dramatic departure from the 2023–2024 growth trend and signals either programmatic pause, budget constraint, or portfolio wind-down.

Contract competition is highly concentrated. Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc. dominates with 1,019 awards (82% of recent awards) and $117.7 million in combined potential value (77% of portfolio dollars). Training Resources Group, Inc. ranks second with 87 awards and $7.4 million, followed distantly by Olgoonik Worldwide Services LLC with 17 awards and $2.8 million. The top five primes hold 99% of recent awards by count and 87% by potential value. Only 15 distinct prime contractors have been awarded since 2016, and Management & Engineering Technologies accounts for virtually all transactional volume—a structural dependency that makes the 2025–2026 award drought particularly significant.

Set-asides are minimal. Ninety-eight percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; only nine awards (1%) fall under small-business set-asides. This near-absence of SBA carve-outs suggests the International Programs office sources primarily from unrestricted-competition prime vendors capable of delivering international development and technical services.

The most recent recorded award date is September 10, 2026. No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the International Programs office. The combination of contracting activity collapse, single-source concentration risk, and absence of open solicitations suggests the office is either in portfolio closeout, awaiting budget reauthorization, or undergoing internal restructuring. Firms currently holding standing with Management & Engineering Technologies or Training Resources Group may be positioned for residual task orders, but no forward solicitation visibility is available.