Acquisitions

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions is a civilian sub-agency within USDA that procures goods, services, and grants supporting national forest management, conservation, and stewardship activities across the federal forest estate.

The Forest Service has awarded 16,153 federal contracts since 2003 with combined potential value of $6 billion and $4.98 billion obligated to date. Contract activity declined notably over the last five years: 1,042 awards in 2022, 826 in 2023, 653 in 2024, 322 in 2025, and 345 year-to-date in 2026. Among 2,348 distinct prime contractors, the competitive landscape is concentrated: the top five primes by award count hold 50 percent of recent awards. Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc. leads by count with 670 awards and $94.2 million combined potential value over the last five years, followed by Government Acquisitions LLC (626 awards, $16.2 million) and The Winvale Group LLC (136 awards, $20.5 million). By dollar value, the top five are more dispersed, holding only 4 percent of combined potential value across recent awards — Management & Engineering Technologies International Inc., Relm Communications Inc., and New TECH Solutions Inc. capture the largest individual contract values, but the long tail of awards remains fragmented.

The set-aside mix reflects a predominantly open competitive posture: 77 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while small-business set-asides (both total and 8(a)) account for about 16 percent of the portfolio. Service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and woman-owned small-business designations each represent less than 1 percent of awards.

The Forest Service also funds grants supporting forest conservation and stewardship: 1,159 grants totaling $1.02 billion in federal dollars obligated across 566 distinct recipients since 2011. Grant activity has declined from 145 awards in 2022 to 32 year-to-date in 2026, with 175 awards in 2024 representing the five-year peak. Grant recipients are highly fragmented by count, with the top five holding 10 percent of recent awards; by federal dollars, the top five hold 16 percent. American Forests leads by dollars ($67.7 million across 4 awards), followed by United States Endowment For Forestry And Communities Inc. ($41.5 million across 13 awards) and National Forest Foundation ($27.1 million across 7 awards). Grants are predominantly structured as Project Grants (64 percent of awards) with Cooperative Agreements comprising 36 percent.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are present in the source data. The most recent contract award date recorded is in the future (November 9, 2026); the most recent grant award closed on August 28, 2026.