Management Services

The Department of Agriculture Management Services, a sub-agency within the USDA, procures administrative and management-support services to sustain departmental operations. The agency's contract portfolio spans core support functions typically found across federal civilian agencies — facilities management, IT infrastructure, human resources administration, and related back-office capabilities.

The Department of Agriculture Management Services has issued 22 federal contract awards since 2005, with the most recent award closed on August 26, 2013. Contract activity peaked in 2011 with 9 awards, preceded by 4 awards in 2010 and 2 in 2009; activity dropped to 3 awards in 2012 and 2 in 2013. The combined award potential value across all contracts stands at $768 thousand, with $787 thousand obligated — representing 102 percent of the potential-value ceiling. The portfolio engages 19 distinct prime contractors across its lifetime.

All 22 awards carry no set-aside designation; the entire portfolio is unrestricted to set-aside categories including 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or small-business set-asides. The small contract footprint and the absence of recent award activity — no awards recorded since August 2013 — suggest that the Department of Agriculture Management Services either sources most management services through parent-agency procurement channels, leverages government-wide acquisition vehicles, or fulfills these requirements through non-competitive mechanisms outside the recorded contracting portfolio. No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Department of Agriculture Management Services or its descendant offices.