Central Region

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service Central Region is a civilian sub-agency within USDA that procures conservation and natural-resource management services and supplies across the central United States. The Central Region awards contracts for surveying, environmental assessment, construction support, materials, and equipment across agricultural and forestry conservation initiatives.

The Central Region has awarded 10,331 federal contracts since 2004, totaling $738.7 million in combined potential value with $692.4 million obligated. Annual award volume has declined from 242 contracts in 2022 and 229 in 2023 to 220 in 2024, 108 in 2025, and 131 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award was recorded most recently on 2026-11-01. Over the last five years, 2,263 distinct prime contractors have been awarded at least one contract, indicating a highly fragmented competitive landscape. Among the top five by award count over the last five years (covering 19 percent of recent awards), Steelcase Inc. leads with 56 awards totaling $3.4 million, followed by Moi, Inc. with 35 awards ($2.7 million) and Midland Surveying, Inc. with 29 awards ($2.4 million). By combined potential value over the same window (covering 7 percent of recent spending), Conservation Works JV LLC tops the list with 15 awards totaling $12.2 million, followed by AD Astra Collaborative LLC with 21 awards ($11.2 million) and Trimble Inc. with 28 awards ($10.9 million). The fragmentation across both metrics reflects the nature of the Central Region's work: small-to-mid-sized surveying, environmental, and construction contracts distributed across a large geographic footprint.

Three-quarters of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for approximately 20 percent of awards, with Emerging Small Business representing 3 percent and 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) awards each representing 1 percent or less. Woman-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone, and other disadvantage-focused set-asides together represent fewer than 1 percent of awards.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in the available data. No grant opportunities or grant activity are present against this agency or its descendant offices.