Human Resources

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Human Resources is a civilian sub-agency within the USDA that procures human-resources and workforce-related services and training products to support rural housing operations. The service has awarded 34 federal contracts totaling $6.6 million in potential value since 2018, with $4.9 million obligated to date. Contract activity peaked in 2021 with 12 awards, then declined sharply: 4 awards in 2022 and 2 in 2023, with no recorded awards since September 2023.

The contract portfolio is highly fragmented across 20 distinct prime contractors. LRP Publications, Inc. leads by award count with 3 contracts valued at $60 thousand combined potential value; Carahsoft Technology Corp holds the largest single award at $79 thousand. The top five primes cover only 88 percent of recent awards by count and 4 percent of combined potential value, indicating a long tail of single or low-value awards distributed across the remaining contractors. No single vendor dominates either dimension.

All 34 awards carry no set-aside designation. The contract values are uniformly modest, ranging from $8 thousand to $79 thousand per award, consistent with purchase-order or subscription-based procurements for training platforms, publications, and conference services rather than large-scale professional services or systems development.

No recent contract opportunities or contract awards are recorded against the agency since September 2023. The portfolio shows no activity year-to-date in 2026. Given the three-year hiatus in award activity and the absence of open solicitations in the recent-opportunities feed, the agency's contracting posture appears dormant. Firms interested in this sub-agency should monitor for renewed solicitation activity or contact the office directly to understand current staffing and training priorities before committing business-development resources.