Kansas State Office

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Kansas State Office is a sub-agency within USDA's civilian lending and housing-support mission that administers federal guaranteed loans, direct loans, and grants for rural housing development in Kansas. The office operates as a loan servicer and property-management entity rather than a traditional procurement organization, which shapes its contract profile substantially.

The office has issued 1,101 federal contract awards since 2015, with a steep decline in recent activity. Awards totaled 359 in 2018, 256 in 2019, 83 in 2020, 4 in 2021, and 1 year-to-date in 2024 through the most recent award on May 22, 2024. Combined contract potential value stands at $1.2 million, fully obligated. The 83 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio indicate a highly fragmented competitive base. Over the last five years, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. holds 100 percent of recorded recent awards by count (1 award, $11 thousand potential value), though this reflects minimal transactional volume rather than program dominance.

The set-aside distribution reflects the office's loan-servicing role: 60 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation (660 awards), while 40 percent are small-business set-asides (440 awards), with 1 partial small-business award. The combination suggests the office awards most work to established vendors under unrestricted competition, with a meaningful share reserved for small business. The low aggregate dollar value ($1.2 million across 1,101 awards) indicates these are predominantly routine property-management, maintenance, or administrative-support contracts rather than major acquisitions—typical for a housing-services office managing a portfolio of rural properties and loan documents.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the office, and the award cadence (1 award in 2024 and 4 in 2021 after higher 2018–2020 volume) signals that the office is not actively pursuing new contract vendors at this time. Business development professionals should treat this office as low-opportunity for contracting purposes. The office does not transact in grants and does not function as a grant-funding source.