Louisiana State Office

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Louisiana State Office is a sub-agency within USDA that administers rural housing loan and grant programs in Louisiana, procuring legal and administrative services through small contracts awarded to local vendors and practitioners. The office has issued 711 federal contracts since 2014, with combined potential value of $1.7 million and combined dollars obligated at $1.7 million. Contract activity has declined sharply: 97 awards in 2018, 53 in 2019, 17 in 2020, 7 in 2021, and 1 in 2022, with the most recent award dated April 15, 2022. No contracts have been awarded in the last four years and six months.

The contract portfolio is highly fragmented across 44 distinct prime contractors. Over the last five years, De Keyzer, Gregory R Olivier Attorney At Law holds a single award valued at $4 thousand, representing 100 percent of awards by count and effectively zero percent of combined potential value given the portfolio's small dollar scale. The long tail of vendors shows no concentration, consistent with the office's reliance on individual legal practitioners and small local service providers rather than larger contracting firms.

Small Business set-asides dominate the portfolio at 87 percent of awards (619 contracts), with the remaining 13 percent (92 contracts) issued without set-aside designation. The low dollar volume per award and prevalence of small-business awards reflect the office's support role in rural housing administration rather than capital-intensive procurement.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the office. No grant activity is recorded against the office in the source data provided. Given the absence of contract awards for more than four years and no active solicitation pipeline, contracting activity at this office does not present a current pursuit opportunity.