Maine State Office

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Maine State Office is a sub-agency of USDA responsible for administering single-family and multi-family housing programs in Maine, including loan servicing, property management, and compliance support. The office transacts primarily through small, routine operational contracts rather than large acquisition vehicles.

The Maine State Office awarded 1,317 federal contracts cumulatively since 2015, with combined potential value of $1.5 million and $1.5 million obligated. Award volume has declined sharply: 457 awards in 2018, 262 in 2019, 10 in 2020, 5 in 2021, and 2 in 2022. The most recent award closed on September 8, 2022. The compressed contract portfolio and minimal dollar ceiling indicate the office issues primarily task orders, purchase orders, or modifications under blanket agreements or existing contracts rather than full solicitations. No recent contract activity is recorded after 2022.

Contract competition is highly fragmented over the last five years, with the top three primes by award count (Mtnt Custodial Services, LLC; The Appraisal Group Inc.; and Broderick & Broderick) accounting for 100 percent of recorded awards but only 2 percent of combined potential value. This misalignment reflects the sub-thousand-dollar contract ceiling per award; multiple vendors share work across dozens of minimal-value service and appraisal tasks. Across the full portfolio, 36 distinct prime contractors have been awarded. Set-aside usage skews toward unrestricted awards: 87 percent of contracts carried no set-aside designation, while 13 percent were small-business set-asides. One 8(a) sole-source award appears in the historical record.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Maine State Office, and no recent contract awards are recorded after September 2022. Business development interest should be calibrated to the office's operational posture: the sharp decline in contracting activity post-2020 suggests a shift in procurement strategy or staffing capacity. Firms pursuing USDA Rural Housing work may find more robust opportunity flow through the national Rural Housing Service procurement channels or through companion USDA offices with active grant portfolios rather than through the Maine State Office contracting function.