Minnesota State Office

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Minnesota State Office is a sub-agency of USDA that administers rural housing loan and assistance programs for eligible borrowers in Minnesota. The office funds and oversees direct loans, guaranteed loans, and grant programs supporting homeownership, rental housing, and essential community facilities in rural areas across the state.

Contract activity at the Minnesota State Office is minimal and declining. The office has awarded 755 contracts cumulatively since 2015, but recent volume has dropped sharply: 227 awards in 2018, 121 in 2019, then just 1 award in 2022, 1 in 2023, and 3 in 2024, with the most recent award dated September 23, 2024. Combined contract potential value is $617 thousand, fully obligated. The contract portfolio is highly fragmented by vendor concentration; the top five primes by award count each hold single awards and collectively represent 100 percent of recent activity, while by potential value the top prime, JPL & Associates, LLC, holds $102 thousand (about 17 percent of the combined total). The remaining primes in the top-five ranking by value account for a combined $52 thousand across four awards. Nearly all awards carry no set-aside designation: 99 percent of contracts are unrestricted, with only 1 percent (9 awards) designated for small business set-asides.

The sharp contraction in contract volume from 2019 to present suggests the office has substantially reduced or redirected its contracting activity, possibly consolidating support functions or shifting to different procurement vehicles. With only 6 awards recorded across the most recent five-year window and highly fragmented vendor concentration, contract pursuit at this office would target niche service or professional-services roles that align with rural housing administration rather than sustained prime relationships. The low combined dollar value and absence of recent competitive solicitation activity indicate this is a watch-only opportunity for most contractors unless pursuing specific, sporadic rural housing support work.