Mississippi State Office

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Mississippi State Office, a sub-agency within USDA that administers rural housing loan programs and related contracting for its Mississippi operations, has recorded minimal recent contract activity. The office has issued 520 total federal contract awards since 2016, with combined potential value of $431 thousand—all of which has been obligated. Recent activity has declined sharply: after issuing 160 awards in 2018 and 94 in 2019, the office recorded only 3 awards in 2020, 2 awards in 2024, and 1 award so far in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is August 2026.

The prime contractor base is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, Cardinal Regent Consulting LLC leads by award count with 1 award ($26 thousand), followed by M & A Investments Inc. with 1 award ($11 thousand) and Riverboat Company Of Mississippi, LLC with 1 award ($19 thousand). These three primes cover 100 percent of recent awards by count and 13 percent of combined potential value by dollars, indicating that award values are very small and spread across the 84 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio history. The contract set-aside mix skews toward unrestricted procurement: 62 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 38 percent are designated as Total Small Business (including 1 as 8(a) Sole Source).

The office issues no significant volume of recurring opportunities. Given the current activity level and the dollar scale of recent awards, contract pursuit here is limited to vendors seeking small, low-value service or supply awards with minimal volume predictability.