Oklahoma State Office

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Oklahoma State Office is a civilian sub-agency within USDA that administers federal housing loan and grant programs for rural Oklahoma residents and communities. The office awards contracts to support its mission of expanding homeownership, improving housing quality, and financing community facilities in rural areas. The portfolio reflects a secondary contracting function — the office's primary role is managing direct loans and grants to rural borrowers and applicants rather than procuring goods and services.

Since 2015, the office has awarded 674 federal contracts totaling $834 thousand in combined potential value across 51 distinct prime contractors, with $776 thousand obligated. Activity was front-loaded: the office issued 236 awards in 2019, then declined sharply to 51 in 2020, 27 in 2021, and only 4 in 2022. Over the last five years, the office recorded 7 awards as of mid-2024, indicating minimal recent contracting volume. One of the seven most-recent awards carried no reported potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, or below-threshold purchase orders.

The competitive landscape among recent awardees is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count (Simmons, Grace E; Fleck, LLC; Tri Leadership Resources L.L.C.; United Parcel Service CO.; and Eco-Friendly Cleaning Specialist, LLC) account for 86 percent of recent awards, but no single vendor dominates. By potential value, the top five hold only 25 percent of combined recent value; Eco-Friendly Cleaning Specialist, LLC leads with $86 thousand across one award. Roughly 79 percent of awards office-wide carry Small Business set-asides, reflecting preference for small contractors; 21 percent use no set-aside. Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business set-asides comprise less than 1 percent of the portfolio.

The office does not maintain an active recent contracting pipeline. The most recent recorded award dates to July 2024. No recent contract opportunities are posted in the source data, and the steeply declining award cadence suggests this sub-agency functions primarily as a loan and grant administrator rather than a regular contract buyer. Business development professionals evaluating opportunity at this office should assess whether secondary contracting support — such as facilities maintenance, cleaning, or administrative services — aligns with their core business, but should not expect a robust or frequent competitive procurement calendar.