Office of the Secretary

The Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary, a civilian cabinet department sub-office, procures professional services, IT systems, facility management, and specialized research support across multiple operating bureaus and field sites. The Office of the Secretary's contracting footprint rolls up awards from its sub-offices including the Office of Acquisition Management, the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the International Trade Administration, and the Bureau of Industry and Security.

The Department has awarded 9,160 federal contracts since 1985 with a combined potential value of $9.66 billion, of which $3.1 billion has been obligated. Recent activity shows 581 awards in 2023, 571 in 2024, 330 in 2025, and 482 in 2026, with 5 awards recorded year-to-date in 2027. The latest recorded award date is August 2027.

Competitive concentration is concentrated: Professional And Scientific Associates, Inc. leads by award count with 1,280 awards over the last five years generating $74.4 million combined potential value, followed distantly by CSP Enterprises, LLC with 98 awards ($7.9 million) and Cartridge Technologies, LLC with 80 awards ($8.2 million). The top five primes account for 62 percent of recent awards, though by combined potential value they hold only 2 percent—a structural signal that the Department transacts heavily through Schedule task orders, BPA calls, and modifications with unreported dollar fields. Among 1,548 distinct prime contractors awarded cumulatively, the long tail of smaller vendors captures material volume.

Set-aside activity is minimal: 68 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 15 percent are total small-business set-asides and 3 percent competitive 8(a). SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB collectively account for 1 percent of awards.

Grant activity is historical only. The Department has awarded 16 grants totaling $15.1 million obligated since 2001, with the most recent award closed in January 2009. Fifteen of the 16 awards are Cooperative Agreements; one is a Project Grant. No recent grant opportunities are recorded.

Current contract opportunities span facility services, IT infrastructure, and specialized research. The Office of Facilities and Environmental Quality is procuring up to three Architect-Engineer IDIQ contracts (small-business set-aside, due October 20, 2026) for renovation and modernization projects at the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, DC. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is soliciting a cloud-based Governance, Risk, and Compliance automation platform for FISMA compliance (no set-aside, due September 28, 2026) and has posted multiple small-business set-asides for facility maintenance work at the Table Mountain Field Site near Longmont, Colorado, including fiber optic network rebuild (due September 28, 2026), HVAC services (due August 28, 2026), grounds maintenance, custodial services, cistern cleaning, and door locks replacement. The International Trade Administration intends sole-source awards to Yole Inc. for semiconductor and ICT market intelligence (due September 17, 2026) and to Centre of Policy Studies at Victoria University for computable general-equilibrium economic modeling services (due September 18, 2026).