Office of the Chief Financial Officer

The Department of Education Office of the Chief Financial Officer is a sub-office within the cabinet-level Department of Education that procures financial management, administrative, and operational-support services through federal contracts. The Office of the Chief Financial Officer handles facilities, security, technology infrastructure, and business services requisite to Education Department operations across multiple campus and regional locations.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer has awarded 1,308 contracts cumulatively since 2000, with a combined potential value of $1.08 billion and $914.9 million obligated to date. Recent activity shows a declining trend: 94 awards in 2022, 93 in 2023, 108 in 2024, 40 in 2025, and 32 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on September 30, 2026.

Contract competition is highly fragmented by award count, with the top five primes accounting for 27 percent of awards over the last five years. Govsolutions, Inc. leads by count with 39 awards and $3.4 million in combined potential value, followed by Silent Partner Security Systems, Inc. with 37 awards and $543 thousand combined potential value, and Carahsoft Technology Corp with 11 awards and $628 thousand combined potential value. By contract value, the top five cover only 7 percent of combined potential value, indicating heavy dispersion. Optumserve Technology Services, Inc. ranks first by value with 7 awards worth $59.2 million, followed by Kaiva Tech LLC with 5 awards worth $7.9 million, and Steelcase Inc. with 7 awards totaling $6 million. The Office of the Chief Financial Officer works with 509 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio, reflecting a highly competitive and fragmented vendor base.

Set-aside activity is minimal. Eighty-four percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business awards account for 5 percent of the portfolio (68 awards), with 8(a) sole-source awards comprising 3 percent (43 awards). HUBZone awards total 11 (1 percent), and competitive 8(a) awards account for 7 (1 percent). Woman-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business awards together represent less than 1 percent.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in the source data. The declining award volume and absence of open solicitations suggest limited near-term procurement activity at the Office.