Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs is a sub-office of the cabinet department responsible for federal health and human services policy and operations, handling the agency's relationships with state, local, tribal, and international governments as well as external stakeholders. The Office procures a range of contracted services and solutions to support intergovernmental coordination, external communications, and policy engagement.

The Office has awarded 747 federal contracts totaling $718.2 million in combined potential value since 2006, with $267.4 million obligated to date. Recent award volume has declined noticeably: 56 awards in 2022, 57 in 2023, 48 in 2024, 34 in 2025, and 15 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is September 30, 2026.

Over the last five years, contract competition is highly concentrated by award count—the top five awardees account for 62 percent of recent awards, with a majority of those attributable to miscellaneous foreign awardees (77, 37, and 9 awards respectively across three entries). However, by potential value, the competition is highly fragmented; the top five by value cover only 7 percent of combined potential value. Nava PBC leads by value with $43.7 million across 2 awards, while miscellaneous foreign awardees and smaller domestic vendors make up the remainder. New TECH Solutions, Inc. appears among the top awardees by count but with minimal reported value.

The Office's contract awards are almost entirely unrestricted: 99 percent carry no set-aside designation. The remaining 1 percent includes 7 small-business set-asides, 1 HUBZone award, and 1 service-disabled veteran-owned small business award.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Office in the available solicitation data.