Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration is a civilian sub-agency that procures administrative, IT, and operational-support services for HHS and its component agencies, including the Indian Health Service, National Institutes of Health, and Food and Drug Administration.

The Office has awarded 32,930 federal contracts cumulatively since 1991, with combined potential value of $36.64 billion and $25.64 billion in obligated dollars (70 percent of potential value). Recent contract volume has declined sharply: 564 awards in 2022, 611 in 2023, 524 in 2024, 182 in 2025, and 39 year-to-date in 2026. The Office transacts through 5,710 distinct prime contractors. Carahsoft Technology Corp leads by award count with 91 awards and $157.9 million in combined potential value over the last five years; Dell Federal Systems L.P. and The Mitre Corporation follow by value. Competitive concentration is highly fragmented, with the top five contractors by award count representing only 14 percent of recent awards and the top five by value representing only 1 percent of combined potential value. The Office conducts substantial volume through Schedule task orders, BPA calls, and modifications with potential value not reported in source data.

Set-asides are minimal. No-set-aside awards account for 88 percent of all awards. 8(a) sole-source and total small-business designations each represent 5 percent of volume; competitive 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB awards together represent 1 percent or less. The Indian Health Service, a subordinate component, regularly issues Buy Indian set-asides in its recent solicitations.

Recent contract opportunities reflect the Office's infrastructure and mission-support focus. A Pre-Solicitation for IHS FICAM Program Support seeks development of three Service Now portal modules for personnel security, contractor, and applicant workflows, with due date 19 October 2026 (passed). A Solicitation for an Optimized Storage and Replenishment Solution supports medical-supply operations at Gallup Indian Medical Center and is set aside for ISBEEs or IEEs under the Buy Indian Act; quotations were due 25 September 2026 (passed). A Request for Quotation for IHS Navajo Area Telecommunications Services is a single-source commercial acquisition for remote clinic connectivity, with quotations due 13 October 2026 (passed). Multiple sole-source notices for software licenses and renewals (UpToDate, Trialtrove+, Smartsheet, Pantheon, ChemAxon) and data-system maintenance have recent due dates now passed. A competitive Total Small Business Set-Aside for HHS Modernization Discovery, Prototyping, and Implementation Planning sought a 25-week engagement with award targeting 30 September 2026. The most recently recorded award date is 31 October 2026.