Office of the General Counsel

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the General Counsel is a civilian sub-agency within HHS that procures legal services and related contract support for the department's legal operations.

The Office of the General Counsel has awarded 53 federal contracts cumulatively since 1991, with recent activity averaging fewer than two awards per year. The agency closed its most recent award on September 23, 2024. Over the last five years, the Office awarded contracts in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, posting 3 awards in 2021, 5 in 2022, 1 in 2023, and 4 in 2024. The combined potential value of all awards is $2.5 million, though obligated spending has reached $3 million across the portfolio. Among 40 distinct prime contractors awarded over the portfolio history, competitive concentration is highly fragmented; the top five awardees by count over the last five years hold 91 percent of recent awards but account for only 4 percent of combined potential value, a disparity indicating that the largest awards by dollar value remain distributed across a long tail of vendors. Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees hold the top position by both award count (4 awards) and potential value ($57 thousand), followed by New TECH Solutions, Inc. (3 awards, $4 thousand), Government Acquisitions LLC (2 awards, $1 thousand), Bahfed Corp (1 award, $17 thousand), and Chinaunicom Beijing Branch (1 award, $11 thousand). The portfolio is predominantly unrestricted — 94 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 4 percent of awards, with an additional 2 percent designated as Woman-Owned Small Business.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Office of the General Counsel.