Office of the Inspector General

The Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General, a civilian sub-agency within the cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security, procures contracts to support its investigative, audit, and oversight operations across DHS components and programs.

The Office of Inspector General has awarded 3,654 federal contracts since October 2002, with 136 awards in 2022, 126 in 2023, 111 in 2024, 88 in 2025, and 106 year-to-date in 2026. The combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $1.44 billion, with $865.7 million obligated to date. The most recent recorded award date is October 13, 2026.

The contractor base is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees account for 42 percent of recent awards by count, with multiple groupings holding 128, 60, 27, and 20 awards respectively. Carahsoft Technology Corp ranks fifth in recent award count with 14 awards totaling $6.6 million in combined potential value. By potential value over the same window, Madison Associates Inc. leads at $10.9 million across 4 awards, followed by Carahsoft at $6.6 million. The top five vendors by potential value collectively represent only 2 percent of combined potential value, reflecting a dispersed spending pattern across 1,047 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio.

The procurement mix is dominated by open competition. Ninety percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business awards total 4 percent across all set-aside categories combined, with 8(a) Sole Source accounting for 2 percent, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business for 2 percent, HUBZone Sole Source for 1 percent, and remaining designations under 1 percent each.

Two recent contract opportunities opened in October 2026. The Office of Inspector General issued a Special Notice on October 14, 2026 (solicitation REQASR-26-00-041) for Intrusion Detection System and Physical Access Control System upgrades under Total Small Business set-aside, with a due date of November 13, 2026; the requirement builds from an existing competitively awarded FSS order held by Security Hunter, Inc. The Office of Chief Information Officer issued a second Special Notice on October 13, 2026 (solicitation REQCIO-26-00-095) for Information Technology Support Services NEXT GEN under Total Small Business set-aside, also with a due date of November 12, 2026, to furnish contractor staff for cloud and on-premise system engineering, network administration, development, cybersecurity, and project management across the OIG's IT infrastructure.