Citizen and Immigration Services

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a sub-agency of the Department of Homeland Security, administers federal immigration and naturalization law through adjudication of applications, benefits processing, and security vetting. USCIS procures contracts and issues grants to support these mission operations. The agency's contracting activity is managed by the Office of Contracting (OCON) and operates across multiple execution divisions and program portfolios.

USCIS has awarded 15,541 federal contracts since 2002, with a combined potential value of $26.66 billion and $20.04 billion obligated to date. Contract activity has remained steady: 386 awards in 2022, 386 in 2023, 388 in 2024, 288 in 2025, and 308 year-to-date in 2026. The agency works with 2,858 distinct prime contractors. The competitive landscape is highly fragmented. Steelcase Inc. leads by award count with 181 awards over the last five years ($39 million combined potential value), followed by Panamerica Computers, Inc. (130 awards, $129.3 million) and Blue TECH Inc. (51 awards, $35.7 million). By potential value, Govplace, LLC ranks first ($274.2 million across 25 awards), followed by Iron Mountain Information Management LLC ($138.2 million, 35 awards) and Panamerica Computers, Inc. ($129.3 million, 130 awards). The top five primes account for only 3 percent of recent contract potential value, indicating a highly dispersed vendor base. The vast majority of awards—79 percent—carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides represent 10 percent of awards, HUBZone 4 percent, and 8(a) sole-source 2 percent, with remaining designations each under 1 percent.

USCIS has issued 663 federal grants since 2003, obligating $259.1 million in federal dollars across 258 distinct recipients. Grant activity was 40 awards in 2021, 62 in 2022, 65 in 2023, 43 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. Grant recipients are highly fragmented; the top five by award count hold only 6 percent of recent awards, and by federal dollars they hold 1 percent. Hartford Public Library leads by federal dollars with $700 thousand across 2 awards; the majority of recipients cluster around $600 thousand. The grant portfolio is dominated by Project Grants (91 percent of awards), with Block Grants comprising 6 percent and Cooperative Agreements 3 percent. Grant recipients include community-based immigrant-service organizations, legal-aid nonprofits, and academic institutions.

Recent contract opportunities span operational support and mission-critical services. USCIS released a Special Notice for its FY27 First Quarter Engagement with Industry on October 27, 2026, an industry-day briefing on procurement requirements by execution division and portfolio. Active solicitations include Integrated Commercial Vetting and Data-Analysis Pilot Services (due September 9, 2026), Corroboration-Based Interviewing Training for the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate set aside for small business (due September 10, 2026), Online Personal Data Protection services for the Office of Security and Integrity (due September 9, 2026), and Forklifts, Pallet Jacks, and Picker Stackers for the Office of Intake and Document Production and Office of Information Technology (due September 9, 2026). A pre-solicitation for Records Operations Services at the National Benefits Center (due September 18, 2026) and a sole-source pre-solicitation for Lockbox Wholesale Support Services with JPMorgan Chase Bank (due August 27, 2026; anticipated award December 15, 2026) signal upcoming procurements for administrative and benefits-processing infrastructure.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is responsible for processing immigration and naturalization applications and establishing policies regarding immigration services.