Legal Attache

The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Legal Attache is a civilian sub-agency within the FBI that conducts foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations overseas through resident offices at U.S. embassies worldwide. The Legal Attache procures goods and services in support of its international operations, including administrative, communications, and local support functions.

The Legal Attache has awarded 185 federal contracts cumulatively since 2013, with combined potential value of $18.1 million and $10.9 million in dollars obligated. Recent activity has declined sharply: 7 awards in 2022, 8 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recently recorded award date is January 1, 2026. Fifty-eight distinct prime contractors have received awards across the portfolio lifetime.

The competitive structure is highly fragmented. Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees holds 7 awards worth $228 thousand combined potential value (the largest by count and value among recent awardees), but the top five primes by award count account for only 62% of recent awards and top five by potential value represent just 4% of combined potential value. Truebell Marketing & Trading LLC, Telefonica Celular S.A. De C.V., and several other foreign vendors with one to two awards each comprise the remainder of recent activity. No single prime dominates the portfolio; the bulk of the contractor base consists of small, one-time or occasional vendors, many of them foreign entities serving localized operational needs at overseas locations.

Set-aside activity is minimal. Ninety-five percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; 5% are designated Small Business, totaling 10 awards. No 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone set-asides are present in the reported portfolio.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Legal Attache. The absence of open solicitation activity, combined with the precipitous decline in awards over the last three years, signals either a contraction in procurement volume, a shift to alternative acquisition mechanisms not captured in the digest, or consolidation of purchasing through parent FBI or Justice Department vehicles.