Office of the Solicitor General

The Department of Justice Office of the Solicitor General, a sub-agency of the Cabinet department, provides legal representation for the United States in cases before the Supreme Court and other appellate forums and procures support services and materials for its litigation operations. The office maintains a minimal procurement footprint focused on routine operational needs rather than substantive legal or technical work.

The Office of the Solicitor General has awarded 76 federal contracts since 2014, with combined potential value of $6.4 million and combined dollars obligated of $5.3 million (82% of potential value). Recent activity has remained steady at 6 awards per year in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, declining to 1 award recorded year-to-date in 2026. Twenty-seven distinct prime contractors have received awards across the portfolio lifetime.

Competition is highly fragmented among current primes. Over the last five years, the top five contractors by award count hold 77% of recent awards, but their combined value represents only 23% of recent spending by value, indicating that most awards are individually small. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority dominates by count with 6 awards totaling $1.3 million in combined potential value, followed distantly by West Publishing Corporation and Federal Express Corporation, each with 5 awards. The remaining field of primes transacts in single to low double-digit thousands per award.

The vast majority of awards carry no set-aside designation—92% are non-set-aside procurements. A small number of awards use 8(a) Sole Source (4%), HUBZone (1%), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (1%), and other small-business designations (1%), indicating that set-asides are not a material component of the office's contracting strategy.

The office's procurement profile reflects its administrative and litigation-support mission: West Publishing Corporation and Federal Express Corporation contract values suggest law-library and courier services; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority awards point to transportation contracts; smaller vendors supply communications and software tools. No recent federal contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the source data, indicating that solicitation activity is either internal or not currently staged in public channels accessible to the digest.