Office of Disability Employment Policy

The Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy is a civilian sub-agency within the Department of Labor that designs and funds employment programs and initiatives for workers with disabilities. The Office operates primarily through contracts and has transacted $207.8 million in combined contract awards cumulatively across 440 awards since 1992, with $205.6 million obligated. Contract activity has declined substantially in recent years: the Office issued 15 awards in 2022, 7 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 4 year-to-date in 2026. The Office's grant activity has been dormant since 2013.

Over the last five years, the contract competitive landscape is moderately concentrated. Concepts, Inc. holds the lead position with 10 awards totaling $22.1 million in combined potential value, accounting for 59 percent of recent award count among the top five primes. American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences and Economic Systems Inc. are secondary players by potential value, with $16.5 million and $12.4 million respectively. The remaining 139 distinct primes in the all-time portfolio operate across a long tail; concentration by potential value across the top five is much lower at 28 percent of recent combined potential value. Eighty-three percent of all awards across the portfolio history carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides (including Total Small Business, 8(a) Sole Source, Partial Small Business, and Woman-Owned Small Business) account for 14 percent of awards, with 8(a) Sole Source representing the largest set-aside category at 3 percent.

Grant activity closed in 2013. The Office issued 97 total grant awards between 2001 and 2013, obligating $69.1 million in federal dollars. Project Grants dominated the assistance-type mix at 87 percent of awards, with Cooperative Agreements comprising the remaining 13 percent. The grant recipient base is highly concentrated, with only 13 distinct recipients across the portfolio history. No recent grant opportunities are recorded.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Office.

ODEP works to create policies to ensure that people with disabilities are fully integrated in the workforce.