Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy

The Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy is a civilian sub-agency within the Labor Department that procures research, analytics, and policy-support services for the department's policy development and evaluation functions. The office has awarded 276 federal contracts since 1991, with combined potential value of $258 million and $168.5 million in obligated dollars across 121 distinct prime contractors.

Contract activity has been sporadic in recent years. The office issued 13 awards in 2022, 7 in 2023, 12 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 4 so far in 2026, with the most recent award dated September 30, 2026. The competitive landscape is moderately concentrated by award count but fragmented by potential value. Over the last five years, Mathematica Inc. leads by award frequency with 6 awards totaling $23.6 million potential value, followed by The Urban Institute and ABT Global LLC with 3 awards each ($9.7 million and $13.8 million potential value respectively), Senzing, Inc. with 3 awards ($138 thousand), and Westat, Inc. with 2 awards ($17.6 million). The top five primes by award count hold 46 percent of recent awards; by dollar value, the top five hold 27 percent of combined potential value. Outside the top tier, the remaining 116 contractors have scattered representation across the portfolio.

Set-aside usage is minimal. Seventy-eight percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; 8(a) sole-source awards account for 8 percent of the portfolio, total small-business set-asides for 7 percent, and competitive 8(a), partial small business, and woman-owned small business collectively for less than 1 percent. The office does not report recent contract opportunities or grant activity.