Headquarters Offices

The Department of State Headquarters Offices, a civilian cabinet-department sub-agency, procures goods and services and funds research and policy work supporting diplomatic operations and international engagement.

The Department maintains a substantial contract portfolio spanning 14,564 awards since 2001, with combined potential value of $4.16 billion and $3.12 billion obligated. Contract activity has declined materially over the past five years: 380 awards in 2022, 421 in 2023, 396 in 2024, 220 in 2025, and 210 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is December 1, 2026. Across 1,744 distinct prime contractors, the competitive landscape is highly fragmented. By award count over the last five years, the top five primes account for 25 percent of recent awards, led by Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees with 157 awards valued at $20.1 million combined potential, followed by New TECH Solutions, Inc. (89 awards, $10.9 million) and CDW Government LLC (70 awards, $4.9 million). By potential value, however, concentration is fragmented—the top five combined account for only 8 percent of recent-period contract value. Thundercat Technology, LLC leads by value with 29 awards valued at $202.5 million combined potential, while Western Door Federal, LLC holds 29 awards valued at $43.1 million. The contract set-aside mix is dominated by unrestricted awards: 92 percent carry no set-aside designation. Small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-asides each represent 3 percent of awards, with 8(a) designations (sole source and competitive combined) totaling 1 percent; all other set-aside categories represent less than 1 percent of activity.

The Department also administers grant funding, having obligated $316.3 million in federal dollars across 902 awards since 2011. Grant activity has slowed substantially: 39 awards in 2021, 39 in 2022, 39 in 2023, 48 in 2024, and 3 in 2025, with the most recent grant award dated August 11, 2025. Among 323 distinct recipients, grant funding is highly fragmented—the top five recipients by award count account for 23 percent of recent awards, while the top five by federal dollars account for only 2 percent. Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees dominate by count with 18 awards across the top-count ranking, while the Australian Strategic Policy Institute leads by federal dollars with 5 awards obligating $2.9 million. Grant assistance is predominantly Project Grants (792 awards, 88 percent) with a smaller share of Cooperative Agreements (110 awards, 12 percent).