Office of the Under Secretary for Management

The Department of State Office of the Under Secretary for Management, a civilian sub-agency within the State Department responsible for administrative and operational contracting, has awarded 1,420 federal contracts since 2001, generating $45.1 million in combined potential value with $42 million obligated. Recent contracting activity shows an accelerating trend: 2 awards in 2022, 7 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 16 in 2025, and 10 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recent award dated August 14, 2026.

The competitive landscape is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count—Foreign Awardees (Undisclosed, 12 awards), Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed, 11 awards), National Capital Flag Company Incorporated (3 awards), Solutions71 LLC (2 awards), and Accenture Federal Services LLC (1 award)—hold 63 percent of recent awards but collectively represent only $1.1 million of the $12.5 million in combined potential value reported for that window. By potential value, concentration is even more scattered: the top five primes cover only 9 percent of the recent combined potential value. Pono Aina Management LLC leads the by-value ranking with a single $2.3 million award; Synergy Custom Fixtures Corp, LR Paris LLC, Arcadis Inc., and Solutions71 LLC follow with single awards valued at $564 thousand, $453 thousand, $431 thousand, and $394 thousand respectively. Across the entire portfolio, 100 distinct prime contractors have been awarded at least one contract, and the undisclosed foreign and domestic awardee categories suggest significant activity among vendors not individually named in the source data.

Nearly all awards bypass small-business set-asides: 1,409 awards (99 percent) carried no set-aside designation, while only 9 awards (1 percent) were reserved for small business, 1 award (less than 1 percent) was 8(a) sole source, and 1 award (less than 1 percent) was HUBZone. Obligated dollars stand at 93 percent of combined potential value, indicating strong funding execution against awarded contracts. With 100 distinct primes across 1,420 lifetime awards but only 46 awards awarded in the last five years, the agency transacts frequently in small-value awards likely suited to open-market or schedule-based procurement rather than traditional competitive solicitations.