Headquarters

The Department of the Army Installation Management Command Headquarters, a defense sub-agency, manages federal contract and grant spending for Army installation maintenance, facilities, and environmental stewardship across domestic military properties and subordinate commands.

The agency has awarded 4,634 federal contracts totaling $5.94 billion in combined potential value across 1,118 distinct prime contractors since 1999. Recent contract activity has declined: 226 awards in 2022, 210 in 2023, 189 in 2024, 158 in 2025, and 54 year-to-date in 2026. The competitive market for contracts is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count—Mec-Fs JV, Kiris LLC, Chicago American Manufacturing LLC, J Squared Inc., and American Bedding Mfg. LLC—hold 46 percent of recent awards but only 5 percent of combined potential value by-count top five, indicating heavy award volume concentrated among small-dollar transactions. Chicago American Manufacturing LLC leads by potential value at $112.4 million across 100 awards; Environmental Chemical Corporation, J Squared Inc., Inovo Inc., and Fens Associates LLC round out the by-value top five but together account for only 5 percent of recent combined potential value, signaling that most contract spend is dispersed across the long tail of vendors. Seventy percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation; 20 percent are small-business set-asides; and 5 percent are 8(a) sole-source awards. The remaining set-aside mix comprises competitive 8(a) (4 percent) and minimal use of SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB vehicles (under 1 percent combined).

The agency has made 47 federal grant awards totaling $378.7 million in combined federal dollars obligated to 30 distinct recipients since 2012. Recent grant activity shows sporadic volume: 2 awards in 2021, 2 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 7 in 2024, and 4 in 2026 (no awards recorded in 2025). Grant recipients are concentrated by dollars: Colorado State University, the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc., the Center for Natural Lands Management, and Ecostudies Institute hold 28 percent of recent federal dollars, while the top five by award count hold 39 percent of recent awards. All 47 grant awards are structured as Cooperative Agreements. Recent grant recipients include Colorado State University ($51.1 million across two awards) and The Nature Conservancy ($7.1 million), reflecting Army focus on land conservation and environmental partnerships.