Chemical Materials Agency

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Chemical Materials Agency, a defense sub-agency under Army Materiel Command, procures supplies, services, and construction support for chemical demilitarization, weapons-disposal operations, and related materiel sustainment across Army installations and subordinate chemical-storage and disposal facilities.

The agency has awarded 1,568 federal contracts since 1996, with combined potential value of $1.21 billion and combined dollars obligated of $2.82 billion. Recent award volume has declined: 18 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 5 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is April 14, 2026.

Competitive concentration among prime contractors is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count hold 30 percent of recent awards; by combined potential value, they hold only 7 percent. Tetra Tech, Inc. leads by award count with 8 awards totaling $23 million in combined potential value. GP Strategies Government Solutions, Inc. ranks second by count (4 awards, $45.2 million) but first by value. Leidos, Inc., Dynamic Systems Inc., and Cellco Partnership follow with three, three, and two awards respectively, though Leidos and Dynamic Systems have reported values in the thousands of dollars. The remaining 481 distinct primes across the portfolio history are dispersed across single or low-count awards, reflecting the agency's reliance on specialized technical contractors and regional vendors for chemical-disposal and remediation work.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward unrestricted competition: 1,143 awards (73 percent) carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 13 percent of awards (200 total), with 8(a) sole-source awards comprising 12 percent (186 awards) and competitive 8(a) accounting for 2 percent (24 awards). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business awards total 10 (1 percent), HUBZone 3 (less than 1 percent), and other disadvantaged categories 2 awards combined (less than 1 percent). The portfolio reflects the agency's priority on technical expertise and operational continuity over diversity set-asides, though 8(a) sole-source activity remains material.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in the source data. Given the steep decline in award volume year-to-date and the absence of open solicitations in the current digest, the agency is either in a consolidation or wind-down phase, or opportunities are being sourced through vehicle calls or standing blanket purchase agreements rather than published solicitations. Pursuit of this agency should focus on incumbent relationship building and tracking through Army contracting channels rather than solicitation response.