North Carolina National Guard

The Department of the Army North Carolina Army National Guard, a sub-agency within the Department of Defense, operates the primary procurement and operational arm of the North Carolina National Guard, procuring supplies, services, and equipment to support the state's Army National Guard units and personnel based in North Carolina.

The North Carolina Army National Guard has awarded 6,105 federal contracts since November 2002, totaling $322.9 million in combined potential value with $339.6 million obligated to date. Contract activity has accelerated in recent years: 43 awards in 2022, 46 in 2023, 138 in 2024, 111 in 2025, and 55 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is August 8, 2026.

The contract competitive base is highly fragmented. Among prime contractors over the last five years, Line Drive Logistics LLC and Bulldog Investments of Greensboro L.L.C. each hold 67 awards (combined potential value $1.4 million and $1 million respectively), followed by S365 Inc. with 45 awards ($720 thousand). These top five primes account for 55 percent of recent awards but only 3 percent of combined potential value, reflecting a portfolio dominated by low-dollar transactional volume. Microtechnologies LLC, Dell Federal Systems L.P., and Government Acquisitions LLC lead on potential value, each holding awards valued between $1.7 million and $3.3 million combined, though all values remain modest relative to portfolio depth. Across the entire portfolio, 1,782 distinct prime contractors have been awarded contracts.

The set-aside mix is heavily weighted toward open competition: 3,958 awards (65 percent) carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 1,954 awards (32 percent), with HUBZone, 8(a) sole source, and competitive 8(a) each representing 1 percent of the portfolio. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, and other small-business subcategories collectively account for less than 1 percent of awards.

The North Carolina Army National Guard has also obligated $485.2 million in federal grant funding across 122 cooperative-agreement awards since October 2013, with the most recent grant award dated October 1, 2025. Grant activity has remained consistent at 11 to 14 awards per year over the last five years (2021: 11, 2022: 11, 2023: 14, 2024: 13, 2025: 11). All grant recipients consist exclusively of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, which has received all 122 awards ($193.6 million of the $485.2 million federal obligated in recent years). All grants are structured as Cooperative Agreements. The total federal-plus-nonfederal obligated share across all grants is $572.2 million.

Current opportunities include a special notice for sole-source procurement from Marvel Aero International for an automated aircraft battery management system by the 145th Airlift Wing (due September 10, 2026, set-aside for total small business), and a woman-owned small-business solicitation for Integrated Mental Health Services by the North Carolina Army National Guard, with a due date of September 9, 2026 and a base-period start date contingent on evaluation timeline.