Ohio National Guard

The Department of the Army Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG), a sub-agency of the U.S. Army within the Department of Defense, procures goods and services in support of Ohio-based military training, infrastructure, and operational readiness at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Training Center, the 179th Cyberspace Wing, and other subordinate installations throughout Ohio.

OHARNG has awarded 7,945 federal contracts cumulatively since December 2000, with combined potential value of $491.8 million and combined dollars obligated of $538.6 million. Recent contract award volume has declined sharply: 196 awards in 2022, 147 in 2023, 87 in 2024, 42 in 2025, and 24 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is July 24, 2026. Across the portfolio history, the agency has transacted with 2,234 distinct prime contractors.

Over the last five years, competitive concentration is fragmented among prime contractors by award count (top five hold 35 percent of recent awards) but highly concentrated by potential value (top five hold only 3 percent of combined potential value, with reported values heavily dominated by smaller transactions). Vinny's Pizza II, LLC leads by award count with 59 awards, followed by Valley Foods Inc. (41 awards) and Columbus Corporate Caterers Inc. (33 awards). By potential value, Hovis Construction LLC tops the recent window with $7.5 million across 6 awards. The awards distribution reflects heavy reliance on catering, food service, and lodging vendors; many recent primes transact through purchase orders and spot contracts with unreported or below-threshold dollar values, indicating substantial Schedule task-order or BPA activity not fully captured by potential-value metrics.

Set-aside usage is dominated by unrestricted awards (75 percent of all contracts); small-business set-asides account for 22 percent, while specialized set-asides (HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB) collectively comprise less than 2 percent of awards.

OHARNG has awarded 88 federal grants cumulatively since October 2011, with combined federal dollars obligated of $386.7 million and combined total dollars (federal plus non-federal share) of $481.4 million. Recent grant cadence holds steady: 11 awards in 2021, 12 in 2022, 12 in 2023, 10 in 2024, and 10 in 2025. The most recent grant award is October 1, 2025. All 88 grants are cooperative agreements, and all recent grant funding flows to a single recipient: National Guard Ohio holds 44 awards over the last five years (100 percent of recent award count) and obligated federal dollars of $169.8 million, representing 44 percent of total federal dollars in the recent window. This concentration reflects the grant program's design as a funding mechanism for the state National Guard's own operations and readiness.

Recent contract opportunities are predominantly small-business set-asides issued as requests for quotation (RFQ) under FAR Part 12 commercial-item procedures, spanning facility maintenance, catering, construction, and equipment procurement. Representative open solicitations include W50S8R27Q0002 (179th Cyberspace Wing Lodging Services, due October 15, 2026, small-business set-aside), W50S8R27Q0001 (CRAC Maintenance Service at Mansfield facility, due October 26, 2026, small-business set-aside), W9136426P0000040321 (CJAG Concrete and Concrete Supplies, due September 14, 2026, small-business set-aside), and W9136426P0000040328 (CJAG Monitoring Well Closures, due September 11, 2026, small-business set-aside). Solicitation W50S8R26Q0016 (Hexagon US Federal 725M Integrated System, closed August 17, 2026) and W50S8R26Q0023 (Epiq X40 Software Defined Radio, closed August 13, 2026) were sole-source notices reflecting specialized cyberspace and communications equipment procurement.

No recent grant opportunities are present in the source material; grant funding flows through the cooperative-agreement mechanism to National Guard Ohio rather than through open competition.