South Carolina National Guard

The Department of the Army South Carolina Army National Guard is a sub-agency of the Department of Defense responsible for procuring supplies, services, and maintenance support for the South Carolina National Guard's military operations, training, and equipment sustainment. The agency operates as a contracting entity for the National Guard Bureau on behalf of the state's Army National Guard component.

The South Carolina Army National Guard has awarded 4,586 federal contracts cumulatively since 2000, with combined potential value of $281.9 million and combined dollars obligated reaching $311.8 million. Contract activity has declined materially in recent years: 51 awards in 2022, 41 in 2023, 30 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and 8 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award closed on September 11, 2026. Among 1,425 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio history, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by award count; the top five contractors over the last five years—Clemson University (9 awards), Enterprise Technology Solutions, Inc. (8 awards), A29 Funding LLC (7 awards), Microtechnologies LLC (6 awards), and Carahsoft Technology Corp (5 awards)—account for 23 percent of recent awards. By potential value, concentration is highly fragmented as well; Wits Solutions Inc. leads with 3 awards worth $6.1 million combined, followed by Sterile Services Co with 2 awards worth $4.2 million, but these top five vendors represent only 4 percent of the combined potential value across the recent portfolio, reflecting a broad distribution of smaller contract awards. The majority of awards carry no set-aside designation (88 percent); total small business awards represent 10 percent of the portfolio, with 8(a) sole-source awards accounting for 2 percent and all other set-asides (competitive 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and woman-owned small business combined) representing less than 1 percent.

The agency has issued 129 federal grants cumulatively since October 2016, obligating $281.3 million in federal dollars across a combined federal and non-federal total of $353.8 million. Grant activity has plateaued: 13 awards each in 2021 and 2022, 12 in 2023, 13 in 2024, and 1 in 2025. The most recent grant award closed on January 1, 2025. Grant recipients are highly concentrated; the Office of Adjutant General is the sole recipient in the last five years, holding 39 awards worth $69.7 million in federal dollars obligated and representing 100 percent of recent award count. All 129 grants are structured as Cooperative Agreements.

A pre-solicitation notice posted September 24, 2026 (due October 15, 2026) signals an anticipated solicitation for SCARNG Regional Aviation Phase Support Center for AH-64E Aircraft Maintenance Support (W912QG27RA001) set aside for competitive 8(a). The work includes field and sustainment-level maintenance, production control, quality control, supply management, and scheduled and unscheduled repairs on AH-64E aircraft at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1 in Eastover, South Carolina. The government anticipates issuing a single firm-fixed-price contract with a 12-month base period, four 12-month option periods, and one 6-month option period, with anticipated award on or before April 14, 2027.