Tennessee National Guard

The Department of the Army Tennessee Army National Guard, a subordinate operational command within the Department of Defense, acquires supplies, equipment, and services to support mobilization readiness, training operations, and facility sustainment across Tennessee's Army National Guard units.

The Tennessee Army National Guard operates a substantial contract portfolio spanning 8,886 federal contract awards since 1999, with 381.4 million dollars in combined award potential value. Recent contract activity has accelerated: 46 awards in 2022, 53 in 2023, 82 in 2024, 64 in 2025, and 28 year-to-date in 2026. Combined dollars obligated total $409.9 million, exceeding the combined potential value, which reflects modifications and option exercises on existing awards. The portfolio engages 1,947 distinct prime contractors.

Competitive concentration among primes is fragmented. Over the last five years, Logistics & Environmental Solutions Corporation leads by award count with 47 awards (6.3 million dollars combined potential value), followed by Shano Inc. (12 awards, $257 thousand) and Kastel Enterprises MK LLC (8 awards, $7.1 million). By combined potential value, S365 Inc. dominates with 7 awards valued at $53.7 million, more than twice the value of second-ranked Kastel Enterprises. The top five primes by award count account for 29 percent of recent awards, while the top five by potential value represent 20 percent of combined potential value. The remaining vendor base is highly dispersed.

Approximately 89 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small Business set-asides represent 10 percent of the portfolio, with 8(a) sole-source and competitive awards comprising 1 percent combined. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, and other targeted categories together account for fewer than 1 percent of awards.

The Tennessee Army National Guard also manages a grant portfolio of 95 Cooperative Agreement awards since 2007, with a combined federal obligation of $525.3 million and total non-federal share of $698.7 million. Grant activity has declined: 11 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 8 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The Tennessee Department Of Military is the sole recipient on record, holding all 40 awards issued over the last five years ($230.9 million in federal dollars obligated), representing 100 percent of recent award count and 44 percent of recent federal dollars.

Current contracting activity centers on mobilization logistics and equipment. Representative solicitations include lodging and meals support for the 115th and 109th High School Age Demonstration units (Solicitation W912L727Q0507 and W912L727Q0506, both small-business set-asides, due October 18 and October 13 respectively); aviation flight-line test equipment (W912L726Q1410, due August 5); oil vacuum trailer procurement (W50S9826Q0013, due September 21); radio systems acquisition (W50S9826Q0014, due September 24); and video teleconference equipment refresh (W50S9826Q0006, due September 2). All recent opportunities are designated small-business set-asides or open competition and employ commercial-item acquisition under FAR Part 12.