Eastern Region

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Region is a civilian sub-agency within the Department of the Interior that administers federal contract and grant funding to support tribal nations, tribal enterprises, and community organizations across the Eastern United States. The Eastern Region serves as the operational arm for the Indian Affairs bureau's contracting and grant-making activity in its geographic jurisdiction.

The Bureau awarded 628 federal contracts totaling $25.3 million in combined potential value across the portfolio history, with $23.7 million obligated. Recent contract volume has declined: the Eastern Region issued 25 awards in 2022, 31 in 2023, 38 in 2024, 20 in 2025, and 8 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recently recorded award dated September 21, 2026. The contracting base is fragmented across 246 distinct prime contractors; over the last five years, Raventek Solution Partners, LLC leads by award count with 16 awards, followed by Alabama Volunteer Fire Dept and Lewiston Fire Company NO. 2., Incorporated with 14 awards each, together accounting for 48 percent of recent awards. By potential value, concentration is highly fragmented—the top five recipients hold only 10 percent of combined recent contract value, with The Akana Group Inc. at the top at $1.1 million across 4 awards. The contract set-aside mix is heavily skewed toward unrestricted awards: 69 percent of contracts carry no set-aside designation, while Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-asides account for 15 percent, Buy Indian accounts for 5 percent, and traditional small-business designations (Total Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB) comprise less than 7 percent combined.

The Bureau issued 378 federal grants obligating $978.6 million in combined federal dollars over the portfolio history. Grant activity has been sporadic: the region awarded 30 grants in 2021, 16 in 2022, 9 in 2023, 23 in 2024, and 13 in 2025, with the most recent grant award dated June 18, 2025. Concentration among grant recipients is highly fragmented—the top five recipients by award count hold 54 percent of recent awards, but only 7 percent of combined federal dollars, indicating substantial individual award variation. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation leads by award count with 12 awards ($22.8 million federal dollars), while Mississippi Band Of Choctaw Indians leads by federal dollars with $28.5 million across 2 awards. The grant portfolio is dominated by Block Grants, which comprise 98 percent of all awards; Cooperative Agreements and Formula Grants each account for 1 percent, with a single Project Grant on record. Recipients are exclusively tribal nations and tribal entities, reflecting the Bureau's core mandate to support Native American communities.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the available source data.