Navajo Region

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region is a sub-agency within Interior that procures goods and services to support tribal operations, infrastructure maintenance, and facility management across the Navajo Nation's administrative regions. The Navajo Region operates the Chinle Agency, Western Navajo Agency, Eastern Navajo Agency, and Northern Resources Office, among other branches, which collectively drive procurement across transportation, facilities, natural resources, and administrative functions.

The Navajo Region awarded 7,576 federal contracts cumulatively since 2003, with combined potential value of $820.2 million and $790 million obligated. Contract activity has remained steady over the last five years: 82 awards in 2022, 100 in 2023, 98 in 2024, 102 in 2025, and 104 year-to-date in 2026. Among 1,482 distinct prime contractors awarded over the portfolio history, competitive concentration is moderately concentrated by award count. Mooweep LLC leads with 63 awards and $4.2 million combined potential value over the last five years, followed by Wagner Equipment Co with 33 awards and $1.1 million. Eastern Shawnee Professional Services, LLC holds the largest individual contract value at $5.7 million across nine awards. The top five primes by recent award count account for 30 percent of recent awards, while the top five by potential value represent only 2 percent of combined potential value, reflecting a long tail of small-dollar awards distributed across the vendor base.

Set-aside mix reflects the region's mission to support Indian-owned and tribally-focused businesses. Two-thirds of awards carry no set-aside designation (66 percent), while 18 percent are small-business awards. Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-asides represent 10 percent of awards, and Buy Indian purchases 4 percent. Remaining set-asides—8(a) sole source, HUBZone, Indian Economic Enterprise, and other minority designations—account for 2 percent combined.

The Navajo Region conducted minimal grant-making activity; only two Cooperative Agreements totaling $21 thousand in federal dollars obligated were recorded since 2018, with the most recent award closing in June 2019. Grant activity is not a material function of this sub-agency.

Recent contract activity emphasizes emergency repairs and maintenance. Notice-of-Intent awards to Wagner Equipment for equipment repairs (backhoe, motor grader, transport trucks, dozer) and to Mooweep LLC for bridge repairs indicate ongoing reliance on sole-source emergency contracts under FAR 12.102(a). Competitive solicitations posted in August and September 2026 target Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-asides for facility upgrades (flooring, blinds, warehouse renovation), transportation infrastructure (pavement markings, traffic signs, hopper spreaders), and services (scanning and digitization, vegetation surveys). Due dates for most solicitations fall between September 4 and September 23, 2026.