Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices, a sub-agency within the civilian Department of the Interior, manages enterprise-level administrative and operational contracts for the Department's central offices. The Departmental Offices procures information technology, telecommunications, and administrative services in support of Interior's policy and governance functions.

Contract activity at the Departmental Offices has been extremely sparse. The agency awarded 6 contracts cumulatively since 2009, with a combined potential value of $76 thousand and $76 thousand obligated. Recent awards are infrequent: 1 award in 2019 and 1 in 2022, with no recorded awards between those transactions or since March 2022. The most recent recorded award dates to March 2022, over four years in the past.

The competitive base is highly fragmented. Verizon Business Network Services LLC holds the single award recorded in the last five years ($24 thousand potential value, 32 percent of recent combined potential value). Four distinct prime contractors have been awarded across the portfolio history, and the remaining three primes collectively account for the balance of the award count and dollar value. The dominance of any single vendor is minimal given the portfolio's overall sparseness.

Set-asides are limited. Five of six awards (83 percent) carry no set-aside designation; one award (17 percent) is designated Total Small Business. No 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone awards are recorded.

No recent federal contract opportunities are on file for the Department of the Interior Departmental Offices. No active solicitations are recorded in the Federal Procurement Data System or SAM.gov pipeline as of this summary date. The long interval between the most recent award (March 2022) and current activity (October 2026) suggests minimal ongoing procurement activity or a shift toward demand-driven order placement under existing contracts rather than open competitive solicitation. Firms seeking opportunity with this sub-agency should monitor SAM.gov for any forthcoming notices and consider engagement with Interior's IT and administrative services contracting officers to understand planned procurements.