Departmental Offices

The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices, a civilian cabinet-department sub-agency, is the central procurement and transactional hub for the Department of the Interior, acquiring goods, services, and facilities across Interior's bureaus and field operations. The Departmental Offices awards contracts and grants principally through the Interior Business Center and sub-offices including the Office of Hearings and Appeals, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The Department has awarded 31,491 federal contracts since 1983, with combined potential value of $9.19 billion and combined dollars obligated of $8.62 billion. Recent contract activity shows 766 awards in 2022, 798 in 2023, 704 in 2024, 514 in 2025, and 684 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is 2026-11-01. Competitive concentration is fragmented; the top five primes by award count—Ldss, Inc. (251 awards, $101.8 million potential value), The Ar Group, LLC (232 awards, $1 million), CFI Group Usa, L.L.C. (90 awards, $14.8 million), Global Solutions Group, Inc. (83 awards, $31.7 million), and Countertrade Products, Inc. (81 awards, $41.3 million)—hold 21 percent of recent awards over the last five years. By potential value, the top five hold only 2 percent of combined potential value, indicating significant transaction volume through schedule task orders, BPA calls, and below-threshold purchase orders at vendors with unreported dollar values. The Department has 4,290 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio history.

Set-asides are minimal: 67 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; 21 percent are Total Small Business; 6 percent are Buy Indian; and 3 percent are Very Small Business, with 8(a) Sole Source, SDVOSB, WOSB, and HUBZone each comprising less than 1 percent.

The Department has awarded 808 federal grants since 2004, with combined federal dollars obligated of $2.79 billion. Recent grant activity shows 68 awards in 2022, 63 in 2023, 143 in 2024, 193 in 2025, and 27 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed on 2026-09-01. Recipient concentration is fragmented; the top five recipients by award count hold 6 percent of recent awards, while the top five by federal dollars hold 15 percent. State resource-management agencies and universities dominate recent funding, with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and California Department of Conservation each receiving significant awards. The Department has 413 distinct grant recipients across the portfolio history. Assistance types are predominantly Project Grants (65 percent of awards) with a substantial share of Cooperative Agreements (31 percent) and a smaller share of Formula Grants (4 percent).

Current contract opportunities span aviation services (exclusive-use helicopter and leadplane flights for wildland fire operations and national parks), facility maintenance and repair (scaffolding at Chalmette Monument, asphalt and walkway-light installation, bowling-center maintenance), professional services (appraisal, medical review and audit support, real estate consulting), and administrative services (digital-to-mail fulfillment for probate documents, catering for cultural-heritage events). Representative solicitations include Exclusive Use Helicopter Flight Services for Yellowstone National Park (due Oct 26, 2026, Total Small Business set-aside), Leadplane Flight Services for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (due Nov 9, 2026, no set-aside), and DOI Office of Hearings and Appeals digital-to-physical printing and mailing services (pre-solicitation, due Oct 28, 2026, no set-aside).