Office of the Secretary

The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices Office of the Secretary is a civilian sub-agency responsible for administrative and strategic support functions across Interior, including contract procurement for departmental operations and grant administration. The Office of the Secretary's contracting authority covers a broad range of professional services, technology, and operational support.

The Office of the Secretary has awarded 421 contracts since 2005, with combined potential value of $81.8 million and $58.3 million obligated (71% of potential value). Recent contracting activity has held steady at 15 to 23 awards annually over the last five years—15 awards in 2022, 23 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and 18 so far in 2026. The contract portfolio encompasses 224 distinct prime contractors, reflecting a fragmented competitive landscape. Over the last five years, Blackfeet Industries LLC leads by award count with 8 recent awards (combined potential value $357 thousand), followed by Highland Economics LLC with 5 awards ($173 thousand) and Museum Alliance Of Rapid City, Inc. with 4 awards ($48 thousand). By potential value, concentration is different: Guidehouse Digital LLC holds a single $13.7 million award, Accenture Federal Services LLC holds $3.2 million on one award, and Webfirst, LLC and Lighthouse Integrated Services Corp each hold roughly $874 thousand and $717 thousand across two awards apiece. The top five contractors by potential value account for 23 percent of recent combined contract value, while by award count the top five represent 28 percent of recent awards, indicating a moderately concentrated market dominated by high-value engagements with professional-services and digital-transformation vendors alongside smaller specialized contractors.

Set-aside awards comprise 28 percent of the portfolio. The Office uses no set-aside designation on 72 percent of awards (304 contracts). Small Business awards account for 21 percent (90 awards), with the remainder split among 8(a) Sole Source (2 percent), Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (1 percent), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (1 percent), HUBZone (1 percent), and Woman-Owned Small Business (0.5 percent).

Grant activity is minimal and inactive. The Office has awarded 11 Cooperative Agreements totaling $831 thousand in federal dollars obligated across 11 distinct recipients. All awards were issued between January 2018 and November 2019; no new grant awards have been recorded since late 2019.