Executive Secretariat

The Department of the Interior Executive Secretariat, a civilian sub-agency within the Department of the Interior, executes contracts in support of executive operations and administrative functions across Interior's organizational structure. The Executive Secretariat acts as the principal administrative coordination office for the Secretary of the Interior and manages contracts for operational, IT, and professional services that support departmental executive governance.

Since its first award in 2005, the Executive Secretariat has executed 160 federal contract awards with combined potential value of $241.7 million and $168.1 million in obligated dollars. Recent activity shows 22 awards in 2022, 21 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 19 in 2025, and 6 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on September 1, 2026.

The prime contractor base is fragmented, with the top five primes by award count holding 32 percent of recent awards and the top five by potential value holding 31 percent of combined potential value. Cherokee Nation System Solutions LLC leads by award count with 7 awards totaling $6.4 million in potential value, followed by Deloitte & Touche LLP with 6 awards and $16.8 million in potential value. Chickasaw Business Solutions, LLC holds the largest single contract value at $28.9 million across 2 awards, but does not rank in the top five by award count. CGI Federal Inc. and Chenhall Sedona Solutions Joint Venture LLC round out the top-value performers. Across the portfolio history, 85 distinct prime contractors have been awarded.

Set-aside designations are heavily skewed toward open competition. Fifty-eight percent of awards carry no set-aside, while 16 percent are total Small Business set-asides. Eight(a) Sole Source awards account for 10 percent of the award count, and Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise awards comprise 8 percent. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Competitive 8(a), Indian Economic Enterprise, and Partial Small Business designations together account for roughly 5 percent of the portfolio. No recent contract opportunities are reported against the Executive Secretariat.