Fish and Wildlife Service

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, a sub-agency of the Interior Department, administers federal contracts and grants to support wildlife and habitat conservation, species recovery, and refuge operations across domestic and international jurisdictions.

The Service has awarded 100,662 federal contracts since 1988, with combined potential value of $6.34 billion and combined dollars obligated at $7.06 billion. Recent contract activity has been steady: 2,346 awards in 2022, 2,508 in 2023, 2,460 in 2024, 1,961 in 2025, and 1,891 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent contract award closed on 2026-10-19. Competitive concentration among prime contractors is highly fragmented over the last five years—the top five primes account for only 7% of recent awards by count and 1% by combined potential value. Moore-Clark U.S.A., Inc. leads by award count with 225 recent awards (combined potential value $9.5 million), followed by Federal Contracts LLC (192 awards, $14.3 million) and Deere & Company (163 awards, $15.6 million). By potential value, Caterpillar Inc. ranks first with 131 awards worth $23.2 million combined. The set-aside mix is dominated by awards with no set-aside designation (72% of all awards), while small-business set-asides account for 24% of awards, with 8(a) sole-source and Emerging Small Business each representing roughly 1% or less.

The Service has also awarded 63,737 federal grants obligating $26.73 billion in federal dollars (with $44.95 billion when including non-federal cost share). Grant activity has been strong: 2,830 awards in 2024 and 2,190 in 2025, declining to 253 year-to-date in 2026. Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented by award count (top five recipients hold 13% of recent awards) and by federal dollars (top five recipients hold 4% of recent dollars obligated). Among recipients by award count, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife leads with 395 awards ($241.5 million federal dollars), followed by the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (308 awards, $157.1 million) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (270 awards, $256.3 million). By federal dollars, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ranks first at $256.3 million across 270 awards, followed by Alaska Department of Fish & Game ($256 million across 148 awards) and California Department of Fish & Wildlife ($241.5 million across 395 awards). Grant assistance types are balanced across Project Grants (39%), Formula Grants (31%), and Cooperative Agreements (30%), with Block Grants representing less than 1%.

Representative recent contract opportunities span maintenance, restoration, and emergency services across refuge properties nationwide. The Service posted a solicitation (140FGA26Q0080, due 2026-10-23) for asphalt repair at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado, and two pre-solicitation synopses (140F0S26Q0036 and 140F0S26Q0035, due 2026-10-12) announce intent to compete 10-year blanket purchase agreements for vehicle maintenance and heavy equipment repair across Region 2 (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). Small-business set-aside opportunities include herbicide treatment work in Wisconsin and Minnesota, tree maintenance, hazardous fuels reduction, and landscape restoration across multiple refuges, with most due dates in early to mid-October 2026.

Representative recent grant opportunities reflect habitat and species recovery priorities. Solicitation F26AS00088 (due 2027-01-15) provides wolf livestock loss compensation and prevention grants to states and tribes under the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. F26AS00023 (due 2026-11-30) is the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program, open to eligible stranding network participants and government agencies for marine mammal recovery and stranding response across marine jurisdictions. F26AS00105, the National Fish Passage Program (due 2027-04-30), provides technical and financial assistance to unrestricted applicants to remove instream barriers and restore aquatic connectivity nationwide, with $15 million allocated for fiscal 2026 and $5 million designated for Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act projects.

The Fish and Wildlife Service works to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats.