DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 is the civilian federal agency administering fish, wildlife, and habitat-conservation funding and contracting across Alaska. Region 7 transacts through both federal contracts and grants, with distinct competitive and recipient bases serving state, tribal, and nonprofit conservation partners primarily in Alaska.

Region 7's contract portfolio spans 4,839 awards totaling $270 million in combined potential value since 2005, with $248.5 million obligated. Contract activity has contracted sharply: 162 awards in 2022 dropped to 12 in 2023, recovered to 25 in 2024, 42 in 2025, and 63 year-to-date in 2026. The contractor base is highly fragmented, with the top five primes holding only 21 percent of recent awards by count and 6 percent by combined potential value. Countertrade Products, Inc. leads with 40 awards and $6.8 million in potential value over the last five years; Sterling Computers Corporation and Relm Communications, Inc. follow with 9 and 8 awards respectively. The remaining 1,360 distinct primes share the long tail. Set-asides are minimal: 72 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 26 percent are total small-business set-asides; 8(a) sole source, SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB together account for less than 2 percent of awards.

Region 7's grant portfolio includes 978 awards obligating $689.6 million in federal dollars since 2005, with non-federal matching bringing total dollars obligated to $1.94 billion. Grant activity has declined: 139 awards in 2022, 107 in 2023, 100 in 2024, 70 in 2025, and 6 year-to-date in 2026. Grant recipients are moderately concentrated. Alaska Department of Fish & Game dominates with 147 awards and $255.9 million in federal dollars over the last five years, representing 47 percent of recent award count and 40 percent of recent federal-dollar volume. The Student Conservation Association, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Tyonek Tribal Conservation District follow with significantly smaller portfolios. The 167 total recipients reflect a broad ecosystem of state agencies, tribal entities, and nonprofits. Cooperative Agreements comprise 55 percent of grants; Formula Grants and Project Grants split the remainder at 26 and 19 percent respectively.

No recent contract or grant opportunities are recorded in available data.