Insular Affairs

Department of the Interior Insular Affairs is the civilian agency within the Interior Department that administers federal contracts and grants for U.S. territories and freely associated states, including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The office manages infrastructure, governance, and economic-development funding across these insular jurisdictions.

Contract activity at the office is minimal. The agency has awarded 42 total contracts since 2003, with combined potential value of $65.8 million and $46.9 million obligated across the portfolio. Recent cadence is sparse: 1 award in 2022, 4 in 2023, 1 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 3 so far in 2026. The most recent award closed on September 30, 2026. Among the 32 distinct prime contractors awarded over the last five years, RMA Associates LLC dominates with 3 awards totaling $24.3 million in potential value, followed by Travel The World LLC (2 awards, $211 thousand) and AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (1 award, $217 thousand). Competitive concentration by award count is concentrated, with the top five contractors capturing 73 percent of recent awards, but by potential value is highly fragmented at only 38 percent of combined value — indicating that RMA Associates LLC holds outsized contract value while other primes transact in smaller increments. Set-asides are uncommon: 88 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 7 percent are small-business set-asides, and 5 percent are 8(a) sole-source awards.

Grant activity dominates the office's federal funding footprint. The agency has awarded 3,855 total grants since 2000, obligating $7.16 billion in federal dollars (with $7.21 billion total dollars including non-federal matching). Recent grant cadence is substantially higher than contract volume but declining: 237 awards in 2022, 211 in 2023, 196 in 2024, 194 in 2025, and 2 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed on February 1, 2026. Among 193 distinct recipients, territorial and freely associated governments dominate: the Republic of the Marshall Islands — Ministry of Finance leads by award count with 127 awards totaling $579.9 million federal dollars, and FSM National Government leads by federal dollars with 98 awards totaling $633.2 million. The top five recipients account for 50 percent of recent awards by count but only 22 percent of federal dollars obligated, indicating that smaller grant recipients collectively capture the majority of funding. Grants are predominantly Project Grants (74 percent of awards) with a substantial Formula Grant component (25 percent), and minimal Cooperative Agreements and Block Grants.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the source data.