Midwest Region

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region is the regional contracting arm for NPS park operations, maintenance, and capital improvements across the Midwest, procuring supplies, services, and construction work through federal contracts and funding conservation and workforce development through grants.

The Midwest Region has awarded 12,822 federal contracts cumulatively since 2003, with combined potential value of $725.2 million and $694.7 million obligated. Recent activity has declined: 566 awards in 2022, 489 in 2023, 470 in 2024, 425 in 2025, and 364 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is October 15, 2026. Among 3,840 distinct prime contractors, competitive concentration is highly fragmented. Countertrade Products, Inc. leads by award count with 326 awards and $8.4 million combined potential value, but represents only 21 percent of recent awards by count and 4 percent by potential value; the next largest awardees include Commercial Testing Laboratory Inc., HDR Engineering Inc., The Schemmer Associates Inc., and Mcgas, L.L.C., with all five top vendors together covering a small share of the portfolio.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward unrestricted awards: 58 percent carry no set-aside designation, while Total Small Business accounts for 35 percent of awards (4,482 awards). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business holds 3 percent (345 awards), and eight(a) sole-source awards comprise 2 percent (232 awards). Remaining set-aside categories—HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, and smaller designations—together represent 2 percent.

The Midwest Region has also issued 538 federal grants cumulatively since 2005, obligating $142.4 million in federal dollars and $249.7 million in combined federal and non-federal shares. Grant activity has been sparse in the most recent period: 50 awards in 2021, 48 in 2022, 66 in 2023, 65 in 2024, and 3 in 2025. The most recent grant award closed on August 18, 2025. Grant recipients are highly fragmented across 204 distinct entities. American Conservation Experience, Regents Of The University Of Minnesota, and Conservation Legacy each hold 9 awards over the last five years; by federal dollars obligated, Conservation Corps leads with $2.4 million (5 awards), followed by Dakota County Administration ($1.6 million, 3 awards) and Mississippi Park Connection ($1.4 million, 5 awards). Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance mix at 95 percent (511 awards), with Project Grants accounting for 5 percent (27 awards).

Recent contract opportunities span facility maintenance, capital repairs, and material procurement. The Midwest Region is soliciting Blanket Purchase Agreement set-ups for raw materials—base rock, clean rock, and riprap for Ozark National Scenic Riverways (due September 18, 2026, small-business set-aside)—and septic and lift-station pumping and cleaning at Indiana Dunes National Park (due September 17, 2026, small-business set-aside). Additional open solicitations include HVAC preventative maintenance at Indiana Dunes (due September 16, 2026), utility mapping and subsurface locating at Gateway Arch National Park (due September 10, 2026), sidewalk leveling at Gateway Arch (due September 9, 2026), water service-line repair at James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio (due September 8, 2026), and interpretive waysides and walk improvements at Nicodemus National Historic Site (due September 10, 2026). Most solicitations are small-business set-asides issued as Requests for Quote under FAR Part 12 commercial acquisition rules, with individual contract values typically in the $20,000–$200,000 range.

No recent grant opportunities are recorded in the source.