Office of the Secretary of the Interior

The Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary, a sub-agency within the cabinet-level Department of the Interior, administers federal contracts and grants to support the department's natural resource management, conservation, and administrative missions. The Office of the Secretary oversees departmental policy and operations across Interior's constituent bureaus and programs.

Contract activity at the Office of the Secretary totals 888 awards since 1979, with combined potential value of $804.7 million and $686.6 million obligated to date. The agency awarded 136 contracts in 2011, 76 in 2012, 75 in 2013, 49 in 2014, and 26 in 2015; the most recent recorded award dates to September 2015, making contract activity at this particular sub-agency dormant for over a decade. The portfolio spans 417 distinct prime contractors. Set-aside designations are minimal: 80 percent of awards carry no set-aside, 10 percent are total small-business awards, 5 percent are 8(a) sole-source, 3 percent are competitive 8(a), and the remaining 2 percent split among service-disabled veteran-owned small business, very small business, and sole-source SDVOSB designations. The portfolio reflects Interior's historical reliance on open competition without preferential small-business carve-outs.

Grant activity is substantially smaller and also dormant. The Office of the Secretary has issued 78 federal grants since 2001, totaling $33.2 million obligated across 49 distinct recipients. The agency awarded 11 grants in 2014, 12 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 2 in 2017, and 1 in 2018; the most recent grant award dates to July 2018, eight years before present. Cooperative agreements dominate the assistance-type mix at 97 percent of awards, with project grants comprising the remaining 3 percent.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are present in the source data. Business development professionals should treat the Office of the Secretary as inactive for current pursuit; any Interior contracting or grants activity likely flows through descendant bureaus or regional offices rather than through the Office of the Secretary itself.