Office of the Solicitor

The Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor is a sub-agency within the Interior Department that provides legal counsel and advisory services to Interior leadership and bureaus; it procures contracts for legal support, consulting, publications, and information systems that enable its internal operations and advisory mission.

The Office of the Solicitor has awarded 349 federal contracts since 2004, with combined potential value of $88.1 million and $67.9 million obligated (77% of potential). Recent activity cadence shows 8 awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 7 year-to-date in 2026. The most recently recorded award date is 30 September 2026. Among 177 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by award count and by potential value. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count—Sterling Computers Corporation (5 awards, $1.2 million), Quickseries Publishing Inc. (4 awards, $171 thousand), Countertrade Products Inc. (3 awards, $391 thousand), Software Information Resource Corp. (3 awards, $226 thousand), and Politico LLC (2 awards, $151 thousand)—hold 45% of recent awards. By potential value over the same window, Windsor Group LLC ($7.6 million from 1 award) and Accenture Federal Services LLC ($4.9 million from 1 award) rank first and second, but the top five by value cover only 24% of combined potential value, reflecting a long tail of smaller awards scattered across the vendor base.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward open market: 80% of awards carry no set-aside, while small business (both designated and 8(a)) accounts for 15% of awards. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business and competitive 8(a) together represent 2% of awards. The portfolio shows no recent grant activity. No recent contract or grant opportunities are recorded against the Office of the Solicitor or its descendant offices in the source materials.