Administrative Policy and Services

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Policy and Services office is a civilian sub-agency that procures administrative and operational support services for USGS policy and administrative functions. The office transacts across both federal contracting and grant mechanisms, though its recent activity profile differs sharply between the two channels.

On the contract side, the office has awarded 24 contracts totaling $1.7 million in combined potential value since 2016, with awards accelerating in recent years—2 awards in 2019, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2023, and 6 in 2024, closing most recently on September 18, 2024. Among the 10 distinct prime contractors awarded over the last five years, competitive concentration is fragmented; the top five primes by award count—CMI Management LLC (4 awards), Millerknoll Inc. (2 awards), Hollingsworth-Pack / CTA LLC, Instalaciones Fulyes Inc., and Haworth Inc. (1 award each)—account for 90 percent of recent awards but only 52 percent of combined potential value by dollar weight. Millerknoll Inc. leads by potential value at $737 thousand across 2 awards. The contract portfolio reflects moderate use of small-business set-asides; 54 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 33 percent are Competitive 8(a), 8 percent are 8(a) Sole Source, and 4 percent are designated Total Small Business. Award sizes are consistently modest, reflecting the office's focus on administrative and support services rather than major systems or capital procurements.

Grant activity peaked earlier and has been dormant since late 2019. The office distributed 150 cooperative agreements totaling $23.4 million in federal dollars obligated between 2012 and December 2, 2019, with the highest volume in 2016 (38 awards) followed by 2017 (29 awards), 2015 (22 awards), 2018 (21 awards), and 2019 (10 awards). All 150 awards were structured as Cooperative Agreements. The 70 distinct recipients span a long tail with no concentration data reported in the source; grant-making activity has not resumed since the most recent award date of December 2, 2019. Business development professionals should focus on the active contract channel, where CMI Management and Millerknoll Inc. have demonstrated competitive positioning. No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are present in the source data.