Eros Data Center

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Eros Data Center is a civilian sub-agency that acquires geospatial data, earth observation infrastructure, and related scientific and technical services in support of land and water resource monitoring and analysis. The Center operates as the USGS's principal repository and distribution hub for satellite imagery, terrain data, and derived geospatial products used across federal natural-resource and environmental programs.

The Eros Data Center has awarded 551 contracts since 2002, totaling $919.4 million in combined potential value with $812.9 million obligated. Recent annual volume has ranged from 20 to 40 awards per year, with 40 awards in 2022, 32 in 2023, 20 in 2024, 29 in 2025, and 29 year-to-date in 2026. Over the last five years, the competitive landscape is highly concentrated: KBR Wyle Services, LLC dominates by award count with 90 recent awards (72 percent of recent awards by count) and $206.8 million in combined potential value, while its nearest competitors—General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. with 5 awards and $40.6 million, and Asrc Federal Data Solutions, LLC with 7 awards and $2 million—trail substantially. By potential value, KBR Wyle's $206.8 million represents 27 percent of combined potential value across recent awards, with General Dynamics the only other contractor exceeding $2 million. The Center works with 141 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio lifetime, though the long tail beyond the top five carries minimal volume.

Set-aside awards represent a minority of total activity: 85 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while Small Business accounts for 10 percent, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business for 2 percent, HUBZone for 1 percent, Competitive 8(a) for 1 percent, Woman-Owned Small Business for 1 percent, and 8(a) Sole Source for less than 1 percent.

The Center has issued one grant award on record, a $8.5 million Cooperative Agreement closed in February 2014. No recent grant activity is recorded against the agency.

The Center's contracting apparatus remains active and heavily concentrated around a single incumbent managing the majority of geospatial data production and infrastructure operations. Firms pursuing entry should assess whether the concentrated prime-contractor structure affords teaming or subcontracting opportunities beneath KBR Wyle's award umbrella, or whether emerging data-science, cloud-infrastructure, or specialized imagery-processing requirements present differentiated technical footings for new entrants.