National Geospatial Technology Operations Center

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technology Operations Center, a civilian sub-agency, procures contracts for geospatial technology and related services supporting the Interior's mapping, earth-science observation, and land-management missions.

The Center maintains a small but historically active contract portfolio with twenty awards issued since 2006. Activity has been sparse and episodic: one award in 2007, one in 2009, ten awards concentrated in 2010, one in 2015, and six in 2016. The most recent recorded award closed in September 2016, making the portfolio inactive for the past decade. Combined award potential value across the lifetime portfolio is $867 thousand, with $811 thousand obligated. The Center has worked with sixteen distinct prime contractors across the portfolio history, reflecting a highly fragmented competitive base with no single vendor holding a dominant position. Nearly all awards (95 percent) carry no set-aside designation; one award (5 percent) was designated Buy Indian. The small dollar volume and long procurement interval suggest this sub-agency either operates on a project-by-project basis with infrequent procurement windows or has shifted contracting activity to parent-level or sister offices within the survey.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Center. The portfolio has generated no new award activity since 2016, and no open solicitations are supported in the available data. Business development pursuit at this sub-office should be deferred unless there are confirmed signals of operational reactivation or planned technology modernization that would trigger new geospatial or IT procurement.