Chief of Naval Personnel

The Department of the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel is the Navy's principal organization managing personnel policy, recruitment, development, and administrative support functions, operating within the defense contracting ecosystem and procuring services and supplies across 1,736 distinct vendors since 1997.

The Bureau has awarded 7,568 total federal contracts with a combined potential value of $1.13 billion and $1.15 billion in obligated dollars across its portfolio history. Award volume has declined sharply over the last five years: 458 awards in 2022, 363 in 2023, 263 in 2024, 241 in 2025, and 79 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recent award dated August 1, 2026. The declining cadence reflects a portfolio increasingly composed of below-threshold transactions, Schedule task orders, and BPA calls — recent awards with no reported potential value account for substantial volume across the five-year window.

Competitive concentration among recent awardees is highly fragmented. Waypoint LLC leads by award count with 86 awards over the last five years but commands only $3 million in combined potential value; Freighthaulers, Inc. and Circle Freight International – Bahrain CO. W.L.L. follow with 80 and 71 awards respectively, though their combined potential values are minimal. The top five by award count represent only 24 percent of recent awards. By potential value, the top five awardees — Jacksonville University, University of Rochester, HPI Federal LLC, Leidos, Inc., and Waypoint LLC — hold just 2 percent of combined potential value across the last five years, underscoring the transactional character of the portfolio.

Set-aside activity is minimal. No set-aside designation applies to 6,417 awards, or 85 percent of the portfolio. Total Small Business accounts for 959 awards, or 13 percent; Competitive 8(a) represents 1 percent; Partial Small Business and 8(a) Sole Source each represent 1 percent. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Woman-Owned Small Business combined account for fewer than 15 awards across the entire portfolio.

No recent contract or grant opportunities are recorded against this agency in the provided source material. Business development professionals assessing the Bureau should note that the declining award cadence and heavy reliance on below-threshold and schedule-based transactions indicate a portfolio dominated by routine administrative and logistics support work rather than major competitive solicitations.