Providence Regional Benefit Office

The Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits Administration Providence Regional Benefit Office is a sub-agency within the VA's regional benefits delivery infrastructure, responsible for administering benefits programs and supporting services to veterans in its geographic jurisdiction. The office procures contracts to support regional operations and benefits delivery functions.

The Providence Regional Benefit Office has awarded 33 federal contracts cumulatively since 2013, with a combined potential value of $516 thousand and $477 thousand obligated to date. Recent award activity has been sporadic: 5 awards in 2020, 2 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2023, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on July 6, 2026. The office transacts through a small, rotating vendor base of 20 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio, with no single contractor commanding significant recurring volume.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented by award count over the last five years. The top five primes—Microtechnologies LLC, United Parcel Service CO., Dependable On-Site Scan & Shred, Inc., Quadient, Inc., and Global Impact Group LLC—account for 83 percent of recent awards, each holding only one award apiece within the window. When ranked by potential value, these same five primes represent only 18 percent of combined recent potential value, indicating that contract values are distributed across many small transactional awards rather than concentrated in a few large vendors. The typical contract size is small—the median potential value across the portfolio is well below $50 thousand.

The office's contracting strategy emphasizes support for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) and other small-business set-asides: 24 percent of awards carry SDVOSB designation, and 15 percent are total small-business set-asides. The remaining 61 percent of awards use no set-aside designation, reflecting a mix of unrestricted buys and sole-source procurements to non-set-aside vendors. No recent contract opportunities are recorded for this office. The low transaction volume, small contract sizes, and absence of open solicitations suggest minimal near-term pursuit opportunity; the office's procurement activity is episodic and driven by specific regional operational needs rather than standing competition.