Salt Lake City Regional Benefit Office

The Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits Administration Salt Lake City Regional Benefit Office is a civilian sub-agency within VA that conducts contract procurement for the Salt Lake City regional benefits operation. The office has executed 74 total contract awards since 2014, generating $2 million in combined potential value with $1.9 million obligated. Recent activity shows awards of 6 in 2020, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2023, and 3 in 2024, reflecting modest but sustained contracting volume. The most recent award closed on 2024-12-09.

The contractor base is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, United Parcel Service CO. leads by award count with 2 awards ($6 thousand combined potential value), while Global Engineering Services Inc. holds the largest individual contract value at $309 thousand. No single prime contractor demonstrates sustained market dominance; the top five by award count cover 75% of recent awards but remain small, single-award or two-award relationships. By potential value, the top five cover only 25% of combined value, indicating a long tail of small, distributed vendors. The 34 distinct primes across the portfolio underscores the dispersed competitive landscape.

Set-aside activity is mixed. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides account for 22% of awards (16 awards), reflecting meaningful veteran-focused procurement aligned with the agency's mission. Total small-business set-asides comprise 4% of awards (3 awards), and a single Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) award appears. The majority of awards—73% (54 awards)—are unrestricted procurements.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in the source. The office's procurement footprint consists primarily of small-value, transactional buys through distributed vendors rather than large IDIQs, BPAs, or frequent open solicitations. Firms pursuing this agency should target direct vendor relationships and veteran-focused set-aside eligibility; the competitive structure rewards vendor relationships and compliance with VA's veteran preference policies over large-scale prime contractor dominance.