Office of Acquisition Management

The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Acquisition Management, a sub-agency within the civilian EPA, procures goods, services, and environmental-compliance support on behalf of the broader agency and its regional and programmatic offices.

The Office of Acquisition Management's contract portfolio spans 13,100 awards cumulatively since 1999, with combined potential value of $342.4 million and $355.6 million in combined dollars obligated. Activity has declined substantially: the office awarded 1 contract in 2016, 1 in 2017, 16 in 2018, 13 in 2019, and 8 in 2020. The most recent recorded award date is August 2020, indicating no activity rollup in the six years since. Among the contract set-aside mix, 96 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with the remaining 4 percent split among reserved-for-small-business and individual small-business categories (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB each appearing in single-digit award counts or fewer). The portfolio encompasses 4,984 distinct prime contractors. No recent contract opportunities are recorded for the Office of Acquisition Management.

The Office of Acquisition Management's grant portfolio is smaller and similarly dormant. The office has obligated $14.2 million in federal grant dollars across 69 awards to 58 distinct recipients since 2016. Grant activity peaked in 2018 with 49 awards, then fell to 10 in 2017, 9 in 2019, and 1 in 2016. The most recent grant award is dated July 2019, placing the grant side inactive for over seven years as of this assessment. The grant mix is predominantly Project Grants (91 percent of awards) with a smaller Cooperative Agreement component (9 percent). No recent grant opportunities are recorded for the Office of Acquisition Management.

The extended absence of contract and grant activity—no awards recorded since August 2020 and July 2019, respectively—indicates the Office of Acquisition Management's transactional footprint has stalled. This posture may reflect consolidation of acquisition functions elsewhere within EPA, a shift to indirect procurement vehicles (such as GSA schedules or agency-wide blanket purchase agreements administered centrally), or operational restructuring not visible in contract or grant rollup. Engagement with this office on active opportunities is not supported by current data.