Federal Election Commission

The Federal Election Commission, an independent civilian agency that administers and enforces federal election law, awards contracts primarily for information technology, consulting, and operational support services. The Commission operates as a collegial body headquartered in Washington, D.C., with no subsidiary contracting offices; all procurement activity rolls up to the parent agency.

The FEC has awarded 1,359 federal contracts since 1990, with combined potential value of $401.1 million and combined obligated dollars of $296.3 million. Recent contract volume has declined: the agency issued 41 awards in 2022, 41 in 2023, 40 in 2024, 32 in 2025, and 15 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on 2026-09-25. Across the portfolio lifetime, 395 distinct prime contractors have been awarded, indicating a highly fragmented competitive base. Over the last five years, competitive concentration is highly fragmented — the top five primes by award count hold only 20 percent of recent awards and the top five by potential value hold only 2 percent of combined potential value. Redhawk IT Solutions, LLC leads by award count with 10 awards totaling $1.6 million in potential value; New TECH Solutions, Inc. and Contracts Management Enterprises LLC rank highest by potential value with $2.7 million and $1.8 million respectively, each backed by 3 awards. The remainder of the active contractor base consists of one-to-five-award vendors with below-$1-million potential values.

The FEC contract mix is overwhelmingly open-market: 92 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides account for 5 percent of awards; 8(a) sole-source awards comprise 1 percent. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Competitive 8(a), HUBZone, and Woman-Owned Small Business designations each represent less than 1 percent of the portfolio.

The FEC released a solicitation for AV Systems operation, maintenance, and updates (Solicitation 9531BP26Q0040, no set-aside) via GSA eBuy on 2026-09-14. Quotations were due 2026-09-21 at 10:00 AM EST, with a mandatory site visit scheduled for 2026-09-16 at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. An amendment issued 2026-09-15 provided additional details on the site-visit security and arrival procedures.

The Federal Election Commission enforces federal campaign finance laws, including monitoring donation prohibitions and limits and overseeing public funding for presidential campaigns.