Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), an independent civilian agency that administers labor-management dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution services, has executed 839 federal contracts totaling $88.6 million in combined potential value since 2000, with $101 million in dollars obligated across the portfolio. Contract award activity has declined: 42 awards in 2022, 40 in 2023, 48 in 2024, 20 in 2025, and 10 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recently recorded award date in September 2026. The agency maintains a 318-vendor contracting base with highly fragmented competitive concentration — the top five primes by award count hold 16 percent of recent five-year awards, led by Swish Data Corporation (8 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value) and Carahsoft Technology Corp (7 awards, $1.5 million combined potential value), while the top five by potential value account for 12 percent of recent five-year combined value, with Regan Technologies Corp holding $4.4 million across 4 awards.

Contract set-asides are skewed heavily toward unrestricted competition: 72 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while small-business set-asides (all types combined) account for 24 percent of the portfolio. Woman-Owned Small Business, Competitive 8(a), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business each represent 1 percent or less. FMCS also obligates grant funding, though grant activity has been inactive since 2006 — the agency awarded 78 Project Grants totaling $6.6 million in federal dollars between 2001 and 2006, with no grants recorded in the last two decades.

Open contract opportunities are modest in scope and near-term: FMCS posted a Travel Compliance Review and Advisory Support Services requirement as a 100 percent small-business set-aside under NAICS 541211 (originally due July 9, 2026, reopened through July 10, 2026) for review of travel transactions and compliance assessment with a six-month base period and three six-month option periods; an Adobe Subscription procurement set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (closed June 8, 2026) for Acrobat Pro and Creative Cloud licenses; and a Microsoft Azure Pay-As-You-Go services purchase order solicited on a sole-source basis to Regan Technologies Corporation (closed July 13, 2026). The portfolio reflects FMCS's operational focus on administrative support services and software licensing rather than large-scale systems integration or research funding.

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is an independent agency that provides mediation and other conflict resolution services for managing and enhancing labor-management relationships.