Center for Broker Services

The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Center for Broker Services is a civilian sub-agency within GSA that procures real estate brokerage and property services to support federal facilities and building management operations nationwide. The Center for Broker Services awards contracts to commercial real estate firms and brokers that provide transaction support, market analysis, and advisory services for GSA's real property portfolio.

The agency has awarded 2,707 federal contracts cumulatively since 2004, with a combined potential value of $3.1 million. Contract activity has declined sharply in recent years: 251 awards in 2021, 180 in 2022, 147 in 2023, 191 in 2024, and 7 year-to-date in 2025. The most recent award closed in October 2025. Obligated dollars track at $3.1 million, representing 99 percent of combined potential value. The contractor base spans 46 distinct prime contractors over the portfolio history.

Competition among prime contractors is highly concentrated. Over the last five years, the top five firms account for 98 percent of recent awards by count. Public Properties LLC leads with 181 awards and $179 thousand in combined potential value. Cbre Inc. follows with 132 awards and $132 thousand, and Cushman & Wakefield U.s., Inc. holds 108 awards and $108 thousand. Savills Inc. (81 awards, $81 thousand) and Carpenter / Robbins Commercial Real Estate, Inc. (57 awards, $57 thousand) round out the top tier. The remainder of the active contractor base splits the remaining two percent of activity.

Virtually all awards carry no set-aside designation: 2,705 awards (100 percent) are open competition. Only 2 awards (less than one percent) are designated small-business set-asides; the Center for Broker Services does not use 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone set-asides.

No recent contract opportunities or grant activity is recorded against the Center for Broker Services or its descendant offices in the source data.