Natural Resources and Environment Team

The Government Accountability Office Natural Resources and Environment is a civilian sub-agency that procures consulting, reporting, and subject-matter expertise services to support the GAO's investigative and audit mission in environmental and natural resources policy. The office awards contracts at a modest scale through a highly fragmented vendor base, with total lifetime contract awards of $458 thousand across 19 awards since 2016.

Recent contract activity shows variable annual volume: 2 awards in 2018, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 3 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recently recorded award dated October 1, 2026. Over the last five years, Self Governance Communication & Education Tribal Consortium Inc. leads by award count with 5 awards totaling $150 thousand in combined potential value, while National Academy Of Sciences holds the second position with 2 awards totaling $151 thousand. Combined, these two primes account for 7 of 9 recorded awards in the recent window and 67 percent of combined potential value. The remaining two recent awardees—ACE Federal Reporters, Inc. and Neal R. Gross And Company, Inc.—each hold single awards; across the lifetime portfolio, 8 distinct prime contractors have won awards, indicating high fragmentation in the competitive landscape.

The set-aside distribution reflects a split between unrestricted and small-business awards: 63 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 32 percent are small-business set-asides. Combined dollars obligated reached $438 thousand, representing 96 percent of combined potential value.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded in the source material. The low transaction volume, modest dollar values, and lack of near-term solicitation activity suggest this office pursues specialized technical and subject-matter support on an as-needed basis rather than through standing procurement pipelines. Vendors working with the GAO's environmental and natural resources mission should monitor the office's occasional solicitations for audit support, tribal engagement, and specialized reporting services.