Division of Financial Management

The National Science Foundation Division of Financial Management is a civilian sub-agency that procures financial management, accounting, and administrative support services for the National Science Foundation. The Division handles contract awards for services that support NSF's internal financial operations, budgeting, and compliance functions.

The Division has awarded 89 federal contracts cumulatively since 2006, with a combined potential value of $74.4 million and $67.6 million obligated against those awards. Contract activity has been sparse and intermittent in recent years: 4 awards in 2019, 2 in 2020, 3 in 2021, 1 in 2022, and 2 in 2024, with the most recent award closing in November 2024. Over the last five years, the Division awarded only 6 contracts across 4 distinct prime contractors, reflecting a highly fragmented competitive landscape in which the top five vendors hold 6 percent of combined potential value. Blake Willson Group LLC leads recent activity with one award valued at $4.5 million; the remaining three recent awardees—Management Concepts Inc., Lexisnexis Risk Solutions FL Inc., and Green Shades Software LLC—transacted on contracts below or near $25 thousand each.

The Division's set-aside mix skews toward unrestricted procurement: 66 percent of awards carried no set-aside designation, while 27 percent were 8(a) Sole Source awards and 7 percent were Total Small Business set-asides. The high proportion of non-set-aside awards suggests that the Division regularly competes work on a full-and-open basis, though the 8(a) Sole Source share indicates selective use of streamlined procurement for certain socioeconomically disadvantaged vendors.

No recent contract opportunities are currently on file against the Division, nor are recent grant opportunities recorded. The Division does not appear to fund federal grants; its role is limited to procuring support services for NSF's internal financial management operations.