NRC Region 3

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region 3, a civilian sub-agency within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, procures administrative, telecommunications, and facilities services to support nuclear regulatory operations and oversight functions across its regional territory. The agency has awarded 444 federal contracts since 2007 with combined potential value of $7.7 million and combined dollars obligated of $7.4 million.

Contract activity has declined sharply over the past five years. The region closed 16 awards in 2021, 16 in 2022, then 4 in 2023, 4 in 2024, and 2 year-to-date in 2025, with the most recent award dated September 2025. Across the portfolio history, 145 distinct prime contractors have transacted with the agency, indicating a highly fragmented competitive base. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count—Granite Telecommunications (5 awards), Frontier Communications Corporation (5 awards), BM15 - Westwood of Lisle LLC (4 awards), Laurus Systems Inc. (3 awards), and Comcast of Illinois III, Inc. (2 awards)—hold 70 percent of recent awards, though their combined dollar values are minimal (the top awards in the count ranking are worth $41 thousand, $13 thousand, and $7 thousand respectively). By potential value, concentration is even more dispersed: Steelcase Inc. holds $1.7 million in a single award (the highest single-award value in the window), followed by A CH Coakley & Co Inc. at $96 thousand, with the top five primes by value covering only 24 percent of combined potential value across the window. The vast majority of awards carry no set-aside designation (95 percent), with small-business set-asides making up 4 percent and 8(a) sole-source awards representing 1 percent of the portfolio.

The agency's contract volume and dollar values are both modest, reflecting its role as a regulatory body rather than a high-volume procurement organization. The steep decline in award activity in 2023 and beyond suggests either reduced operational needs or a shift toward renewal or modification of existing contracts. Business development interest should focus on the telecommunications and facilities-services categories where the agency has shown repeated transactional patterns; however, the small deal values and low overall award cadence constrain revenue opportunity at this sub-agency.