Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board is a civilian independent agency that procures contract support for federal oversight and auditing of recovery spending. The Board has issued 21 federal contract awards totaling $78.8 million in combined potential value since its first award in March 2006, with the most recent award closing in September 2015. Contract spending has been minimal in recent years—activity declined sharply after 2011, when the Board awarded 8 contracts, followed by 2 awards in 2012, 1 in 2013, 1 in 2014, and 3 in 2015. Of the $78.8 million in potential value, $59.2 million (75 percent) has been obligated.

The portfolio is highly fragmented across 17 distinct prime contractors with no dominant player. The set-aside mix reflects a roughly even split between unrestricted and set-aside awards: 62 percent of awards carried no set-aside designation, 19 percent were Competitive 8(a), 10 percent were Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business awards, and the remaining 5 percent were split between 8(a) Sole Source and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Sole Source awards.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Board. The agency's contracting activity has been inactive since 2015—a span of 11 years with no new awards—and no current solicitations are present in the source data. Any pursuit of this agency should account for the extended dormancy of its contracting function and the absence of forward pipeline visibility.