Office of General Counsel

The Small Business Administration Office of General Counsel, a civilian sub-agency within the SBA, procures legal and administrative services, litigation support, and related professional services to support the agency's mission of assisting small businesses.

The Office of General Counsel has awarded 48 federal contracts since 2012, with a combined potential value of $11.6 million and $8 million obligated to date. Recent contracting activity has remained steady but modest: 2 awards in 2022, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award was recorded on September 16, 2026. Twenty-three distinct prime contractors have been awarded contracts across the portfolio lifetime. The Office transacts across a relatively small vendor base, and many awards carry limited reported values typical of service contracts below major thresholds.

Competitive concentration among prime contractors is concentrated, with the top five accounting for 75% of recent awards by count. Relx Inc. leads by combined potential value at $4.5 million across 2 awards, followed by Alamo City Engineering Services, Inc. with 3 awards totaling $435 thousand, and Hrworx, LLC with 2 awards totaling $368 thousand. The remaining 18 contractors in the portfolio hold single or occasional awards with substantially smaller values. The top five by-value coverage stands at 48% of combined potential value over the same window, reflecting a more distributed spend across the contractor base than the award-count concentration would suggest.

Set-aside utilization is minimal. Seventy-one percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation, reflecting the Office's preference for unrestricted competitive procurements. Small-business set-asides account for 19% of awards (9 contracts), 8(a) sole-source awards comprise 6% (3 contracts), and one Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business sole-source award represents 2% of the portfolio. No HUBZone, women-owned small business, or other specialized set-aside categories appear in the award history.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded for the Office of General Counsel. No recent grant-making activity is present in the agency's portfolio. The limited and episodic contracting cadence, combined with the absence of current solicitations, suggests this sub-agency is not currently pursuing substantive new vendor relationships or expanding procurement volume. Businesses targeting legal and professional-services contracts should monitor the Office for future solicitations or consider outreach to current incumbent vendors who hold recurring or indefinite-duration vehicle positions.