Social Security Administration

The Social Security Administration is a civilian independent agency that procures IT infrastructure, facilities maintenance, software licenses, data systems, and support services to operate its national headquarters, field offices, and service delivery network. SSA is actively awarding contracts across a highly fragmented competitive base and has established a smaller grant-making function focused on disability-advocacy organizations.

The Social Security Administration has awarded 114,732 federal contracts since 1984, with combined potential value of $34.07 billion and $32.09 billion in obligated dollars. Recent contract activity has declined: 2,082 awards in 2022, 1,958 in 2023, 1,781 in 2024, 1,270 in 2025, and 1,041 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award was issued on October 19, 2026. The agency transacts across 11,179 distinct prime contractors with highly fragmented competitive concentration—the top five primes by award count hold 13 percent of recent awards, and the top five by potential value hold 7 percent of combined potential value. Carahsoft Technology Corp leads by value with $1.29 billion across 203 awards over the last five years, followed by Colossal Contracting LLC at $464.3 million and Dell Federal Systems L.P at $276.6 million. By award count, Stratcomm, Inc. leads with 401 awards ($78.6 million potential value), American Relocation Connections LLC has 218 awards ($10.1 million), and Carahsoft follows with 203 awards. The set-aside mix is heavily open competition: 88 percent of awards carry no set-aside, with small business accounting for 10 percent of awards, 8(a) sole source 1 percent, and remaining designations under 0.5 percent each.

The Social Security Administration has obligated $1.02 billion in federal grant dollars across 1,526 grants to 256 recipients since 1997, with the most recent grant award on October 1, 2024. Grant activity is sparse and irregular: one award in 2017, 187 in 2018, 75 in 2021, 127 in 2023, and three in 2024. Recipient concentration is highly fragmented—the top five recipients by award count hold 8 percent of recent awards and by federal dollars hold 2 percent. University of Wisconsin System leads by federal dollars with $8.7 million across two awards, followed by Westat, Inc. at $6 million. The grant portfolio is dominated by Cooperative Agreements at 59 percent of awards, with Project Grants at 40 percent and Block Grants at 0.2 percent.

Current contract opportunities span IT infrastructure renewal, facilities operations, and software licensing. A multiple-award IDIQ for IT Support Services Contract (ITSSC) recompete closed on October 22, 2026, structured under FAR Parts 12, 15, and 16. Earlier solicitations include State Electronic Marriage Data Exchange (RFP due August 31, 2026), Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Strategy (RFI due September 28, 2026), and Social Security Television Network media signage and managed services (RFI, due date passed). Recent RFQs address document shredding for Puerto Rico offices, automatic door maintenance at headquarters, emergency FirstNet backup equipment, and hazardous-waste hand-sanitizer disposal across 20 SSA locations nationwide. Open contract opportunities as of October 22, 2026 include Soteri Secret Scanning subscription renewal for Bitbucket (due October 27, 2026) and a Sources Sought for National Support Center operations and maintenance in Urbana, Maryland (due October 30, 2026).

The Social Security Administration assigns social security numbers; administers the retirement, survivors, and disability insurance programs known as Social Security; and administers the Supplemental Security Income program for the aged, blind, and disabled.