The Legislative Branch

The Legislative Branch is a civilian agency that procures contracts and administers grants to support the operations and programs of the U.S. Congress and related legislative entities.

The Legislative Branch has awarded 252 federal contracts since 1999, with recent activity averaging 8.8 awards per year over the last five years (5 awards in 2022, 15 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 8 year-to-date in 2026). Combined contract potential value stands at $57.3 million, with $64.5 million in combined dollars obligated. Over the last five years, contract competition is highly fragmented across 127 distinct prime contractors. Sixt Ride GMBH & CO. KG leads by award count with 21 recent awards and $568 thousand in combined potential value, followed by Sixt GMBH & CO. Autovermietung KG with 17 awards and $213 thousand combined potential value. The remaining primes hold modest contract volumes and low individual award values. The vast majority of awards—80 percent—carry no set-aside designation, with 10 percent reserved for total small business and another 10 percent split between 8(a) sole-source (10 percent) and competitive 8(a) (1 percent) awards.

The Legislative Branch has awarded 99 federal grants totaling $12.7 million in combined federal dollars obligated across 70 distinct recipients. Grant activity is historical, with 75 awards issued in 2017 and 24 in 2018; no grant awards have been recorded since September 2018. All grant awards were structured as Cooperative Agreements, the sole assistance type in the portfolio.

Recent contract activity reflects ongoing operational and support procurement, with the most recent award dated 25 September 2026. No recent grant opportunities are recorded. The contract portfolio shows low individual award values typical of operational spending for legislative support services, with the recent competitive concentration driven primarily by two related Sixt entities in the transportation and mobility domain. The absence of grant activity for eight years suggests the Legislative Branch's primary transactional focus remains contract-based procurement rather than grant administration.