US Special Operations Command

United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is the Department of Defense's unified combatant command that procures advanced capabilities, training support, operational equipment, and integration services across the global special operations forces enterprise. USSOCOM functions as the primary contracting authority for Special Operations Forces (SOF) acquisition and operates multiple subordinate commands — Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC), Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), Army Special Operations Command (ARSOC), and regional commands including Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) and Special Operations Command Korea — each executing distinct procurement lines aligned to force readiness, mission systems, and force protection.

USSOCOM awarded 77,351 federal contracts cumulatively since 1991, with combined potential value of $72.24 billion and combined obligations of $70.62 billion (98% obligated). Recent activity shows contraction: 2,292 awards in 2022, 1,998 in 2023, 1,662 in 2024, 1,108 in 2025, and 235 year-to-date in 2026. The command executed the most recently recorded award on September 19, 2026.

Competitive concentration is moderately concentrated. Lockheed Martin Corporation leads by potential value with 382 awards totaling $2.84 billion, followed by Anduril Industries, Inc. ($1.1 billion across 128 awards) and L3Harris Technologies, Inc. ($343.3 million across 124 awards). Inmarsat Government, Inc. leads by award count with 403 recent awards (though combined potential value of $6.5 million indicates heavy reliance on Schedule or BPA vehicles). The top five primes by potential value account for approximately 6 percent of combined recent potential value; top five by count account for 20 percent of recent awards. USSOCOM maintains 10,478 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward unrestricted procurement: 75 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small business awards account for 22 percent of the portfolio. SDVOSB, competitive 8(a), WOSB, HUBZone, and other socioeconomic set-asides each represent less than 1 percent of awards individually.

Recent contract solicitations span tactical and operational domains. The Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) III Support Contract (H9240027RE001, due November 13, 2026) seeks a single-award IDIQ for personnel support and services, requiring Top Secret Facility Clearance. The Commercial Solutions Opening for Tactical Maritime Survivability and Target Vessel Embarkation Equipment (H92240-27-SC-001, due December 31, 2028) solicits next-generation scaling, breaching, and embarkation tools for naval special warfare boarding operations, open to FAR Part 12 or Other Transaction agreements. Marine Forces Special Operations Command issued a Total Small Business IDIQ for Direct Action and Combatives Training at the Marine Raider Training Center (H9225727QE001, due November 13, 2026). MARSOC also released a Woman-Owned Small Business IDIQ for equivalent training support (H9225726RE008, due October 30, 2026). The Program Management and Capability Protection Small Business effort (H9240226RE005, due November 6, 2026) seeks program and product management support for counterproliferation, EOD, EW, and counter-UAS missions, amended as of October 8 to extend timelines and requires NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment score of 110 and CUI safeguarding capability. USSOCOM is also conducting market research for training area leasing near Hunter Army Airfield for 75th Ranger Regiment crisis response training (H9242127RT001, due October 26, 2026) and for passenger car leasing in Oahu, Hawaii through a potential five-year BPA (H9228010152026, due October 23, 2026). Multiple command offices are sponsoring the International Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Range 2027 event (April 13–14, 2027, Nevada Test and Training Range) in coordination with joint services and research-and-engineering offices to showcase advanced lethality systems.

Special Forces Operations Command oversees the special operations capabilities of the various military branches, coordinates their training, strategy, interoperability and operations.