Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. is a for-profit executive search and human resources consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that operates as a prime contractor on federal leadership engagement and talent acquisition programs, competing under full-and-open authority with no set-aside designations. The vendor holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Office of the Secretary of Defense valued at $75 million through March 2029 and two delivery orders from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service totaling $49.6 million combined potential value, reflecting a concentrated customer footprint anchored in defense leadership support rather than broad federal distribution.

Heidrick & Struggles' federal capability portfolio centers on private sector leadership engagement, executive recruitment, and talent acquisition services. Primary work includes a $75 million single-award IDIQ with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for private sector leadership support services running through March 2029; a $34.5 million delivery order from Washington Headquarters Service awarded April 1, 2026, for Private Sector Leadership Business Operators for National Defense (BOND) Program support services with completion scheduled for March 31, 2027; and a $15.1 million definitive contract from Washington Headquarters Service awarded April 18, 2025, for private sector leadership engagement support services completing September 17, 2026. The vendor also holds a position on two Treasury Internal Revenue Service IDIQs under which ten task orders carry $13 million in combined potential value, and maintains minor work with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Customer concentration is extreme by both count and dollar magnitude. The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service account for 96% of the vendor's combined potential value ($124.6 million of $143.8 million total), despite representing only three awards. The Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service accounts for 12 awards but only $13 million in potential value, indicating smaller, transactional talent acquisition orders. Across the footprint, 89% of awards concentrate within these four customer entities.

Activity patterns show sporadic historical awards with recent acceleration. The vendor received one award in 2025 and two awards in 2026, following a gap after 2006, suggesting renewed or expanded federal engagement. Two awards worth $49.6 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months — the two Washington Headquarters Service delivery orders — creating a recompete cliff and follow-on opportunity window. The vendor has obligated $18.8 million of the $143.8 million combined potential value (13% utilization rate), indicating early-stage drawdown on recent awards.

The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Heidrick & Struggles holds a named subsidiary, Business Talent Group, LLC, a for-profit organization that may expand the corporate capability scope in talent solutions and contingent workforce services beyond the core executive search and HR consulting work visible in the federal awards.