Oregon Dept Of Agriculture

Oregon Department of Agriculture, a child entity of the State of Oregon, is the recipient of 681 federal awards (prime recipient status on 678 of them) spanning agricultural inspection, invasive species management, plant and animal health surveillance, and food safety compliance across 32 federal customer agencies. The agency operates exclusively as a grant and cooperative agreement recipient rather than as a federal contractor; recent work is concentrated in plant pest detection, quarantine enforcement, animal disease surveillance, and forest health protection—roles that anchor its position as the federal government's primary on-the-ground partner in Oregon for USDA and Interior Department regulatory and environmental programs.

Concretely, Oregon Dept Of Agriculture is the recipient of two definitive food safety inspection contracts with the Food and Drug Administration: a $2.93 million agreement awarded September 30, 2026 for human food Oregon state inspections running through March 29, 2032, and a $1.89 million contract awarded September 22, 2023 for human food inspections through March 29, 2027 (both firm fixed-price, place of performance Salem, Oregon). The agency also holds a Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region for invasive plant management services, under which task orders for statewide biocontrol support, westside projects, and eastside projects were awarded between May 2022 and September 2023, ranging from $39,898 to $120,000. Federal grant work dominates the portfolio: cooperative agreements with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for agricultural pest surveillance (spongy moth delimitation, defoliating moth surveys, spotted lanternfly detection, wood borer identification, grasshopper and Mormon cricket monitoring, karnal bunt wheat elevator surveys, honeybee health surveys), animal disease traceability and surveillance (avian influenza testing, tuberculosis eradication, biosecurity compliance), and biological control research (parasitoid releases for spotted-wing drosophila, emerald ash borer, brown marmorated stink bug, and invasive weeds including gorse, knotweeds, and yellow toadflax). Recent representative grants include $712,500 (June 1, 2026–May 31, 2027) for Phytophthora ramorum quarantine enforcement and nursery inspections; $258,997 (May 15–April 30, 2027) for defoliating moth surveys with 7,170 traps across 23 Oregon counties; $198,764 (April 1–March 31, 2026) for animal disease surveillance across avian, cattle, sheep, goat, and equine health; and $1.96 million (September 30, 2024–September 29, 2027) under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (CFDA 10.170) for marketing and research support across hazelnuts, fescue grass, onions, cherries, strawberries, and rhododendrons.

Customer concentration is stark and non-diversified. The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service alone accounts for 402 of 681 awards (59% of the portfolio) but carries relatively modest combined potential value; by dollar magnitude, the Food and Drug Administration dominates with 11 awards worth $17.1 million in combined potential value (68% of all potential value across the portfolio). The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service combined represent the next-largest dollars (27 and 25 awards respectively, $6.5 million and $153 thousand potential value). This concentration signal is reinforced by obligated funding: the agency has invoiced $177.2 million against a combined potential value of $25 million across all 681 awards, indicating heavy reuse of award ceilings and mature, sustained relationships rather than competitive pipeline expansion. Recompete exposure in the next 24 months stands at 29 awards (combined potential value $1.9 million), a modest refresh compared to the total value at risk.

The work performed is geographically bound to Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Place of performance across all visible awards specifies Salem (administrative headquarters for food safety contracts) and subordinate survey and inspection sites throughout Oregon's 30 counties, plus coordination with BLM lands and national forest areas in the Oregon-Washington region. Activity has declined year over year—48 awards in 2022 to 21 in 2026 year-to-date—suggesting either a contraction in federal appropriations for Oregon-specific agricultural compliance work or completion of multi-year projects without renewal. The portfolio carries no subcontract footprint (3 sub-awards out of 681 total); Oregon Dept Of Agriculture operates as a terminal recipient, not as a prime contractor managing subcontractors. Corporate structure shows Oregon Dept Of Agriculture as a child entity of the State of Oregon, Office of the Governor, and therefore operates under state civil service employment and procurement rules rather than as a private-sector vendor. Federal awards flow directly to the state agency and are executed by state staff using state infrastructure and regulatory authority—the agency does not bid competitively on open market solicitations, does not pursue contract vehicles, and does not compete against private vendors for work.