Content created by Office of Grants (OG)
Each year, the federal government distributes over $1 trillion in grants and cooperative agreements across 52 awarding agencies, representing one of the federal government’s largest investments to drive improvements for the American people. As agencies have largely managed their grants internally, there has not been a concerted effort to coordinate across the federal grants management systems landscape. This has resulted in a disconnected, aging systems environment made up of a myriad of systems with varying levels of maturity, as well as a fragmented user experience that increases the administrative burden for applicants, recipients, and awarding agencies.
In response to these challenges, the Grants QSMO established a Marketplace of shared grants management solutions and is operationalizing a vision for federal grants that empowers and enables applicants, recipients, and federal awarding agencies to efficiently and effectively deliver on their missions. The Grants QSMO continuously engages with all 52 federal awarding agency customers to ensure the solutions and services offered by the Grants QSMO align with their needs, challenges, and objectives. Since the establishment of the Grants QSMO, adoption of shared services has increased from 19% to 48% of federal awarding agencies. To further help agencies, the Grants QSMO created the Catalog of Market Research consisting of commercial grants IT vendors vetted by a cross-government team to support agencies in selecting the most optimal grants management solution.
Email us at GrantsQSMO@hhs.gov to discuss your future grant needs.
Grants Marketplace and Services
Federal Grants Marketplace
The Grants QSMO operates and maintains a Marketplace of grants IT solutions. The Marketplace provides federal awarding agencies transparent information surrounding Federal Shared Service Providers, including grants IT solution options, solution performance, pricing methodology, and customer satisfaction. The solution offerings on the Marketplace are vetted and approved by the Grants QSMO, ensuring solution offerings are high-quality with modern functionality and adherence to government-wide standards.
Grants QSMO Acquisition Gateway
To further assist federal awarding agencies with acquisition support and expand potential solution offerings, the Grants QSMO launched its Acquisition Gateway. Currently, the Grants QSMO conducts annual Commercial Market Research and shares its results with federal awarding agencies via the Catalog of Market Research, saving agencies up to 600-800 hours of work, which can be found on the Acquisition Gateway.
Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
The Grants QSMO continuously engages with customers and stakeholders across the federal grants community to respond and support the needs of these different groups. The Grants QSMO currently conducts annual one-on-one discussions with federal awarding agencies and is involved with multiple cross-agency working groups to ensure the program is adapting to the changing needs and requirements across the federal grants landscape
Visit the Federal Grant Systems Hub to search by your recipient name or UEI to find information related to your organization's federal grants and the systems needed to administer them.
Email us at GrantsQSMO@hhs.gov to discuss your future grant needs.
Recent Publications
The Grants QSMO publishes materials across numerous areas. This page will continue to be updated as the Grants QSMO releases and publishes new resources.
Tribal Customer Experience (CX) Report
The Tribal CX Pilot for Post-Award Reporting is a cross-agency initiative consisting of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Executive office of the President (EOP), U.S. Department of the Treasury, and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). This pilot project focuses on ways to improve the technology and knowledge gap related to post-award reporting with the goal of reducing burden and supporting equitable grant reporting compliance for tribes.