Federal Correctional Complex Butner

The Federal Correctional Complex Butner, a sub-agency of the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, procures food, medical supplies, facility maintenance, and operational equipment for the operation of a federal correctional institution in Butner, North Carolina. The facility has awarded 12,589 contracts totaling $2.21 billion in combined potential value since 2004, with $1.47 billion obligated to date. Activity remained steady over the past five years at 547 awards in 2023, 560 in 2024, 510 in 2025, and 328 in 2026, with 1 award recorded as of the most recently recorded award date in January 2027.

Contract competition is fragmented. Over the last five years, Mckesson Corporation leads by award count with 166 awards and $146.1 million combined potential value, followed by Class Produce Group LLC with 149 awards and $2.7 million, and University of Massachusetts Medical School with 139 awards and $215.4 million. By potential value, University of Massachusetts Medical School ranks first at $215.4 million across 139 awards, but the top five primes account for only 22 percent of recent award count and 17 percent of recent combined potential value, indicating a highly fragmented vendor base of 1,383 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio.

The set-aside portfolio skews heavily toward open competition: 72 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 27 percent are designated Total Small Business. Small business set-asides account for all special designations; no awards are set aside for 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB, or other preferences.

Representative recent contract opportunities include solicitation 15B10626Q00000028, an RFQ issued September 22, 2026, for a Dexis OP 3D EX Pan dental imaging device with a due date of September 25, 2026, and multiple fiscal 2027 first-quarter subsistence, meat, milk, and specialty dietary (certified Halal and Kosher) food procurements for the facility, all due August 27, 2026, with total small business set-asides on food solicitations. UNICOR, the Federal Bureau of Prisons' manufacturing and supply arm, has also issued pre-solicitation notices for sources to supply HVAC filter manufacturing materials (due September 21, 2026) and twill and poplin fabric for inmate clothing production (due August 28, 2026), both seeking qualified suppliers for multi-year contracts with option periods.