Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield is a sub-agency within the civilian federal corrections system that procures supplies, services, and medical support for the operation of a federal correctional facility in South Carolina. FCI Edgefield awards contracts for subsistence, healthcare, maintenance, and institutional supplies to support inmate housing and facility operations.

The facility has issued 5,549 federal contract awards since 2005, with combined potential value of $244.5 million and $211.5 million in combined dollars obligated (86% of potential value). Award volume has declined in recent years: 209 awards in 2022, 216 in 2023, 208 in 2024, 133 in 2025, and 91 year-to-date in 2026. Approximately 6 percent of recent awards carry no reported potential value, reflecting Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, and below-threshold purchase orders typical of institutional operations.

Contract competition is fragmented. Over the last five years, Naphcare LLC dominates by award count with 120 awards ($20.7 million combined potential value), followed by McKesson Corporation with 47 awards ($6.9 million). Together with Shaver Foods LLC, Federal Prison Industries Inc., and East Baking Company Inc., these five primes account for 26 percent of recent awards by count and 13 percent by combined potential value. The remaining 679 prime contractors hold the long tail of the portfolio.

The set-aside mix heavily favors open competition: 74 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 25 percent of awards (1,396 total), while SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), and HUBZone designations collectively account for fewer than 1 percent of the portfolio.

Recent contracting activity focuses on subsistence procurement. Five solicitations posted in August 2026 with due dates of August 28, 2026—all set-aside for small business—cover FY27 first-quarter requirements: subsistence (Solicitation 15B30326Q00000021, NAICS 311999, firm-fixed-price RFQ with single or multiple awards possible), religious diet and halal (15B30326Q00000020, NAICS 311999), milk requirements (15B30326Q00000019, NAICS 311511, single award intended, past performance evaluation noted), bread requirements (15B30326Q00000018, NAICS 311812, weekly deliveries October 5–December 31, 2026), and meat requirements (15B30326Q00000017, NAICS 311991, single or multiple awards). All solicitations specify FOB Destination delivery to the facility warehouse in Edgefield, South Carolina, and require a minimum remaining shelf life of 90 days from manufacturer's best-by or use-by date where applicable.