Federal Correctional Institution Estill

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Estill is a civilian sub-agency within the federal prison system that procures supplies, services, and equipment to support facility operations and inmate care at its South Carolina correctional institution.

FCI Estill has awarded 3,654 federal contracts cumulatively since 2006, with a combined potential value of $135.8 million and $119.8 million obligated to date. Recent activity has trended upward: 36 awards in 2022, 46 in 2023, 54 in 2024, 49 in 2025, and 20 year-to-date in 2026. Among the 481 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio, competitive concentration is highly fragmented across both award count and value metrics. Seven Corners Inc. leads by recent award count with 24 awards valued at $2.7 million combined potential over the last five years, followed by Seaborn Health Care Inc. with 15 awards ($263 thousand) and Federal Prison Industries, Inc. with 11 awards ($619 thousand). When ranked by potential value, Seven Corners Inc. and Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. hold comparable positions at $2.7 million and $2.6 million respectively, reflecting the facility's reliance on utilities and health-care services alongside general supply contracting. The remaining 476 primes transact at significantly smaller scales.

Eighty percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; the remaining twenty percent split almost entirely to small-business set-asides (683 awards), with negligible activity in 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, woman-owned, or partial small-business categories. Eleven of the last five years' 208 awards report no potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, or below-threshold purchase orders.

Recent solicitation activity includes a special notice posted September 11, 2026, for an OP2D 3D Pan Upgradable dental imaging system installation (estimated value approximately $25,000, PSC 6525, due date passed) and a total small-business set-aside request for quotation issued August 26, 2026, for subsistence, meat, and religious diet requirements for Q1 FY27 (NAICS 311999 and 311511, due date passed). Both opportunities reflect the facility's core operational procurement footprint: capital equipment, inmate health services, and food supply.