Contracts Office

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Contracts Office is the civilian federal contracting arm for the Justice Department's grant-making and justice-program agencies, procuring goods, services, and support infrastructure across OJP's portfolio of criminal-justice, victim-assistance, and law-enforcement-focused initiatives.

The office has awarded 339 contracts totaling $594.2 million in combined potential value since 2003, with $457.6 million obligated to date. Contract activity has declined significantly in recent years: the office issued 46 awards in 2014, 33 in 2016, 26 in 2017, 18 in 2015, and only 5 in 2018, the most recent award year on record. The office has not recorded contract awards in the past eight years.

The 339 awards have been distributed across 149 distinct prime contractors, indicating a fragmented competitive landscape. The office does not report the identity or award concentration of the top prime contractors in the available source data, so the specific market leaders cannot be named; however, the breadth of the contractor base and the absence of concentration data suggest no single vendor dominates the portfolio.

The contracting office shows a strong preference for open competition: 78 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Among the remaining 22 percent, 8(a) awards account for the largest share—26 sole-source 8(a) awards (8 percent) and 20 competitive 8(a) awards (6 percent) combined. Small-business set-asides account for 6 percent of awards, while HUBZone, woman-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business designations each represent 1 percent or less of the portfolio.

No recent contract opportunities are available in the source data. The absence of recorded awards since 2018 and the lack of current solicitations suggest the office is not actively pursuing new contract work or has transitioned procurement responsibilities to other Justice Department contracting offices. Organizations evaluating pursuit of OJP contract work should verify current contracting authority and active procurement pipelines directly with the office or the parent agency.