Job Corps National Office

The Department of Labor Office of Job Corps is a civilian agency within the Department of Labor that procures training services, facility management, and operational support for the national Job Corps program, which provides no-cost job training and career services to disadvantaged youth. The Office awards contracts to training providers, facility operators, and service vendors across the continental United States and territories.

The Office has awarded 379 federal contracts since 2003, with a combined potential value of $3.85 billion and $2.56 billion in obligated dollars. Award activity has declined sharply in recent years: 26 awards in 2022, 36 in 2023, 17 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 11 year-to-date in 2026. Over the last five years, the Office has worked with 231 distinct prime contractors, indicating a highly fragmented competitive landscape. The top five award-count leaders—Govsmart, Inc., Calco Enterprises LLC, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., International Union Of Operating Engineers National Training Fund, and MCI Diagnostic Center LLC—collectively hold only 26 percent of recent awards by count. By potential value, concentration is even lower: the top five (led by International Union Of Operating Engineers National Training Fund at $82.8 million and Iupat Finishing Trades Institute at $51.1 million) account for only 7 percent of combined potential value across the five-year window.

Set-asides comprise 40 percent of total awards. The dominant designation is no set-aside (228 awards, 60 percent), followed by general small-business set-asides (67 awards, 18 percent) and 8(a) sole-source awards (41 awards, 11 percent). HUBZone set-asides account for 4 percent of awards, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business designations account for 4 percent combined (8 awards sole-source, 7 awards other).

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded against the Office in the source data.