Office of Management and Administration

The Department of Labor Office of Job Corps is a civilian sub-agency within the Department of Labor that administers the Job Corps program, a comprehensive workforce development initiative providing career training and support services to disadvantaged youth. The Office contracts with service providers and training vendors to deliver education, occupational skills development, and career placement assistance at Job Corps centers nationwide.

Contract activity at the Office of Job Corps is minimal and dormant. The agency has recorded only three federal contract awards since 2016, with the most recent award closing in July 2020. Awards occurred in 2016, 2019, and 2020 — a sporadic cadence with no recorded activity for the past six years. Combined contract potential value stands at $410 thousand, with $410 thousand obligated, indicating full obligation of reported contract value. All three awards carry no set-aside designation, meaning each was open to unrestricted competition. The three distinct prime contractors awarded each hold a single contract; the long-term portfolio reveals no repeat awardees or evidence of a sustained prime contractor base at this contracting office.

The extremely limited contract volume, absence of recent awards, and lack of recurring vendor relationships suggest that the Office of Job Corps either sources most operational support through parent-agency or government-wide vehicles rather than direct contracting, executes the majority of its procurement through non-contract mechanisms such as grants or cooperative agreements, or relies heavily on existing indefinite-delivery or blanket-purchase agreements that do not appear as new awards in this portfolio. The $410 thousand combined portfolio value is inconsistent with an agency managing nationwide workforce-development infrastructure, indicating that meaningful operational spending either flows through higher-level Department of Labor contracting offices or is structured outside the direct-contract channel.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against the Office of Job Corps. The absence of solicitations over the past six years aligns with the dormancy in award activity.