Gulfport Job Corps Center

The Department of Labor Office of Job Corps Gulfport Job Corps Center is a civilian sub-agency within the Department of Labor that operates and maintains a federal job training facility in Gulfport, Mississippi, procuring contracts for facility operations, infrastructure, and support services to deliver occupational training programs.

The Gulfport Job Corps Center has awarded 7 federal contracts since October 2020, generating a combined potential value of $107.3 million with $99.6 million obligated to date. Recent activity is modest and irregular: 1 award in 2020, 2 in 2021, no awards recorded in 2022 or 2023, 2 in 2024, and 2 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award is dated July 1, 2026.

The competitive landscape is highly fragmented. Over the last five years, no single prime contractor dominates by count or value. Chugach Solutions Enterprise, LLC leads by potential value at $10.3 million from a single award, followed by Benecorp Inc. at $5.4 million and Venergy Group LLC at $2.6 million. The top four primes by award count each hold one award and account for only 18% of combined potential value across recent activity, reflecting a dispersed vendor base of six distinct contractors across the portfolio lifetime.

The set-aside mix is balanced across small-business categories. Of the seven total awards, 29% are designated 8(a) Sole Source, 29% are Total Small Business, 14% are Competitive 8(a), 14% carry no set-aside designation, and 14% are Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-asides. The center favors small-business vehicles, with approximately 58% of awards falling under some form of small-business or socioeconomic set-aside.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the agency in the current digest.