Joliet Job Corps Center

The Department of Labor Office of Job Corps Joliet Job Corps Center is a civilian sub-agency that administers vocational and occupational training programs for young adults at a center-based location; it procures services and facilities support necessary to operate the training center and house its residents. The Office operates as part of the broader Job Corps network under the Department of Labor.

The Joliet center has awarded eight federal contracts cumulatively since 2008, totaling $391.8 million in combined potential value with $169.2 million obligated to date. Recent contract activity is sparse: the center closed one award in May 2026 and recorded one award each in 2021, 2019, 2017, and 2016 over the prior five-year window. Five distinct prime contractors have been awarded across the portfolio history.

Management & Training Corporation holds the only recent award on record—a single contract valued at $14.4 million potential value closed in May 2026. This sole recent award represents 100 percent of awards by count over the last five years and only 4 percent of the combined potential value across the entire portfolio, indicating that the center's contract awards are distributed across multiple vendors and that the largest value concentration lies outside the recent award window. The competitive structure is highly fragmented; no single contractor dominates the center's procurement over the last five years.

The set-aside mix reflects a majority of open-market awards: 63 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 25 percent are Total Small Business set-asides, and 13 percent are HUBZone set-asides. No recent contract opportunities are recorded for this center. Business development professionals evaluating pursuit at the Joliet center should note the extremely low frequency of contracting activity—one award per year or fewer—and the long intervals between solicitations, which limit the near-term pipeline opportunity.