Mississippi Job Corps Center

The Department of Labor Office of Job Corps Mississippi Job Corps Center is a civilian sub-agency that procures operational, support, and training services for a residential Job Corps facility serving economically disadvantaged youth in Mississippi. The Center operates as part of the federal Job Corps network and manages contracts for facility operations, instruction, and related support functions.

The Center has issued 11 federal contract awards since 2009, with combined potential value of $213.3 million and $165.5 million in obligated dollars. Recent activity has been sparse: 3 awards in 2018, 1 award each in 2019, 2020, and 2021, and 1 award in 2023, with no recorded awards since July 2023. The most recent award was closed over three years ago. Eight distinct prime contractors have been awarded across the portfolio history.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented among recent awardees. Over the last five years, Benecorp Inc. holds the sole recorded award, accounting for $4.3 million in combined potential value against the Center's $213.3 million total portfolio. This represents 2 percent of combined potential value by recent measure, indicating that most of the Center's historical spending was allocated to contractors who did not re-compete or whose awards predate the five-year window.

The set-aside mix is predominantly unrestricted: 7 awards (64 percent) carried no set-aside designation. The remaining awards split between 8(a) Sole Source (3 awards, 27 percent) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (1 award, 9 percent). No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Center, and no contract awards have been issued since mid-2023. Firms monitoring this office should treat it as inactive in the current cycle.