Job Corps Contracts Management

The Department of Labor Office of Job Corps Office of Contracts Management is a sub-agency within the Department of Labor that procures goods, services, and infrastructure support for the Job Corps program, the federal residential job-training initiative serving disadvantaged youth nationwide.

The Office of Contracts Management's federal contract portfolio comprises 130 awards totaling $9.98 billion in combined potential value since 1999, with $1.72 billion obligated to date. Recent award volume has declined sharply: the office issued 27 awards in 2016, 12 in 2017, 6 in 2018, 2 in 2019, and 1 award year-to-date in 2026. The most recent award closed on August 10, 2026.

Over the last five years, competitive concentration is highly fragmented. Safal Partners LLC holds the sole award in the recent window (1 award, $2.6 million potential value) and accounts for 100% of recent award count coverage and 0% of recent combined potential value coverage, indicating that recent transactions are small and dispersed across multiple primes. The contract portfolio spans 69 distinct prime contractors across its lifetime, with no single vendor dominating the historical footprint.

Two-thirds of all awards (87 of 130) carry no set-aside designation. Small Business awards represent 18% of the portfolio (23 awards), while 8(a) Sole Source awards comprise 12% (16 awards). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Sole Source, HUBZone, and combined 8(a) with HUBZone Preference designations together make up the remaining 4% of awards. The portfolio reflects a primarily open-market competitive structure with a modest small-business and socioeconomic set-aside component.

The sharp reduction in award volume from 2016 onward—from 27 awards to a single award in five years—signals material contraction in contracting activity. The office does not appear to maintain an active open-opportunities pipeline at present; no recent contract opportunities are recorded against the agency.