Pretrial Services Agency

The Pretrial Services Agency is a civilian sub-agency within the federal judiciary that procures services and goods to support pretrial supervision and defendant-release programming across the federal court system. The agency has awarded 1,091 federal contracts totaling $77.9 million in combined potential value since 2004, with $58 million obligated to date. Recent contract activity has declined substantially: the agency closed 48 awards in 2016, 59 in 2017, 54 in 2018, 37 in 2019, and 1 in 2020, with no recorded awards since January 2020. The most recent award dates to January 2020, placing the portfolio six years and eight months in the past.

Contract awards are overwhelmingly open competition, with 92 percent issued without set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 6 percent of awards, split between Total Small Business (67 awards) and scattered 8(a), HUBZone, woman-owned small business, and partial small-business designations representing fewer than 10 awards combined. The agency has engaged 311 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio, indicating a fragmented competitive base. The absence of a top-five concentration breakdown in the source material prevents specific identification of leading contractors, but the high contractor count relative to total awards suggests no single prime dominates the portfolio.

Contract opportunity activity is not present in the source material; no open solicitations are recorded. The extended dormancy in the award record — no recorded activity since early 2020 — and the absence of any current contract opportunities suggest the agency is not actively transacting at this time. Firms evaluating pursuit should verify current contracting posture directly with the Pretrial Services Agency or the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which oversees pretrial services at the federal level, to determine whether procurement activity has resumed or remains suspended.