Alaska Department Of Corrections

Alaska Department Of Corrections, a state government agency operating as a division of the State of Alaska Office of the Governor, provides temporary military confinement and correctional management services to the Department of the Air Force and Department of the Army as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards), with complementary federal grant funding from the Department of Justice for evidence-based substance abuse treatment and reentry programs at its facilities. The agency operates under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations across its federal contract footprint.

The agency's core federal contracting capability centers on temporary housing and detention services for Air Force and Army prisoners at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, delivered through its secure correctional facilities. Since 2022, AKDOC has held a $750 thousand single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces (effective through September 30, 2027) that establishes the framework for this work. The agency has issued 18 delivery orders under this IDC, ranging from approximately $2 thousand to $116 thousand per task order, with recent examples including a $116,080 ratification order issued by Army Pacific Command on July 8, 2026, for unauthorized commitments in fiscal years 2024 and 2025; a $79,861 delivery order from the Department of the Army on October 1, 2025, for confinement services through September 2026; and a $20,357 order from Pacific Air Forces on October 2, 2025, for temporary prisoner housing through December 31, 2025. AKDOC also holds predecessor IDCs with Pacific Air Forces dating to at least 2015, demonstrating sustained customer demand.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Defense organizations. The Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces represents 29 awards ($2.7 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Pacific Command represents 18 awards ($2.6 million), together accounting for 79% of all recent awards. The remaining active customer base includes the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (13 awards tied to federal grant work), the Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer (14 awards, $10 thousand combined potential value), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (6 awards, $959 combined potential value). Four additional parent IDCs — contract vehicles W912CZ09A0001, FA500017D0001, FA500020D0001, and FA500015D0006 with Pacific Air Forces — collectively carry 24 task orders, indicating multiple overlapping vehicles managing the same service line.

AKDOC's federal grant footprint centers on substance abuse treatment and reentry programming for incarcerated populations. The agency is a prime recipient of four active Bureau of Justice Assistance Formula Grants under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program (CFDA 16.593), with awards dating from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2029. The most recent grant, awarded October 1, 2025, supports a six-month residential therapeutic community serving 24 beds at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center for female inmates with substance use disorders, using a modified therapeutic community and cognitive behavioral approach paired with medication-assisted treatment and transition planning; prior awards carry similar program scope at combined value of $546 thousand across the 2022–2028 performance periods. AKDOC also serves as sub-recipient on multiple Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development grants spanning adult education, apprenticeship programs (culinary arts, hospitality, building maintenance, warehouse materials management), and dyslexia screening and assistive technology support for individuals with learning disabilities in correctional settings.

Activity over the past five years shows volatility: four awards in 2022, three in 2023, six in 2024, eleven in 2025, and four through mid-2026. Combined potential value across all 101 awards (prime and sub) stands at $6.7 million, though obligated dollars total $9 million, indicating some task orders have exceeded ceiling values or that prior-period obligations are being captured. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, suggesting minimal immediate recompete exposure on the current IDC vehicle (which extends through September 2027). The agency's award footprint is dominated by NAICS 541611 (Correctional Institutions) and PSC Operation Of Penal Facilities, with secondary work in security services and professional support categories.