City Of Manchester

City of Manchester, operating as Manchester Waterworks, is a U.S. local government entity based in Manchester, Kentucky that provides potable water, wastewater treatment, and sewer services to the Federal Correctional Institution Manchester under recurring quarterly and annual delivery orders issued by the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons — the vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor on non-competitive utility service awards with no set-aside designations.

Manchester Waterworks is a municipal water and wastewater utility provider registered in the System for Award Management since November 2006. The vendor competes under full-and-open procurement without SBA set-asides; all 78 prime awards across the vendor's federal footprint are firm-fixed-price delivery orders or project grants issued without set-aside designation, reflecting the vendor's status as the essential local utility infrastructure provider for the federal facility located in its service territory.

The vendor's federal customer base is heavily concentrated in the Bureau of Prisons. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Manchester accounts for 49 awards (62% of total awards) valued at $53.5 million combined potential value, anchoring 74% of the vendor's total combined potential value of $72.8 million. The balance of activity is split among the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons (20 awards with no stated dollar value), the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Field Acquisition Office (2 awards, $81 thousand), the Appalachian Regional Commission (2 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (1 award). Representative contract work includes a $55.8 thousand delivery order for fourth-quarter fiscal year 2026 water services (awarded July 1, 2026, completion September 30, 2026); a $94.5 thousand delivery order for third-quarter fiscal year 2026 wastewater and sewer services (awarded June 30, 2026, completion June 30, 2026); and a $419.6 thousand delivery order for water services P4 Manchester Municipal Water Works (awarded October 1, 2023, completion November 19, 2024).

The vendor places nearly all work under two Bureau of Prisons indefinite-delivery contracts: Indefinite Delivery Contract 15B11018D00000045 carries 21 task orders valued at $22.7 million combined potential value, and Indefinite Delivery Contract 15B11018D00000046 carries 12 task orders valued at $1.7 million. Activity has been episodic — four awards in 2022, seven in 2023, two in 2024, nine in 2025, and six in 2026 through early July — with only $150 thousand in combined potential value reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.

The vendor also holds two federal grants: a Community Facility Grant from the Rural Utilities Service (awarded August 14, 2023, completion August 14, 2025) and an Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding grant from the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (awarded February 17, 2023, completion August 31, 2030). Manchester Waterworks additionally serves as a sub-recipient on a grant from the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs for public utilities support (sub-award date December 19, 2023).

The award portfolio is dominated by water and sewage utility PSC codes: 59 awards carry the Utilities—Water PSC, and 14 carry Utilities—Other. NAICS concentration mirrors this profile, with 29 awards under Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (NAICS 221310) and 24 under Sewage Treatment Facilities (NAICS 221320). The vendor's historical contract values to the Federal Correctional Institution range from approximately $29 thousand to $419.6 thousand per delivery order, reflecting the quarterly and annual billing cycles for essential utility infrastructure support to the civilian detention facility. As the sole local government utility provider for Manchester, Kentucky, Manchester Waterworks operates in a non-competitive posture on its federal work, with all Bureau of Prisons awards issued directly without competitive procurement.