Criminal Justice Planning Agency

The Criminal Justice Planning Agency is a U.S. government entity (planning commission) based in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, that serves as the prime recipient of federal grants and administers criminal justice funding and programs for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands across multiple Department of Justice grant programs.

The vendor's activity centers entirely on federal grant administration and sub-grant distribution to territorial and local criminal justice agencies and service providers. CJPA does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; its portfolio comprises 100 prime grant awards across nine distinct Department of Justice customer agencies. Recent work includes a $1.25 million Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (awarded July 1, 2026, completing June 30, 2029) to implement Phase II of the CNMI Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) modernization project under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554), establishing a secure cloud-based CJIS environment and centralized message switch connecting the Department of Public Safety, Department of Corrections, Judiciary, Office of the Attorney General, Customs, and federal partners including the FBI, with Datamaxx Technologies procured as a vendor to deploy the OMNIXX message broker and Force platform and provide data migration and operations support. CJPA also holds a $500,000 Project Grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (awarded April 1, 2026, completing March 31, 2029) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to fund policy audits, law enforcement training, investigations, sexual assault kit processing, and victim services across the territory. Title II Formula Grants from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention fund juvenile justice system improvement, compliance monitoring, and delinquency prevention programs with sub-recipients spanning government agencies and service providers.

Customer concentration is extreme within Department of Justice: the Office of Justice Programs and Office on Violence Against Women account for 93% of awards. Five major program streams dominate the footprint — the Office on Violence Against Women (27 awards addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking); the Office of Justice Programs general stream (28 awards); the Bureau of Justice Assistance (16 awards, including residential substance abuse treatment funding, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants, and the John R. Justice Program); Victims of Crime (12 awards distributing Crime Victims Fund dollars to local service providers); and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (10 awards). All work is place-of-performance in the Northern Mariana Islands, serving the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. CJPA distributes sub-grant funds to territorial government agencies including the Department of Public Safety, Department of Corrections, Judiciary, and Office of the Attorney General, and to nonprofit service providers. Activity has declined modestly — five awards in 2022 to three in 2026 year-to-date — with twelve awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure across the portfolio.