Daily Planet, Incorporated

Daily Planet, Incorporated, doing business as Daily Planet Inc., a Richmond, Virginia-based nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center established in 1969, delivers transitional housing, comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder treatment, and integrated medical outreach services to homeless veterans and other vulnerable populations as a prime recipient of federal contracts and grants (90% of recent awards). The organization competes full-and-open on VA, HUD, and HHS contracts and grants with no set-aside designations; its federal engagement is concentrated almost entirely within three agencies: the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (VA VISN 6), the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Daily Planet's customer concentration is extreme. VA VISN 6 accounts for 22 awards and $10 million in combined potential value across multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts for the Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans Program. Recent VA delivery orders include a $473,697 order issued March 29, 2026 (extending through March 28, 2027) to continue operating transitional housing with 10–12 beds per location within 10 miles of the Richmond VA Medical Center, a $214,260 modification issued September 28, 2025 to add beds, and a $397,440 order issued October 1, 2024. The HUD Continuum of Care program and the HHS Bureau of Primary Health Care fund permanent housing, rapid rehousing, and behavioral health service expansion—22 HUD awards and 18 HHS awards across multiple project grants. Most recent examples include a HUD Continuum of Care grant (award date January 1, 2026, completion December 31, 2026), an HHS FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion grant (award date September 1, 2024, completion August 31, 2025), and an HHS Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program grant (award date October 1, 2023, completion September 30, 2025). Daily Planet's four prime VA IDIQs form the backbone of its contract footprint, with active ceiling values ranging from $310,250 to $1.5 million; the most recent IDC awarded March 29, 2026 carries a $1.5 million ceiling through March 28, 2029 and was justified as sole-source on the basis of geographic exclusivity and specialized capability in serving veterans with severe mental illness within a defined service radius.

Activity has remained flat to modest over the past five years (four to six awards annually, 2022–2025; three in 2026 year-to-date), with only three awards reaching completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $474 thousand)—a minimal recompete cliff. In its subrecipient role, Daily Planet receives pass-through funding from the City of Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Health for HOPWA-eligible activities, HIV core medical services, and mobile medical outreach programming. The organization's capability portfolio is highly specialized: housing-focused case management, individual and group therapy by licensed clinicians, psychiatric medication management, medication-assisted treatment programs, and primary care delivery via mobile medical units and street medicine teams, with particular depth in serving homeless individuals and veterans experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Ninety-six percent of Daily Planet's disclosed-income patients live at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; one-third of the patient population is best served in a language other than English, and the organization operates in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area for mental health providers.