Department Of Corrections Kansas

The Kansas Department of Corrections, a division of the State of Kansas operating from Topeka, holds federal prime awards and grant recipient awards across contracting and justice-system programming, with the majority of recent contracting work focused on wild horse and burro facility operations under Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management authority. KDOC operates as a state government entity without SBA designations, competing for work on a full-and-open basis; the division is a child entity under the parent State of Kansas Office of Accounts and Reports.

KDOC's federal contracting footprint centers on animal husbandry and facility management. The division holds a seven-award portfolio under a Department of the Interior indefinite delivery contract (140L0318D0003) valued at $4.3 million combined potential, supporting wild horse and burro short-term holding, training, and adoption services at the Kansas State Correctional Wild Horse and Burro Facility in Topeka. Representative awards include a $1.562 million definitive contract awarded by BLM's National Office on April 15, 2025, for off-range corral operations, training, and adoptions through September 30, 2026; a $932 thousand delivery order awarded August 31, 2023, under the same IDIQ for facility services with completion March 30, 2025; and a $247 thousand delivery order from April 27, 2023, for short-term holding and training services (May–September 2023). All federal contracting awards carry no set-aside designation. The combined potential value across all contracting and grant work is $9.5 million, though obligated dollars ($81.6 million) reflect historical commitment spanning years.

The Department of Justice agencies dominate the grant footprint. KDOC received prime grant awards from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) totaling four recent formula grants under CFDA 16.540, including a $664 thousand Title II Formula Grant awarded July 1, 2026, running through June 30, 2030, for juvenile delinquency prevention and risk-reduction services; and a project grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2027) supporting the Education Initiatives for Justice-Involved Individuals Project, which provides trauma-informed multi-disciplinary team support for incarcerated individuals pursuing alternative pathways to high school credentials and employment outcomes. KDOC also serves as a sub-recipient under grants from the Executive Office of the State of Kansas and the Kansas State Department of Education, managing sub-awards for victim services, substance abuse recovery programs at the women's and men's facilities, and special education populations (IDEA Neglected/Delinquent, COVID Relief ESSER III). The grant sub-awards reflect implementation of batterer intervention programming, crime victim notification and safety planning, and the Substance Abuse Recovery Program (SARP) across facility locations in Topeka, Lansing, and Winfield. Recent grant sub-award activity includes contracts addressing victim services and restitution (March–December 2025) and SARP continuation and expansion (March 2026). Award activity has grown modestly from two awards in 2022 to eight in 2024, with only two awards facing completion within the next twenty-four months.