Georgia Bureau Of Investigation

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Finance Department Division, a division of the State of Georgia, acts as a federal grant recipient and federal contract prime on forensic pathology and DNA analysis services, operating within the state's criminal justice system. The GBI is a U.S. state government entity—not a private contractor—and competes under no SBA set-aside categories; its federal footprint consists of direct grants from the Department of Justice and small-dollar forensic services contracts with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The GBI's federal customer base is concentrated among Department of Justice offices. The top five customer groupings by award count account for 62% of recent awards and are led by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (21 awards), the broader Office of Justice Programs (12 awards), Bureau of Prisons facility operations at USP Atlanta (10 awards, $45 thousand combined potential value), and the National Institute of Justice (7 awards). When ranked by potential dollar value, the distribution shifts toward a single large outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 carries 4 awards valued at $165 thousand combined potential value—reflecting a specific forensic-services relationship distinct from the GBI's core DOJ grant portfolio. Bureau of Prisons contracts at USP Atlanta ($45 thousand) and Federal Correctional Institution Jesup ($23 thousand) round out the top-five customer set.

The GBI's federal grant portfolio dominates the award footprint. Recent prime grants include a $2.808 million Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance Formula Grant for comprehensive forensic DNA analysis (October 2024 through September 2026), funding DNA analysts and technicians to process casework within thirty days of submission and to outsource approximately fifty backlogged DNA analysis requests; a $1.96 million Community Oriented Policing Services Anti-Heroin Task Force Project Grant (October 2025 through September 2028) supporting multi-agency opioid trafficking investigations across Georgia; and an ongoing Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (October 2024 through September 2026), coordinating over 290 affiliated state and local law enforcement agencies for digital forensics, investigation, and internet safety education. The GBI also holds multiple prior-year DNA capacity enhancement formula grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.036) spanning 2021–2025. Federal contract work is minimal by dollar volume: small forensic pathology purchase orders ($2.5 thousand to $10 thousand each) from Bureau of Prisons facilities in Jesup and Atlanta for inmate autopsy services, awarded without set-aside designation. The GBI completed contracts with Federal Correctional Institution Jesup in July 2021, September 2022, July 2024, March 2025, and March 2026; with USP Atlanta in February 2025.

The GBI also receives federal sub-grants routed through state intermediaries. Prime grantees include the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (ten sub-awards spanning January 2022 through January 2026 for crime lab backlog reduction, equipment sustainment, and Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center support), Fulton County (one sub-award in July 2023 for rape kit testing oversight), and unnamed grantees for equipment and capabilities sustainment (November 2024 and July 2024). These sub-awards fund forensic capacity, data sharing infrastructure, and specialized equipment procurement.

Recent award activity averages five to eight awards per year, with a sharp decline in 2025 and 2026 (two awards in 2026 through March) relative to the 2023–2024 baseline. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, signaling minimal near-term recompete exposure. The GBI's NAICS concentration splits between Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (11 awards) and Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (10 awards), with Medical Laboratories and associated health practitioner categories reflecting the forensic pathology work. PSC coding is dominated by Medical-Pathology (14 awards) and R&D-Defense Other Basic Research (8 awards).