JBS International, Inc.

JBS International, Inc., a for-profit management consulting and IT services firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, delivers program evaluation, research, technical assistance, and health services consulting to federal health and human services agencies as a prime contractor on 94% of recent awards and operates without small business set-asides across its portfolio. The company is a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina.

JBS specializes in evidence-based program evaluation, behavioral health and substance use disorder technical assistance, child welfare capacity building, and health services research across the HHS ecosystem. Recent capability work anchors around five customer agency pillars. The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration leads by potential value, with 24 awards worth $1.22 billion combined, including a $344.7 million single-award Evaluations and Evidence Building IDIQ (awarded September 26, 2024, running through September 25, 2026) for program evaluations, needs assessments, predictive analytics, and research dissemination across four primary task areas; a $6.43 million delivery order for the Maternal and Child Health Tele-Behavioral Health Programs Technical Assistance Innovation Center (September 30, 2022, completion September 29, 2026); and a $3.27 million delivery order for the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program National Impact Study under the HRSA Evaluation Studies 2019 IDIQ (December 30, 2022, completion December 29, 2026). HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ranks second by potential value at 44 awards totaling $819.3 million. HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration contributes 74 awards valued at $383.4 million, anchored by a $43.1 million cost-plus-award-fee delivery order for state program improvement technical assistance under the SAMHSA 3 IDIQ (September 30, 2022, running through September 29, 2027), where SCI reporting shows 23.3 FTEs and 48,627 contractor hours in FY2024 at a blended derived rate of $117.43 per hour, with six subcontractors delivering 39 percent of contractor hours. The Administration for Children and Families contributed 10 awards worth $177.7 million, including a $95.2 million time-and-materials delivery order for the National Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (NCWCIA) providing training and technical assistance to public child welfare agencies (August 30, 2024, completion November 18, 2029), and three recent delivery orders totaling $6.79 million for child welfare reviews and foster care eligibility assessments (March 2026). The Corporation for National and Community Service accounts for 37 awards totaling $90.9 million, including a $2.91 million BPA call for Public Health AmeriCorps process and outcomes evaluation (August 16, 2022, completion April 15, 2025).

JBS holds or has held positions on multiple GSA and agency-specific vehicles. The Professional Services Schedule carries 38 task orders worth $180.4 million combined potential value. The Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) anchors 20 task orders valued at $349.1 million. JBS recently won a seat on the OASIS+ Unrestricted government-wide IDIQ (awarded December 17, 2024, running through December 16, 2029), a multiple-award vehicle designed for integrated services across federal agencies. A $49.93 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for communications, engagement, and education support runs through November 15, 2028. JBS also holds the CNSHQ14A0007 BPA (25 task orders, $7.2 million combined potential value) and multiple indefinite-delivery contracts with HRSA (Technical Assistance 2019) and SAMHSA (SAMHSA 3 IDIQ).

Across the federal contract prime footprint, JBS reported SCI-captured invoicing of $30 million in FY2024 across 117 FTEs, up from $20.8 million and 85.3 FTEs in FY2022, reflecting growth in federal services delivery. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts run median $112.91 per hour, with senior labor priced through $163.40 per hour (90th percentile). The GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 62 categories from administrative assistant ($78.81/hr) through senior research associates and program managers ($295.92/hr at the high end), with education requirements ranging from high school through master's degree and no security-cleared offerings. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors delivered an average 10 percent of contractor hours; JBS named 41 distinct subcontractors across this slice. In its subcontractor role, JBS delivers technical assistance and support services to primes including Hendall Inc. (call center support, materials development, knowledge application), ICF Incorporated (behavioral health evidence information products), Precise Software Solutions (child welfare information gateway capacity building), Sapient Government Services (SAMHSA contact center), and Neuropathology Consults, LLC (substance use disorder and rural health technical assistance).

JBS pursues federal grant work as a prime recipient and sub-recipient. Recent grant awards include a $3.99 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP, CFDA #16.838) for peer recovery coach training and deployment to children, youth, and families affected by opioid crisis (October 1, 2023, completion September 30, 2026); a multi-year Cooperative Agreement with the Office for Victims of Crime for training and technical assistance to organizations serving children and youth impacted by drug-related crime (October 1, 2022, completion September 30, 2027), building on prior work serving 76 grantees across 37 states; and a Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for comprehensive training and technical assistance to state and local juvenile justice grantees building continuum-of-care and opportunity planning (January 1, 2024, completion December 31, 2025), with sub-recipients Juvenile Justice Institute of the University of Nebraska Omaha and Social Current. As a sub-recipient, JBS provides technical assistance to the University of Maine System on the National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (with JBS staff serving as center co-project director) and to the New Jersey Department of Human Services on State Opioid Response and evidence-based practice initiatives.

Award activity has remained steady at 5 to 13 awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026), with eight awards worth $65 million combined potential value completing within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity. The portfolio spans 50 distinct customer agencies and 447 total awards (prime and sub combined) worth $4.04 billion combined potential value, with $1.39 billion obligated (34% utilization). NAICS concentration centers on Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (161 awards) and Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (59 awards). JBS competes full-and-open without set-aside restrictions and holds no SBA certifications.