John A. Logan College

John A. Logan College, a state-controlled public educational institution headquartered in Carterville, Illinois, delivers federal workforce development and vocational training services as a prime contractor and sub-recipient on federal grants, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. The college operates as a U.S. local government entity (community college system) and does not hold federal contract IDVs or serve as a federal contractor prime on government-wide vehicles; its federal work routes through single-award indefinite delivery contracts with individual agencies and federal grant programs administered by state intermediaries.

The college's prime contract footprint centers on a single recurring customer: the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons United States Penitentiary Marion, which accounts for 12 awards carrying $2.4 million in combined potential value across a series of delivery orders and purchase orders for the Highway Construction Career Certificate Program. The college holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $745,200 running through July 31, 2029, under which it delivers up to 240 training sessions annually. Recent prime contract work includes a $146,000 delivery order awarded May 26, 2026, for the 6-week Highway Construction Career Certificate Program (a vocational course designed to prepare inmates for entry-level highway construction positions), a $146,000 purchase order from May 2026 with ultimate completion July 31, 2027, and a $114,072 delivery order from May 2024. All Bureau of Prisons work is firm fixed-price with no set-aside designation and performed in Marion, Illinois.

The college's grant footprint is broader and carries significantly larger dollar exposure. The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded the college $338,734 under the TRIO Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042) on September 1, 2025, for a one-year continuation funding cycle to deliver academic advising, financial literacy instruction, tutoring, and supportive interventions for disadvantaged, low-income, and first-generation students at its Carterville campus through August 31, 2026. The Economic Development Administration awarded the college an $8.3 million Project Grant under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) on July 19, 2022, with completion targeted November 19, 2026, to fund construction of a new Career and Technical Center focused on workforce development in advanced manufacturing, welding, and computer numerically controlled machining. The college also received Healthcare Systems Bureau funding for an alteration/renovation construction project unifying healthcare programs on campus and expanding nursing program classrooms, labs, and facilities in rural southern Illinois.

The college's sub-recipient grant footprint is substantial: it receives pass-through funding from the Illinois Department of Human Services (Child Care and Development Block Grant and Child Care and Development Fund awards) and the Illinois Community College Board (Adult Education general operating support) for comprehensive services including child care support, adult education, and career pathway programming. These sub-awards represent recurring annual funding cycles with multiple allocations across 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Activity peaked in 2023 (21 awards) and has moderated to 2 awards in 2026 to date. The college's combined potential value across all 81 awards (prime and sub) totals $2.6 million, but combined dollars obligated across the portfolio reach $63.4 million — a signal of heavy historical invoicing against smaller potential-value awards, typical of recurring educational services and grant funding. Three awards carrying $146 thousand in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The college's customer concentration is split between the Bureau of Prisons on the contract side and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families on the grant sub-award side (34 awards), with the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education and Economic Development Administration anchoring the larger-value prime grant positions.