Mississippi Department Of Rehabilitation Service

Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Service, a U.S. state government entity and Mississippi's statutory Randolph-Sheppard Act licensing agency, operates as a federal prime contractor exclusively in food service delivery for military dining facilities under direct-award authority that mandates deployment of workers who are blind or visually impaired. The organization competes 100% under non-competitive Randolph-Sheppard Act contracts; no competitive set-asides or full-and-open competitions apply to its federal contracting footprint.

DRS's federal portfolio concentrates almost entirely on dining facility operations at military training installations. Over the past five years, DRS has averaged 101 awards annually, with 1,319 total prime awards across all federal sources carrying combined potential value of $348.5 million. Over $1.6 billion has been obligated across all awards. The portfolio breaks down by customer as follows: the Mississippi Army National Guard dominates by award count (1,070 awards, $113.8 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (88 awards), the Department of the Army proper (79 awards, $10.9 million), the Department of Veterans Affairs (14 awards), and the Navy Installations Command (12 awards, $40.5 million). By dollar magnitude, the Air Force Air Education and Training Command leads substantially ($183.3 million across 6 awards), anchored by a $46.9 million definitive contract for full food service at Keesler Air Force Base effective through December 2030.

DRS's concrete capability portfolio centers on comprehensive military dining facility operations: meal preparation and delivery (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and sack meals), facility sanitation, janitorial services, and inventory management at consolidated dining facilities and satellite locations. Representative work includes a $25 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Mississippi National Guard for Camp Shelby Consolidated Dining Facility and satellite facilities (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2030, with guaranteed minimum $2,500), under which DRS has issued 87 task orders ranging from $463 to $177,616; an $11.9 million Navy Installations Command definitive contract for full food services at the Roy M. Wheat Dining Facility at Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi (April 1, 2026–September 30, 2031, with base year plus four one-year options); and a $46.9 million Air Education and Training Command definitive contract for full food service at Keesler Air Force Base (October 1, 2025–December 31, 2030).

DRS also receives substantial federal grant funding for its core rehabilitation mission. Recent recipients awards include $55.3 million from the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States program (CFDA 84.126) for state VR services through September 30, 2026; $604,426 from the HHS Administration for Community Living under the ACL Assistive Technology program (CFDA 93.464) for assistive technology support through September 30, 2027; $464,382 from ACL under Independent Living State Grants (CFDA 93.369) through September 30, 2027; $261,318 from Education under Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (CFDA 84.177) through September 30, 2026; and $150,000 in two separate awards under Supported Employment Services (CFDA 84.187) through September 30, 2026.

Vehicle positioning is concentrated under indefinite-delivery contracts with the Mississippi National Guard. The Indefinite Delivery Contract W9127Q19D0001 carries 514 task orders ($22.4 million combined potential value); W9127Q13D0001 carries 409 task orders ($12.5 million); and the newer W9127Q25DA003 carries 87 task orders ($4 million). The predecessor Blanket Purchase Agreement (W9127Q18A0001 and related BPA vehicles) supported multiple delivery orders for Camp Shelby operations prior to the October 2025 transition to the five-year IDIQ structure.

Activity has remained relatively steady year over year—104 to 119 awards per year over 2022–2024, declining to 92 in 2025 and 76 through August 2026—suggesting mature, stable customer relationships but no growth trajectory. Only 2 awards face completion within the next 24 months in the source data, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term; the $25 million Camp Shelby IDIQ and the $46.9 million Keesler contract carry completion dates in 2030 and later.

DRS performs all contracted services directly as the prime contractor with no identified subcontractors, consistent with its Randolph-Sheppard Act mandate to generate employment for workers who are blind or visually impaired. Place of performance concentrates at Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center), with secondary operations at Meridian, Mississippi (Naval Air Station Meridian), Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, and other military installations where DRS holds food service contracts. The organization's federal award footprint is entirely non-competitive; the Randolph-Sheppard Act statutory authority eliminates competitive procurement and set-aside eligibility for all dining facility contracts DRS receives.