MW Optical

MW Optical, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Bullock, North Carolina, provides optician and optometry support services to the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor exclusively. The vendor operates entirely as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint, delivering specialized ophthalmic services to correctional facilities under small-business set-asides and unrestricted competition.

MW Optical's customer base is highly concentrated: the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons accounts for 100% of awards across two distinct ordering offices. The Federal Correctional Complex Butner dominates the portfolio with eight awards carrying $933 thousand in combined potential value, while the Bureau of Prisons Central Office holds two awards valued at $188 thousand combined. The vendor's service relationship with the Butner facility is incumbent-positioned, reflecting an established track record delivering technical optician support to the Bureau's inmate medical programs.

MW Optical currently holds two single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Bureau of Prisons. The active contract vehicle is a total-small-business-set-aside IDC awarded June 30, 2025, with a $141,026 ceiling extending through June 29, 2028, which has generated two task orders to date (combined potential value $93 thousand). The prior IDC, awarded October 19, 2021, carried a $158,316 ceiling and generated four task orders over its performance window (combined potential value $597 thousand). Recent work includes a $46,593 firm-fixed-price delivery order awarded July 1, 2026, for optician services under total small business set-aside running through June 30, 2027, and earlier delivery orders for optician support services at the Butner facility valued between $11,648 and $158,316. Work is performed at the Federal Correctional Complex Butner location in standard business hours (7:15 AM to 3:45 PM, Monday through Friday) and supports the UNICOR Optics Factory, where incarcerated adults are trained in optical fabrication equipment operation and maintenance. The vendor must maintain current state optician licensure or American Board of Optometry certification and comply with facility pre-service requirements including urinalysis screening and residency verification.

Activity has been modest but consistent: one award per year from 2022 through 2024, then three awards in 2025 and one in 2026. One award (combined potential value $47 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all ten awards is $1.1 million, with $416 thousand obligated to date (37% of combined potential value), reflecting the early-stage drawdown of the current IDC ceiling.