The Change Companies, Inc.

The Change Companies, Inc. is a for-profit manufacturer based in Carson City, Nevada, that specializes in developing and delivering cognitive behavioral programs, life skills training, and substance abuse treatment curricula to the federal government. The company operates primarily as a vendor to the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons, providing specialized printed materials and educational resources designed to support inmate rehabilitation, psychological services, and drug treatment programming across the federal correctional system. Through its federal contracting relationships, The Change Companies has established itself as a key supplier of rehabilitation-focused publications that support evidence-based treatment initiatives and criminal justice reform efforts within federal correctional facilities nationwide.

The Change Companies has provided an extensive array of specialized materials through federal contract awards spanning from mid-2023 through November 2025. The primary goods delivered include interactive journals, workbooks, booklets, treatment manuals, facilitator guides, and educational pamphlets tailored to support specific Bureau of Prisons programming such as the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), Non-Residential Drug Abuse Program (NRDAP), psychology department initiatives, and First Step Act implementation. The company's deliverables have been distributed to numerous Federal Correctional Institutions and Complexes nationwide, including facilities in Fort Dix, Butner, Beckley, Florence, Sheridan, Danbury, Yazoo City, Petersburg, Hazelton, Lompoc, Allenwood, Coleman, and many others. Individual delivery orders and purchase orders have ranged in value from approximately $1,100 to $68,700, with the vast majority carrying no set-aside designation, though several awards from 2023 utilized Total Small Business set-aside provisions. The funding agency for all documented awards is the Bureau of Prisons under the Department of Justice, with performance consistently executed at the company's Mound House, Nevada location. All awards have been issued as firm fixed-price contracts with completion periods typically ranging from several weeks to one year depending on facility requirements and inventory needs.

The Change Companies holds a $40 million multiple-award Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract with the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service (Contract ID: 47QREA23D000K), effective from February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2028. This master contract serves as the parent vehicle enabling federal agencies, particularly Bureau of Prisons facilities, to issue streamlined delivery orders and purchase orders for the company's full range of cognitive behavioral, life skills, and substance abuse treatment materials without conducting individual competitive solicitations. The FSS contract covers interactive journals, workbooks, facilitator guides, educational books, and pamphlets designed specifically to support RDAP, NRDAP, psychology services, and First Step Act initiatives. Under this Federal Supply Schedule arrangement, the company has generated numerous delivery orders from individual correctional facilities and Bureau of Prisons offices nationwide, with documented task orders issued by facilities such as Federal Correctional Complexes Butner, Florence, Beaumont, Lompoc, and Allenwood, as well as Federal Correctional Institutions Beckley, Sheridan, Fort Dix, Danbury, Schuylkill, and numerous others. The contract includes standard COVID-19 safety protocol requirements under Federal Acquisition Regulation clause 52.223-99. No set-aside designation was applied to the master FSS contract itself, allowing the company to compete and perform on a competitive basis within the multiple-award schedule vehicle, which in turn generates both set-aside and non-set-aside delivery orders at the task order level.