Virginia State Police

Virginia State Police, doing business as Virginia Department of State Police, is a U.S. government entity operating as Virginia's state law enforcement agency. The organization acts as a federal grant recipient (97% of awards are prime grants) and holds a small number of federal service contracts with civilian agencies, performing law enforcement task force support, criminal justice data system modernization, and motor carrier safety inspection services on a non-set-aside basis.

Virginia State Police's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in grant work from the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Health and Human Services. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 78% of recent awards, led by the Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (32 awards) and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (24 awards). By potential value, the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration anchors the dollar volume with $205 thousand across 12 contract awards for task force overtime reimbursement and law enforcement personnel support. The Department of the Interior National Park Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration add $107 thousand and $93 thousand respectively, driven by smaller-dollar facility and equipment support contracts.

Virginia State Police's grant recipient work centers on criminal justice records modernization, drug trafficking investigation, opioid enforcement, and sex offender management infrastructure. Recent grants include a $3.88 million COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Program award (CFDA 16.073, October 2025 through September 2028) supporting statewide fentanyl and heroin trafficking investigations, a $3.35 million Bureau of Justice Statistics cooperative agreement (CFDA 16.554, January 2025 through December 2026) for Virginia Criminal Information Network hotfile improvements and criminal sealing automation, a $1.72 million NCHIP cooperative agreement for criminal and rap-back information system enhancements and concealed handgun permit processing, and a $1.32 million NICS Act Record Improvement Program award (CFDA 16.813, October 2024) for 60 LiveScan unit installations in courthouses and law enforcement facilities statewide. Motor carrier safety grants from FMCSA (CFDA 20.237) fund the Mobile Smart Roadside Inspection System project ($817 thousand, December 2025) and recurring motor carrier safety assistance formula grants totaling several hundred thousand dollars annually. Virginia State Police also holds cooperative agreements under the Port Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.056, $504 thousand), the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force program (CFDA 16.591), and the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320, $650 thousand).

On the contract side, Virginia State Police holds small definitive contracts with the Food and Drug Administration for task force overtime reimbursement ($25 thousand, January 2026 completion) and a sole-source purchase order with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for weather radio transmitter service ($32 thousand, base and four option years through August 2030, NAICS 811210). Federal contract work is occasional and low-dollar, driven by specific law enforcement task force support needs rather than a sustained prime contracting posture.

Virginia State Police receives sub-grant funding through state intermediaries including the Appalachia HIDTA (high-intensity drug trafficking area), the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (violent crime reduction initiatives), and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (Urban Area Security Initiative and Statewide Homeland Security Program funding). Sub-award activity runs approximately fourteen sub-grants over the past two years, characterizing Virginia State Police as a sub-recipient in drug control, homeland security, and emergency management grant streams rather than a primary applicant in those programs.

Activity has remained flat at 13 awards in both 2024 and 2025, with only two awards recorded to date in 2026. Fifteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and carry a combined potential value of $25 thousand in recompete exposure, reflecting the grant-heavy portfolio's emphasis on multi-year cooperative agreements and formula programs rather than annually competitive procurements. The vendor's primary NAICS concentration is Police Protection (41 awards), with secondary concentration in telecommunications carriers and security services supporting facility and data-system operations. No set-asides or SBA designations apply to Virginia State Police's federal activity — all awards are full-and-open or formula allocations to the state agency.