Washington State Patrol

Washington State Patrol, a U.S. state government entity and division of the Washington Department of Public Instruction, is a primary recipient of federal grants (90% of its 494 recent awards) and a prime contractor for federal law enforcement database access, radio communications, and security support services. The agency operates under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations and competes across 56 distinct federal customer agencies.

The agency's federal footprint centers on concrete law enforcement and emergency response capabilities. On the contract side, WSP delivers National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and Washington Identification Credentialing and Access (WICAC) database access to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VISN 20) — a $24,000 firm fixed-price purchase order effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2031 — and dispatch services to an Oregon-Washington regional agency for $9,600. The agency provides radio communications and security support to the Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service Region 10 (two definitive contracts totaling $72,000, awarded October 2025 and exercising option year 1 through September 2030), 911 dispatch and radio communications to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for Willamette National Forest ($150,000 sole-source definitive contract, awarded February 1, 2025, base plus four option years through January 31, 2030), and land-based traffic and security patrols supporting high-value unit movement at Naval Strategic Systems Programs' Silverdale, Washington facility ($1.865 million sole-source definitive contract awarded September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2027). WSP also conducts NCIC and Terrorist Screening Database checks for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District ($19,200 purchase order, September 2024) and provided NLETS (National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System) services to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency ($47,760 purchase order, February 2023).

Federal grant work dominates the portfolio and reflects WSP's role as the established state administering agency for forensic and criminal justice modernization programs. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded WSP a $2.860 million Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554, awarded July 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028) to modernize criminal history information systems statewide, including locating and entering at least 20,000 missing court dispositions, processing firearm background check backlogs, deploying LiveScan fingerprint systems, and digitizing paper criminal case files. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded WSP a $2.459 million Formula Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026) to increase DNA casework analysis capacity and reduce turnaround times. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded multiple grants including a $510,881 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044, August 2024 through August 2026), a $384,864 AFG award (September 27, 2025 through September 26, 2027), and State Fire Training System Grants. The Bureau of Justice Assistance also awarded a $473,385 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant (CFDA 16.742, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026) for forensic laboratory and death investigation enhancements across county coroner and medical examiner offices. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has funded the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (CFDA 20.218, multiple awards, October 2023 through September 2027) for commercial motor vehicle safety, driver inspections, and traffic enforcement. The Office of the National Drug Control Policy has awarded multiple High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas grants (CFDA 95.001) supporting multi-agency drug trafficking and money laundering disruption efforts.

Customer concentration is shallow and spread across emergency response, law enforcement, and public safety missions. The top five customer agencies by award count — FEMA HQ Financial Assistance Awards (53 awards), DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (40 awards), DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance (26 awards), Interior National Park Service Pacific West Region (25 awards), and USDA Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region (17 awards) — account for 33% of awards. By potential value, USDA Forest Service R6 leads with $680 thousand across 17 awards; DHS Office of Procurement Operations holds $254 thousand across 9 awards; Army Installation Management Southeast Region holds $192 thousand across 8 awards. The disparity reflects many small-value database access and dispatch purchase orders (typically $4,800 to $24,000) anchoring volume, while sole-source security and forensic modernization contracts drive dollar magnitude.

Activity has grown substantially year over year — from 12 awards in 2022 to 30 in 2026 (most recent data through late August) — though the spike reflects heavy grant activity and Fire Management Assistance sub-awards passed through from the Military Department of Washington State. Eight awards with combined potential value of $1.9 million face completion inside the next twenty-four months. The agency sits on one named IDV, Indefinite Delivery Contract 24362018D0062, which carried one task order valued at $141 thousand. Work performance occurs primarily in Olympia and Spokane, Washington, with subordinate operations at National Park Service sites in Washington and field deployments for radio communications, database access, and security support.

WSP's federal footprint is characterized by narrow, specialized public-safety and law-enforcement missions: law enforcement database access and credentialing, radio communications infrastructure, dispatch operations, forensic laboratory administration, criminal history records modernization, and fire emergency response coordination. The agency competes full-and-open across multiple grantor and contracting agencies with no set-aside posture, and acts as a pass-through administrator for FEMA and DOJ formula grant programs distributed to county and municipal agencies statewide.