Working Alternatives, Inc.

Working Alternatives, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in San Diego, California, operates as a prime contractor providing residential reentry center and home confinement services to federal inmates and probationers under single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Central Office. The vendor competes in full-and-open (non-set-aside) procurements exclusively and performs all work directly without subcontractors.

Working Alternatives delivers concrete correctional and reentry programming: residential transitional housing, counseling, job placement assistance, substance abuse treatment, and electronic monitoring for home detention oversight at facilities across California and Arizona. Recent representative awards include a $1.6 million delivery order issued March 1, 2026, for residential reentry center services in the Garden Grove area through February 28, 2027; a $1.79 million delivery order issued November 1, 2025, for residential reentry and home confinement services at the Flagstaff, Arizona facility through September 30, 2026; and a $2.0 million delivery order issued October 1, 2025, for residential reentry services in Brawley, California through September 30, 2026. All are firm fixed-price orders carrying no set-aside designation.

Customer concentration is acute. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Central Office accounts for 76 of 110 total awards (92% of award count) and $292.3 million of the combined $312.4 million potential value across the vendor's footprint (94% of dollars). Immigration and Customs Enforcement represents 22 awards with unspecified dollar magnitude; the remaining Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons entity accounts for 3 awards. The vendor has worked exclusively with these three federal agencies across its award history since 1989.

Working Alternatives holds five active single-award IDIQ contracts with the Bureau of Prisons. The largest, contract 15BRRC19D00000209 (Garden Grove, California), supports 12 task orders worth $20.6 million combined potential value. Contract 15BRRC19D00000210 (Brawley, California) carries 8 task orders valued at $23.8 million. Contract 15BRRC19D00000006 (San Diego/CPH location) supports 16 task orders worth $18.2 million. Contracts DJB200098 and DJB200093 support 11 and 6 task orders respectively, worth $11.9 million and $17.3 million combined. A new single-award IDIQ awarded March 1, 2025, for Garden Grove services carries a $25.1 million ceiling extending through February 28, 2027, with three delivery orders totaling $5.3 million obligated to date.

Activity has held steady at four to five awards annually across 2022–2025, with one award in 2026 to date. The vendor faces modest recompete exposure: three awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.4 million. The source characterizes the vendor's combined federal contract awards at over $65 million since 2020, with total combined potential value of $312.4 million across 110 awards in the full historical footprint. No grants, no subcontract work, and no involvement with GWACs or GSA schedules appear in the award history.

Provide correctional residential placements and electronic house arrest.