Federal sub-agency · Department of Justice

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons obligated $2.6B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 41,222 contract actions (+26% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NAPHCARE LLC ($208.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6B
Actions
41.2K
New awards: 16.2K
Sole-source
28%
Small business
33%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.4BFY2017
  2. 2.1BFY2018
  3. 2.1BFY2019
  4. 2.1BFY2020
  5. 2.4BFY2021
  6. 2.1BFY2022
  7. 2.7BFY2023
  8. 2BFY2024
  9. 2BFY2025
  10. 2.6BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NAPHCARE LLC$208.9M8.1%
  2. MCKESSON CORPORATION$194.1M7.5%
  3. SEVEN CORNERS INC$120.6M4.7%
  4. WELLPATH LLC$117.3M4.5%
  5. DISMAS CHARITIES INC$105.7M4.1%
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$76.9M3.0%
  7. GEO REENTRY INC$72.2M2.8%
  8. SENECA FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$59.9M2.3%
  9. INTEGRATED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$47M1.8%
  10. EFFECTUAL PUBLIC SECTOR INC$45.8M1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Health & medical$994.7M39%
  2. Education & social services$546.2M21%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$294.2M11%
  4. Construction & real property$243.5M9.4%
  5. Facilities & utilities$192.7M7.5%
  6. IT & telecom$141.2M5.5%
  7. Professional services$77.8M3.0%
  8. Equipment maintenance$55.9M2.2%
  9. Transportation & logistics$27.4M1.1%
  10. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$5.8M0.2%
  11. Fuel$345.9K0.0%
  12. Research & development$55.2K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Texas$377.1M15%
  2. Alabama$175.6M6.8%
  3. California$168.7M6.5%
  4. Florida$149.2M5.8%
  5. Tennessee$148.8M5.8%
  6. Kentucky$146.8M5.7%
  7. Virginia$103M4.0%
  8. New Jersey$89.1M3.5%
  9. District of Columbia$85.6M3.3%
  10. North Carolina$79.6M3.1%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition38%
    US 39% · $978M
  • Sole-source awards28%
    US 30% · $724M
  • Single-offer competitions9.8%
    US 8.7% · $254M
  • Urgency justifications1.8%
    US 5.1% · $45.3M
  • Year-end rush7.2%
    US 6.0% · $184.6M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $1.6M
  • Time-and-materials pricing2.0%
    US 4.2% · $51.7M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. BUILDING AND FACILITIES (FAO)$106M60%
  2. FAO$74M74%
  3. NATIONAL ACQUISITIONS - CO$58.4M35%
  4. FMC BUTNER$54.7M48%
  5. FCC COLEMAN$43.9M63%

Contracts terminated for default: 9

Largest awards

  1. DESIGN BUILD FCI LEAVENWORTH$465.7M
    CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Construction & real property· Aug 7, 2023 – Aug 14, 2026· 15B70023C00000008
  2. BUTNER ESPC$80.7M
    AMERESCO INC· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 18, 2017 – May 29, 2026· DJBP0700PMESPC014
  3. DOCUMENT BPQ 15B70023PR000476 REVERSED ON 09282023$67.8M
    SENECA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, LLC· Cattaraugus County, NY· IT & telecom· Feb 23, 2024 – Aug 31, 2026· 15BNAS24F00000056
  4. REQUEST FOR HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SERVICES FOR INMATES IN THE COMMUNITY.$60.6M
    NAPHCARE LLC· Jefferson County, AL· Health & medical· Oct 23, 2025 – Aug 13, 2026· 15BRRC26F00000001
  5. REQUEST FOR HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SERVICES FOR ADULTS IN CUSTODY IN THE COMMUNITY.$56.6M
    NAPHCARE LLC· Jefferson County, AL· Health & medical· Nov 29, 2024 – Aug 3, 2026· 15BRRC25F00000130
  6. TRUNKED, LAND MOBILE RADIO (LMR) SYSTEM MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SERVICES.$52.8M
    NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.· Alameda County, CA· IT & telecom· May 8, 2020 – Mar 20, 2026· 15BNAS20FRCA00007
  7. SENTRY MODERNIZATION AND CLOUD MIGRATION$52M
    INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 21, 2021 – Sep 10, 2026· 15BNAS21FRCA00031
  8. PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTIAL REENTRY AND HOME CONFINEMENT INMATES$49.1M
    NAPHCARE LLC· Jefferson County, AL· Health & medical· Oct 24, 2022 – Aug 14, 2026· 15BRRC23F00000001

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $7.2M (16 subawards)

15 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE CORP$2.2M30%
    OGDEN, UT · 1 subaward
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES INC$1.2M17%
    LAS VEGAS, NV · 2 subawards
  3. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$945K13%
    ONTARIO, CA · 1 subaward
  4. TRILOGY INNOVATIONS INC.$552.4K7.7%
    BRIDGEPORT, WV · 1 subaward
  5. AMERICAN WORKS LLC$419.3K5.8%
    WITTMANN, AZ · 1 subaward
  6. DREDGE DIVER LLC$310.6K4.3%
    MESA, AZ · 1 subaward
  7. INTEGRATED SECURITY CORP$305.9K4.3%
    NOVI, MI · 1 subaward
  8. SAI AMERICA CORP.$280.1K3.9%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  9. CALLIDEO, INC.$262.2K3.7%
    DULUTH, GA · 1 subaward
  10. H & B MECHANICAL, INC.$250K3.5%
    HESPERIA, CA · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$1.8M
Clients
15
Reports
27

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO$800K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Homeland security, Housing
  2. Correctional Vendors Association$230K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice
  3. D-Fend Solutions, Inc.AI match · 97%$120K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Homeland security, Defense, Aerospace
  4. Aventiv Technologies$90K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV
  5. Epidaurus DBA Amity Foundation$90K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Housing, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
  6. Families Against Mandatory Minimums$80K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice
  7. Coalition for Responsible Community Development$60K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice
  8. Via Science, Inc.AI match · 100%$60K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice
  9. County of Monterey, CA$40K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Housing, Civil rights and civil liberties
  10. Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center Foundation$40K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Budget and appropriations, Homeland security
  11. Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC$40K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Science and technology
  12. CROP Organization$30K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Budget and appropriations
  13. DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE$30K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice, Civil rights and civil liberties, Constitution
  14. Southern Folger Contracting$30K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Law enforcement, crime and criminal justice

1 more clients ($40K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.