BOP Awards Recidiviz $2.475M FSA Time-Credit Contract
The Federal Bureau of Prisons awarded Recidiviz a $2.475 million contract for an enterprise First Step Act time-credit management solution covering implementation, integration, cybersecurity and sustainment.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded Recidiviz a contract for an enterprise system designed to manage First Step Act time credits, creating a new federal corrections-software relationship around a consequential administrative component of the 2018 law.
Coverage areas: First Step Act implementation, federal prison software, sentence administration, time credits, Recidiviz, corrections technology, reentry infrastructure.
BOP awards the FSA Time Credit Solution to Recidiviz
The Bureau of Prisons posted award notice 15BNAS26D00000208 on September 18, 2026, identifying Recidiviz Inc. as the awardee for the FSA Time Credit Solution.
The notice reports a total contract value of $2,475,000. Public contract data separately report approximately $450,000 in initial obligations and four offers received.
The work is classified under NAICS 541512, Computer Systems Design Services, and product service code DA01 for application development and support services.
The requirement is broader than a simple calculator
The underlying solicitation described an enterprise First Step Act time-credit management solution covering implementation, configuration, system integration, cybersecurity, testing, reporting, training, maintenance and sustainment.
Procurement records also describe requirements for configurable business rules and workflows, automated calculations, role-based access, audit history, dashboards and reporting. The government retained responsibility for statutory interpretation, policy decisions and approval of the business rules used by the system.
That distinction is important: the contractor supplies and supports the technology, while BOP remains responsible for the legal and policy determinations governing how credits are administered.
The award arrives amid continuing scrutiny of FSA administration
The First Step Act allows eligible people in federal custody to earn time credits through qualifying recidivism-reduction programs and productive activities, with credits potentially affecting prerelease custody and supervised-release timing under applicable rules.
In January 2026, the Government Accountability Office reported weaknesses in BOP's risk-and-needs implementation, including technology-related delays in assessments and inaccurate data about program participation and release eligibility. GAO recommended improvements in data, implementation consistency and oversight.
The procurement record reviewed by OACRA does not state that this contract was awarded in response to the GAO report, so the two should not be treated as a direct cause-and-effect relationship. The timing nevertheless places the new system inside a broader federal effort to improve FSA administration and data reliability.
Why this contract matters beyond its dollar value
At $2.475 million, this contract is much smaller than the largest federal justice awards. Its strategic significance comes from the workflow it touches.
Time-credit administration affects sentence calculations, programming records, eligibility, release planning and downstream reentry decisions. A dedicated enterprise platform in this area is therefore relevant to corrections-software vendors, reentry technology companies, case-management providers and organizations tracking federal implementation of the First Step Act.
For OACRA's market-intelligence work, the award also creates a new vendor relationship to track through future task orders, modifications, implementation records and related federal technology procurements.
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