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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Justice OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Justice
Components
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Report Number
25-099
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
11
Questioned Costs
$29,880,644
Funds for Better Use
$38,007,643
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No
External Entity
The Kintock Group, Inc.

Open Recommendations

This report has 11 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Strengthen its RRC contractor performance monitoring practices and procedures to ensure that the BOP adequately assesses contractor performance to the specific requirements of the contract and receives the full scope of services it has contracted with providers to deliver.

2 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Work with Kintock to immediately begin providing all classes and services detailed in the contract proposal and ensure it has adequate policies and procedures for documenting its compliance with contract terms and conditions.

3 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Update its standardized IPP form to ensure it adequately addresses all requirements as outlined in the SOW.

4 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Update its standardized RRC contract SOW to include detailed quality standards for the rehabilitation services provided and appropriately defined performance standards.

5 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Update its training of monitoring staff to help ensure the adequacy of its monitoring activities, including IPP evaluations, and other contractor performance quality evaluations.

6 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Ensure contractors are adequately informed of the BOP's expectations of a complete IPP.

7 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Work with Kintock to update its hiring procedures to ensure that only qualified employees are recommended to the BOP for staffing key positions.

8 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Develop practices and procedures to ensure the BOP's verification of contract employees submitted to work in RRCs is adequately documented and maintained, including controls surrounding the limited use of employment qualification waivers.

9 No $0 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Ensure its written guidance to contracting personnel requires adequate documentation of appropriate and sound price reasonableness justifications when not opting to require certified cost and pricing data from RRC contractors.

10 No $29,880,644 $0 Status as of December 31, 2025

Review the questioned costs of approximately $30 million in expenditures as of May 2025, determine the value lost to the government from not receiving contracted reentry services using fully qualified personnel, and remedy an appropriate amount of the questioned costs, such as through recovery, equitable adjustment, or other options.

11 No $0 $38,007,643 Status as of December 31, 2025

Ensure that Kintock takes sufficient corrective action to ensure that it is providing the required services using fully qualified personnel, thereby putting an estimated $38 million in remaining available funds for these contracts to better use.

Department of Justice OIG

United States