BJS FY25 National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program, Reference Years (RY) 2025?2029

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking an agent to conduct data collection and related activities for the National Prisoner Statistics program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP). The selected agent will be responsible for collecting data on the size and composition of state and federal prison populations on an annual basis. The agent will also engage in the fielding of one supplemental NPS special addendum to collect data on a special topic. The NPS and NCRP are BJS’s flagship data collections, and the data collected will be used to describe and compare the prison population over time. Some key points to consider: • The solicitation will fund the first three years of a five-year award for collection of the NCRP and NPS data. • The final two years will be funded upon successful completion of collection, processing, and delivery to BJS of the NPS and NCRP datasets for response years 2025, 2026, and 2027. • The awardee will be responsible for collecting aggregate counts of the male and female custody and jurisdictional prison populations as of December 31 each year. • The awardee will also provide annual information on the number of confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS and current testing policies for these conditions.