Charles Keith Dailey

Charles Keith Dailey serves as a key procurement lead within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, overseeing acquisitions critical to the operational and humanitarian mission of federal correctional facilities. He manages a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning medical services, dietary support, infrastructure maintenance, and institutional compliance systems, ensuring alignment with constitutional standards for humane incarceration. His work directly supports the agency’s priority to sustain continuous, constitutionally compliant care for incarcerated populations through strategic sourcing of essential goods and services. Dailey handles full lifecycle contracting actions, from market research and solicitation development to award and performance monitoring, with a focus on mission-critical, high-volume procurement needs. Dailey maintains longstanding relationships with core contractors including Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), NaphCare Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, partnering with vendors that deliver specialized correctional healthcare, facility upgrades, and institutional support services. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for established providers with proven experience in high-security, regulated environments, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and performance-based contracts to ensure scalability and accountability. He also collaborates with joint ventures such as AOD & RBT JV and MCW-TMG1 LLC to meet complex, multi-disciplinary requirements across federal penitentiaries. Dailey’s procurement strategy reflects a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly half of all awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While no single socioeconomic category dominates, his portfolio consistently prioritizes small business eligibility, fostering competition among qualified vendors and encouraging participation from firms certified under HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB programs. His approach balances mission necessity with statutory obligations to promote equitable economic opportunity. His primary procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to healthcare delivery, facility infrastructure, and institutional services—including 621320 (optometry), 813110 (religious dietary accommodations), and 324121 (paving and site work)—reflecting a technical domain expertise in correctional healthcare systems, religious dietary compliance, and facility maintenance. He specializes in procuring services that integrate public health standards with prison operational realities, ensuring lawful, safe, and dignified conditions across the federal correctional system.