BOP Mid-Atlantic Region A-E Services 2016-2021

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Western Regional Office awarded this Master IDIQ on April 15, 2016, to provide architecture and engineering services across BOP facilities in Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and Delaware. Ordering authority expires April 21, 2028, leaving approximately 21 months of procurement window. The vehicle carries a $2 million shared ceiling and operates as an unrestricted, competitive vehicle with no set-aside designations.

This contract is functionally inactive for new ordering. The most recent task order was issued February 23, 2021, more than five years ago. All 26 awarded task orders have been fully obligated against the $2 million ceiling, consuming the entire combined potential value of $12.6 million. The ordering curve peaked in 2017–2018 (five to six orders annually) and declined sharply thereafter, with only one order in 2021 and none since.

Awarded scope spans traditional A&E disciplines: construction documents, engineering studies, site investigations, structural assessments, electrical and mechanical evaluations, and construction administration. Representative orders included development of construction documents for Taft Correctional Institution ($6.2 million), a technical design guidelines update for Central Office ($377 thousand), and multiple investigation and repair design projects at individual facilities.

Competition concentrates heavily on JCC Engineering Services, Inc., which captured 13 of 26 orders and $9.8 million combined potential value—approximately 78 percent of all awards by value. The remaining three primes—KZF Design Inc. ($1.6 million across four orders), GRW Leuterio Thomas Joint Venture ($1.1 million across six orders), and Bell Architects, P.C. ($141 thousand across three orders)—collectively account for 22 percent. Funding concentrates similarly: the BOP Mid-Atlantic Regional Office issued 21 orders valued at $3.4 million, while the BOP Central Office issued four orders valued at $8.8 million. Individual task order values ranged from approximately $12 thousand (site investigations) to $6.2 million (major design work), with most falling between $40 thousand and $450 thousand. New business under this vehicle is unlikely given the expiration of obligational authority and the absence of recent activity.

The services will be for various BOP facilities in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office to include the states of Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and Delaware. Disciplines and services may include, but are not limited to: architecture, electrical, mechanical, structural, civil and geotechnical engineering, elevator, life safety, fire safety, code-compliance, LEED certification, Section 106, hazardous material consultant services, life safety inspections, investigations, land surveys, materials testing services, comprehensive subsurface investigations, preparation of construction documents, estimates, bidding services, construction administration and/or assistance to BOP staff in the preparation of in-house designs or related work. Services may also include special studies, reports, programming, site evaluations, environmental assessment for remediation, and other associated work.