Shelter Care for Unaccompanied Children 2022

The Shelter Care for Unaccompanied Children 2022 Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a federal contract vehicle awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to support comprehensive care services for unaccompanied children (UC) during their immigration processing. The contract vehicle provides a standardized mechanism for procuring emergency shelter, residential care, educational, and support services for migrant children who have entered the United States without accompanying adults. The primary objective is to ensure these children receive safe, appropriate environments and necessary support services until they can be released to suitable sponsors while their immigration cases are pending.

The task orders under this IDIQ consistently involve cost-plus-award-fee or cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts with values ranging from approximately $4.6 million to $222 million. Prime contractors include Acuity-CHS LLC, Southwest Key Programs Inc., Dynamic Educational Systems Inc., Mvm Inc., and Dynamic Service Solutions LLC, representing a mix of for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The task orders typically focus on emergency shelter operations, with places of performance including Homestead, Florida and Phoenix, Arizona. No small business set-asides were utilized in the awarded task orders, and the contracts predominantly support providing shelter, medical services, case management, transportation, and educational services for unaccompanied alien children (UAC). The contract vehicle appears designed to provide flexible, rapid-response capabilities for managing migrant children's care during periods of increased immigration activity.