Cover Letter Washington DC.pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, D.C. 20534

August 14, 2025

Re: 15BCTS25R00000005, Washington, D.C.

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Proposal (RFQ) is to provide Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Sex Offender treatment services for male and female offenders held under authority of the United States in Washington, D.C. Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled, “Community Treatment Services (CTS),2022, Statement of Work,”

Services are needed within the boundaries/borders of Washington, DC. This requirement will ensure the contractor is located within walking distance of public transportation, AICs are not subjected to walking long distances in inclement weather, and accountability of AICs is maintained at the performance site(s).

The following must be completed and submitted with your Proposal:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items – Please complete blocks 12,17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c, of the SF-1449 and the continuation sheets. Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Offeror Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) – Prospective offerors are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications at https://www.sam.gov/content/home. By submission of a proposal under this solicitation, the offeror acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM and verifies, by the submission of the proposal, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation.

All offerors must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Unique Entity Identifier (Sept 2023) and FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) (Nov 2024).

System Notice - System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include:

•52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and •52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, paragraph (d).

Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or https://www.sam.gov/content/home enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

Required Documentation Identified at FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sept 2023)

Government shall award to the Best Value (BV), technically acceptable, responsive, and responsible offeror.

Electronic copies of proposals shall be submitted via email to k1warner@bop.gov and r1carroll@bop.gov in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Email attachments (PDFs only) cannot total more than 14 MB per email.

Please compress PDFs, when possible, to reduce the file size. We understand you will likely need to send multiple emails. Please confirm with the Contracting Officer that all emails and attachments were received.

Offers will only be accepted via email. Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

• Completed SF-1449

• Completed 2.1, Continuation of SF-1449

• Completed Business Proposal Information Packet

• Completed Technical Proposal Information Packet

• Completed Past Performance Questionnaire

• Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of proposal submission)

• A copy of your current Professional Liability Insurance

• Completed Vendor Attestation Form

• Completed Proposal Attachment Form

Proposals shall be received by Monday, September 15, 2025, 2:00 P.M. EST to k1warner@bop.gov and r1carroll@bop.gov. Please confirm that all emails and attachments were received.

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s www.SAM.gov website (sam.gov). Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions.

All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments, will be solely distributed through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation.

Please direct any questions to k1warner@bop.gov and r1carroll@bop.gov. Please ensure to have the Notice ID (15BCTS25R00000005) in the Subject line of all email correspondence.

Sincerely, Kia Warner Contracting Officer mailto:k1warner@bop.gov mailto:r1carroll@bop.gov mailto:k1warner@bop.gov mailto:r1carroll@bop.gov http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:k1warner@bop.gov mailto:r1carroll@bop.gov