Medical and Mental Sources Sought Notice.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

MEDICAL and MENTAL DETENTION SERVICES

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is conducting a Sources Sought synopsis for information purposes only. This is not a solicitation announcement. Currently, no solicitation is available. This request for information does not commit the Government to pay any cost incurred in preparation of any submission to this Sources Sought Notice.

Scope:

The anticipated scope of services will be for the management and operation of a Contractor Owned/Contractor-Operated detention facility to provide general infirmary inpatient and outpatient medical and mental services within the confines of a detention facility as required by the USMS for federal prisoners, mandated to the custody of the USMS. The prisoners may come from any USMS District and are housed on an as needed basis for individuals charged with federal offenses and detained while awaiting trial, sentencing or hearings. The facility will be operated 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year basis for federal Prisoners.

Required Medical Services

• Medically necessary long-term care (i.e., room, board, medical, ADL assistance, and ancillary services)

• Facility compliant with the Americans with Disability Act

• Ability to house bariatric prisoners (>500 lbs.)

• Emergency and urgent care stabilization

• Inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility or hospice

• Intravenous medication services (i.e., IV antibiotics)

• X-ray services within the facility

• Dialysis Services on site or availability in the community

• Phlebotomy

• Physical/Occupational therapy Services within the Facility

Inpatient Psychiatric Services

• Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation o Diagnosis of severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, etc.)

o Risk assessment for suicide, violence or self-harm.

• Medication Management o Psychotropic medication prescribed and monitored (e.g. Antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antidepressants, etc.)

o Involuntary medication (with court approval)

• Individual and Group Therapy o Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and other Evidenced Based Treatments (EBT) o Anger management, coping skills or trauma therapy o Substance use support groups (dual diagnosis)

• Crisis Stabilization o Suicide Watch and 24/7 monitoring o Special housing for acute psychosis or aggression o Rapid intervention for severe psychiatric episodes

• Multidisciplinary treatment planning o Coordination between psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers and corrections staff.

o Tailored treatment plans with goals and progress monitoring

• Ability to manage moderate medical complexity.

Partial Hospitalization/ Stepdown program Treats patients with serious mental health needs and those who show symptoms of psychological distress. Program provides evidence based, individualized and group treatment.

Goals:

• Reduce the length of stay of inpatient hospitalizations.

• Reduce the frequency of inpatient hospitalizations.

• Improve mental health well-being through treatment programing (EBT, wellness, recreation, adjunct treatments, etc.)

• Prevent mental health deterioration through monitoring, therapeutic intervention, and assist with the reintegration into the general population and the community at large.

• Increase the patient’s effective and active participation in legal processes and court proceedings.

The Facility shall have the capability to accommodate at least 30 prisoners at a single site.

The facility shall be located within the Northeast, Central/Midwest, and/or Western areas of the United States.

Construction of a new facility is not a consideration for this requirement.

The period of performance shall be a five-year period of performance.

Sources Sought:

The POD is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small and large businesses to provide correctional facilities and medical support services. All responding firms are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business to the anticipated NAICS code. For this notice, the NAICS code is 561210. This source sought synopsis is issued to assist the POD in performing market research to determine available sources that are qualified and capable of providing the service.

Information Requested:

Potential offerors are encouraged to submit the following information (For consistency, please structure your response to match the order of the requirements as listed below):

1. Name and address of company and or companies (if there is a teaming arrangement or joint venture).

2. Technical expertise relevant to the scope of the requirement.

3. Technical approach relevant to the requirement.

4. Management approach relevant to the requirement.

5. Corporate experience relevant to the requirement.

6. Relevant past performance (minimum of 3 customers; work performed within last 5 years), including:

• Contract name;

• Contracting Agency or Department;

• Yearly contract value (in $$);

• Period of performance; and

• Description of work and how it relates to the requirements.

Potential offerors shall format their response as follows:

1. Page limit - eight (8) 8 ½ x 11 pages;

2. 1-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides);

3. Times New Roman font - 12 point;

4. Page limitation does not include (1 cover page or 1 letter of introduction page); and

5. Do not include promotional materials.

Potential offerors responding to this market survey must provide a capability statement demonstrating its experience, skills, and capability to fulfill the Governments requirements.

The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, but not exceed eight (8) pages TOTAL, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the requirements above. The Government technical team will then assess the experience & capabilities based on 1) technical expertise relevant to the requirement; 2) technical approach relevant to the requirement, 3) management approach relevant to the requirement, 4) corporate experience relevant to the requirement, and 5) relevant past performance. Please specify one primary and one alternate Point of Contact (POC) within your firm, including telephone numbers and email addresses.

Questions:

Questions or comments to this notice shall be directed to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Tara Gray at Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov via email only. Verbal or telephone questions or responses will not be accepted. Questions are due on Friday, noon Eastern Time, July 11, 2025.

POD does not intend to publicly post questions related to this notice. However, POD may, at its discretion, publicly post questions and answers in response to this notice; accordingly, questions shall not contain proprietary information.

Submittal Requirements:

All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the email address shown in the Questions section. A determination not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered only for the purposes of determining whether to conduct competitive procurement. The government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This is NOT a request for proposals or quotes.

As much as possible, it is preferred that technical capability statements be nonproprietary.

However, capability statements with company-sensitive data and concepts will be accepted, and the Government will respect restricted data markings. Responders are expected to appropriately mark their submissions that contain proprietary information. Capability statements should not exceed eight (8) pages in length (excluding a cover page).

In addition to the 8-page limit on the company capability statement specified above, please note the following notice in response to submitting to the requirements.

1. Only written electronic copies of capability statements will be accepted. The e-mail should contain the following subject line: Response to Sources Sought Notice – “Contract Medical and Mental Detention Facility”.

2. Please submit all information to Ms. Tara Gray at Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov by Friday, noon

Eastern Time, July 25, 2025.

Contracting Office Address:

USMS – Prisoner Operations Division Office of Detention Services 1215 S. Clark Street, 3rd Floor Arlington, VA 22202

Primary Point of Contact:

Ms. Tara Gray – Contract Specialist Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov