SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

MANAGED HEALTH CARE 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 to acquire contractor support services to provide a nationwide healthcare delivery system for USMS prisoners.

The USMS requires an enterprise-level, nationwide solution to manage end-to-end medical, dental, and non-network pharmacy claims validation, processing, re-pricing, and clearing for individuals in federal custody across all 94 federal judicial districts. A critical driver of this requirement is strict statutory compliance with 18 U.S.C. § 4006, which mandates that healthcare services provided to detainees be re-priced and reimbursed at rates not exceeding local Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) allowable amounts or state-capped Medicaid benchmarks.

The contractor will provide a nationwide healthcare delivery system. The contractor will:

• Establish a medical provider network (PPN) that covers the detention facilities used by the USMS.

• Establish a dental network that covers the detention facilities used by the USMS.

• Establish a nationwide discounted pharmacy delivery and payment program.

• Ensure that all medical, dental, and non-network pharmacy claims are received from providers and validated, processed, re-priced, and paid consistent with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 4006, as amended.

• Ensure customer service is provided to the USMS, as well as medical and dental providers serving the USMS prisoner population.

• Ensure that USMS data is securely maintained.

• Ensure that the USMS receives accurate and complete reporting data.

The period of performance for this contract is seven (7) years from the date of award.

The place of performance will be the contractor’s facilities. No facilities will be provided for contractor work.

Sources Sought:

The POD is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small and large businesses to provide a nationwide healthcare delivery system. 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 524114. This sources sought synopsis is issued to assist the POD in performing market research to determine available sources that are qualified and capable of providing the aforementioned 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 meet 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, Mr. Arness Harris at Arness.Harris@usdoj.gov via email only. Verbal or telephone questions or responses will not be accepted.

Questions are due on Friday, noon Eastern Time, July 24, 2026.

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 purpose 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 – “Managed Health Care Services”.

2. Please submit all information to Mr. Arness Harris at Arness.Harris@usdoj.gov and Ms. Tara Gray at

Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov by Friday, noon Eastern Time, August 7, 2026.

Contracting Office Address:

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

Primary Point of Contact:

Mr. Arness Harris – Contracting Officer Arness.Harris@usdoj.gov

Secondary Point of Contact:

Ms. Tara Gray Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov mailto:Arness.Harris@usdoj.gov mailto:Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov mailto:Arness.Harris@usdoj.gov mailto:Tara.Gray@usdoj.gov