Sources Sought Notice - Syracuse NY.docx

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons Community Treatment Services

Sources Sought Re: Announcement Number: 15BCTS24N00000002

Outpatient Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Treatment for Adult Incarcerated Individuals in Community Placement in Syracuse, NY

BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) is an agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ). It consists of 122 institutions throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Puerto Rico; 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), 2 staff training centers, 22 Residential Reentry Management Offices, and 6 Community Treatment Services (CTS) field offices. The Bureau is responsible for the custody and care of approximately 158,000 federal adults in custody (AIC). Around 14,000 of AICs are residing in the community in Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), on home confinement or on Federal Location Monitoring or reporting to a Day Reporting Center throughout the United States of America and various territories (i.e., Guam, and Puerto Rico).

The Bureau is committed to providing high-quality, evidenced-based programs and services for all federal adults in custody who reside in the community. The CTS Contracting Section is responsible for procuring outpatient treatment services for substance use disorder, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), mental health, including psychiatric services, and sex offender treatment by utilizing community-based treatment providers in areas where AICs are located.

In Syracuse, NY, the Residential Reentry Center (RRC) provides pre-release community placement for both male and female federal AICs, as well as home confinement placement for eligible AICs. Whether at the RRC or on home confinement, AICs receive all treatment services from community-based treatment providers in the local area. The CTS contract at this location is currently providing the following outpatient treatment services: substance use disorder and mental health treatment.

PURPOSE

This announcement is posted as a Sources Sought Notice only for an intended upcoming solicitation that will be posted on the System for Award Management website: www.SAM.gov. This Sources Sought is being issued to determine whether or not there are qualified sources able to meet the requirements for an upcoming solicitation.

This upcoming solicitation will be for the delivery of substance use disorder and mental health treatment. The location where services are to be provided must be within five (5) mile radius of the Syracuse City Hall, 233 E Washington St., Syracuse NY, 13202 and accessible to public transportation. The solicitation is anticipated to be a firm-fixed-price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a guaranteed minimum and an estimated maximum number of services needed.

It is anticipated that all treatment services will be solicited under a single procurement and will require the successful quoter to provide all services within the geographic restrictions specified. The Bureau would like input from any interested and qualified treatment providers as to the feasibility of delivering outpatient treatment services to federal AICs while in community placement in Syracuse NY.

QUESTIONS AND REVIEW

Please be advised that providing responses to these questions will not automatically include responders in the acquisition process should the Bureau establish an acquisition plan.

Questions regarding this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted to Joo (Jan) Walker by 10/1/2024. Questions and answers will be posted on SAM.gov on or about October 8, 2024. Answers will only be provided through SAM.gov. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be emailed in PDF format, no later than 10/15/2024 12:00 PM to Joo (Jan) Walker at j15walker@bop.gov.

QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

1. Do you think it would be difficult to find one treatment agency interested in a contract to provide treatment services to federal adults in custody (AIC) in community placement in this area? If so, explain any challenges or difficulties in meeting this need.

2. Is it possible for a treatment agency to provide all services needed to federal AICs in community placement in this area, given the geographic restrictions for the location of services? Provide any comments as to the feasibility of this requirement.

3. Are there any regulatory requirements or restrictions that present challenges in delivering treatment services in this area?

4. Explain how treatment services are provided by your agency. In person, by telehealth, or a combination of the two? What is the frequency of sessions? Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly?

5. Please describe your treatment agency’s experience working with criminal justice programs to provide the following services (as applicable): a. substance use disorder, and b. mental health treatment services.

6. Has your agency provided treatment services to AICs for a Bureau contract? If so, provide the Contract Number, Place of Performance, Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) name, and Point of Contact.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY

This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. This Sources Sought does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Bureau is not at this time seeking quotations and will not accept unsolicited quotations. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought; all costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it may be synopsized on the SAM.gov website. It is the responsibility of the potential quoter to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Interested and qualified vendors are encouraged to:

· Provide detailed and concise responses to the questions in this Sources Sought Notice.

· Complete the Sources Sought Notice questionnaire to include your company’s point of contact, address, email, and telephone.

· Include Socio-economic listing (SDVOSB, WOSB, Small, etc.).

What should be included in your response:

· Do submit comments that address the Government’s requirements, assumptions, conditions, or contemplated approaches.

· Do submit information and suggestions that may encourage new, different, or innovative approaches that would result in direct cost savings to the Government.

What should not be included in your response:

· Do not submit quotations, proposals, or offers.

· Do not submit white papers, brochures or other company marketing materials.

· Do not submit requests to be considered for award or to be notified of a future solicitation.

· Do not submit requests to be added to a mailing or distribution list.

· Do not submit questions or comments not related to this Sources Sought Notice.

· Do not respond via telephone.

Please be advised that providing responses to these questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for the upcoming solicitation. In addition, the Sources Sought is intended solely for the use to improve communications between potential contractors and the Bureau. If for some reason, the responses are requested by outside parties (i.e., FOIA request), the information is not protected as source selection information (FAR 2.101 and 3.104). If you intend for the information to be exempt from disclosure under FOIA Exemption 4, please indicate this in your response and on each page you want exempt. Furthermore, indicate that your response is proprietary information that may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed to any other parties for any purpose without expressed written permission.

Any information received will become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. To aid the Bureau, please segregate any proprietary information.

COMMUNITY TREATMENT SERVICES

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE QUESTIONNAIRE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

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Community-Based Substance Use Disorder & Mental Health Treatment Services

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Directions: Provide detailed and concise written responses to the Sources Sought Notice questions below. Please limit your responses to what is requested in this document.

1. Do you think it would be difficult to find one treatment agency interested in a contract to provide treatment services to federal adults in custody (AIC) in community placement in this area? If so, explain any challenges or difficulties in meeting this need.

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2. Is it possible for a treatment agency to provide all services needed to federal AICs in community placement in this area, given the geographic restrictions for the location of services? Provide any comments as to the feasibility of this requirement.

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3. Are there any regulatory requirements or restrictions that present challenges in delivering treatment services in this area?

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4. Explain how treatment services are provided by your agency. In person, by telehealth, or a combination of the two? What is the frequency of sessions? Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly?

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5. Please describe your treatment agency’s experience working with criminal justice programs to provide the following services (as applicable):

a. substance use disorder

b. mental health

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6. Has your agency provided treatment services to offenders for a Bureau of Prisons contract? If so, provide the Contract Number, Place of Performance, Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) name, and Point of Contact.

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