Award Notice - Residential Reentry Center Services

This notice is to extend the closing date of RFP-200-1046-MA from 06/02/2009 (2 pm local time) to 06/30/2009 (2 pm local time).

Pre-Solicitation Notice
RFP 200-1046-MA

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking concerns having the ability for providing Residential Reentry Center (RRC) services for adult male and female Federal offenders held under the authority of United States Statutes located in the Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia area. Residential services include care, custody, control, accountability, and treatment, including subsistence. The services described shall be in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Statement of Work entitled, "Residential Reentry Center, August 2007, Revision 01, December 2007, CCB, Revision 02, December 2008, CCB". An indefinite delivery requirements type contract with a two year base period and three one-year options is anticipated. The estimated number of inmate days for the two year base period is 80,410 (91% males/9% females) and for each Option Year is 36,500 (90% males/10% females) inmate days. The solicitation will be available on or about April 2, 2009, and will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The estimated closing date for RFP 200-1046-MA will be on or about June 2, 2009. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency.

Faith-Based and Community-Based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible.

No collect calls will be accepted. No telephone requests or written requests for solicitations will be accepted.

Response Date: February 19, 2009

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

This announcement is posted as a request for information only, for an upcoming solicitation that will be posted in FEDBIZOPPS. This request for information is issued to determine whether or not there are qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirements. The solicitation will be for residential reentry center services for adult male and female offenders held under the authority of United States Statutes located in the Newport News/Norfolk, Virginia area. The requirement will be for approximately ninety (90) male beds and ten (10) female beds for the two year base period and ninety (90) male beds and ten (10) female beds for each of the three one-year option. The exercise of the option year is a unilateral right of the Government. The anticipated period of performance is March 1, 2010 through February 28, 2015 if all option years are exercised.

If you have an interest in the upcoming solicitation, please provide a written response to the
questions below and provide your response to Edgar Stanton, Contract Specialist via e-mail at estanton@bop.gov.

You are advised that providing responses to the questions will not automatically include you in
the acquisition process for this solicitation.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

1. What experience do you have in providing residential services?

2. What is the size (small, large, non-profit, etc. ) and status (8a, veteran-owned, service disabled
veteran-owned, HUBZone, SDB, woman-owned, etc.) of your organization?

3. Are there any other Residential Community Corrections Center Facilities in the area?

4. Are there any state or local ordinances/restrictions that would prohibit or that would
considerably slow down the procurement process, (i.e. building permits or leasing/rental
agreements)?

5. Are there any known local area concerns? Do you think the area would be supportive of the
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) program? Are there any known groups or organizations that would
oppose the operation of a residential (halfway) house in this area?

6. Are there environmental issues/ concerns in the area?

7. Are there HUBZone locations in the area?

8. Do you feel that it would be difficult to find a suitable location in this area? If so, explain in
detail why it would be difficult and provide supporting documentation.

9. What percentage of the work would you do with your firm's employees and what percentage
of the work would you subcontract? If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you
anticipate any difficulties in subcontracting with small business, veteran-owned small business,
service-disabled, or women-owned small business concerns?

10. Do you feel a pre-solicitation conference would provide any assistance in clarifying the
requirement for this area? If so, explain how it would be helpful.

11. Are there any zoning issues that prohibit or would slow down the procurement process?

12. Is local or public transportation available in this area? If not, is there an alternative method
of transportation for inmates to get to and from work or get to and from their programming
appointments?

13. Is the location listed conducive of the BOP requirement for inmates finding jobs within 14
days of placement?

14. Are there innovations in this area that BOP could benefit from and if so what are they?

15. Are there unique laws or regulations applicable to these services?