Contract detention facility – eastern district of north carolina

The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service, Prisoner Operations Division is seeking contract detention facility services to support the Eastern District of North Carolina through a Sources Sought Notice. The procurement requires an existing, fully constructed secure detention facility capable of accommodating at least 1,000 federal detainees of both male and female populations within reasonable proximity to federal courthouses across North Carolina's Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts. Key requirements include the ability to provide court production transportation, medical movements, and jail transfers, along with comprehensive 24/7 medical coverage, meals, laundry, and recreation services. Potential offerors must demonstrate compliance with American Correctional Association (ACA) and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards and operational resilience capabilities. Capability statements must be submitted to Arness Harris at Arness.Harris@usdoj.gov by January 9, 2026, and should be limited to eight pages, addressing technical expertise, approach to meeting requirements, management capabilities, corporate experience, and past performance. The evaluation will assess these submission components to determine the offeror's capacity to meet the government's operational needs.

This procurement carries no set-aside designation and represents a market survey to gauge industry capability rather than a guarantee of solicitation or contract award. The anticipated contract structure includes a one-year base period with four optional one-year renewal periods, not to exceed five years in total duration. The NAICS code 561210 (Facilities Support Services) applies with a size standard of $47.0 million. No specific award value or budget range has been disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice, and no incumbent contractor information has been provided. Interested firms should note that submission of a capability statement does not commit the government to issue a formal solicitation or guarantee contract opportunity.