JBLM Catholic Priest Services
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W911S826QA021
- Agency
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MICC Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 813110 Religious Organizations
- PSC
- G002 Social- Chaplain
- Place of performance
- Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington 98433, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base Lewis-McChord seeks Catholic Priest services through a total small business set-aside, with proposals due August 13, 2026, and questions due August 6. This is a non-personnel services contract with firm fixed pricing by service line item.
Place of performance is Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, with services delivered at Lewis Main Chapel, McChord Chapel #2, Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, and other JBLM locations. The contractor must be an ordained Roman Catholic Priest endorsed by the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) with faculties accepted or granted by the AMS Archbishop. A contracting service may serve as prime contractor provided the underlying service provider meets all ordination and endorsement requirements. The contractor must hold a current valid driver's license with insurance, demonstrate two years of Catholic programming experience, achieve Level 3 English language proficiency (Interagency Language Roundtable), and pass background checks per Army Directive 2014-23, including FBI fingerprint checks and Child Care National Agency Check and Inquiries.
The base contract period runs September 28, 2026, through August 31, 2027, with four one-year option periods extending through August 31, 2031. Annual deliverables include 165 weekend masses, 135 weekday masses, 115 confession services, 6 reconciliation services, 65 pastoral counseling sessions, 12 monthly coordination meetings with the Contracting Officer's Representative, and 4 quarterly meetings at the correctional facility. Performance standards require 98% achievement across sacramental and service deliverables and 100% compliance for meetings, documentation, and invoicing. The contractor must complete AT Level I awareness training within 45 days, iWATCH training within 30 days, and OPSEC training within 30 days of award. Award goes to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quote with acceptable or neutral past performance. NAICS 813110, PSC G002.
Notice text
The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the duties of Catholic Priest as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. All work shall be accomplished within the guidelines of the Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of the Military Services (AMS) Priests' Manual, Army Regulation 165-1, Army Pamphlet 165-18, and Installation Chaplain Policies.
Services provided shall be conducted in accordance with Army Regulation 165-1 Army Chaplain Corps Activities. All services under this contract shall be performed by an ordained Priest of the Catholic Church who is endorsed by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), with faculties accepted or granted by the AMS Archbishop and in cooperation with the COR.
No Priest presented by a third party will be endorsed. The contract priest, although having no military authority, will nonetheless serve as the authoritative subject matter expert delegated by the AMS in all Catholic matters when he is the only priest at an installation or post. The Catholic Priest shall provide regular and special Catholic mass, sacraments, and confessions to the Catholic congregation at the locations and dates identified herein. The Contractor shall advise the Government Chaplaincy personnel as the Catholic subject matter expert (SME). The Contractor shall serve as the SME on Catholic religious instruction in compliance with the conformity listing maintained by the AMS.
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| JBLM Catholic Priest Services | Pre-Solicitation |
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