MCAS Beaufort Catholic Priest Services

The United States Marine Corps is soliciting Catholic Priest Services for Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina through Request for Quote (RFQ) M6700126Q0053. The solicitation seeks a non-personal services contract to provide Roman Catholic religious ministries to military members, dependents, and authorized personnel at the installation. Key requirements include celebrating Sunday and Holy Day masses, administering sacraments, conducting funerals and weddings, managing religious education programs for grades K-12, providing spiritual counseling and crisis intervention, and maintaining office hours for parishioner meetings. Qualified contractors must be U.S. citizens holding a Master of Divinity or Master of Theology from an accredited institution, possess a minimum of five years of pastoral experience, maintain priesthood in good standing with written diocesan permission, and obtain approval and a Letter of Endorsement from the Archbishop of the Military Services (AMS) USA. The Government will evaluate proposals based on price, technical capability, and past performance, with offers due by May 5, 2026, at 1:00 PM local time.

This solicitation is set aside 100% for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) under NAICS code 813110 (Religious Organizations). The total award amount is $13,000,000.00, structured as a firm fixed-price contract with 52 weeks of fixed flat-rate payments. The contractor must provide 20 hours per week of service and submit monthly invoices through the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) system with verified timesheets. The base contract period runs from May 12, 2026, through May 11, 2027, with two optional one-year renewal periods extending through May 11, 2029. The place of performance is MCAS Beaufort, located in Beaufort, South Carolina 29904, where the contractor must obtain and maintain a DBIDS (Defense Biometrics Identification System) credential for base access.