Request for Proposal (RFP) for Buffalo (Batavia) Service Processing Center

The purpose of this solicitation amendment is to state that a new due date for Phase 1 submissions will be posted in conjunction with the Q&A spreadsheet providing to the vendor questions submitted.

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The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is responsible for the detention, health, welfare, transportation, and deportation of noncitizens in removal proceedings, and those subject to a final order of removal from the U.S. The mission of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is to identify, arrest, detain and remove aliens, who present a danger to national security or are a risk to public safety, as well as those who enter the U.S. illegally or otherwise undermine the integrity of immigration laws and border control efforts. In implementing its mission, ERO is responsible for carrying out all orders for the securing and departure activities of noncitizens who are designated in removal proceedings and for arranging for the detention of noncitizens when necessary and prescribed by law.

The ERO Buffalo, New York (NY) Field Office has a continued need for comprehensive detention services for approximately 650 adult male and female noncitizens that will provide for general population, intake, segregated housing, and medical beds at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF), a government-owned/contractor-operated detention facility located at 4250 Federal Drive, Batavia, NY 14020. BFDF provides safe and secure conditions of confinement based on the individual characteristics of a diverse population, including threats to the community, risk of flight, type and status of immigration proceeding, community ties, medical and mental health issues. The required contractor management of BFDF shall provide easy access to legal services; ample indoor and outdoor recreation that allows for vigorous aerobic exercise in accordance with PBNDS meal service or satellite feeding; institutional detainee clothing; non-contact and contact visitation, including special arrangements for visiting families, with extended hours including nights and weekends; private areas for attorney-client visits, with video teleconferencing capabilities; noise control; enhanced, but controlled freedom of movement (although the manner and degree of implementation may vary based on security levels); enhanced law library and legal resources; and enhanced programming, including religious services and social programs and dedicated space for religious services.

Detention services shall be performed in accordance with optimal level of the most current version of the ICE Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS).  The most current version is PBNDS 2011 and the 2016 revisions are available at www.ice.gov/detention-standards/2011. The contractor shall also abide by the March 7, 2014, DHS regulation under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79)  Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities (DHS PREA Standards) available at https://www.ice.gov/detain/prea.

This is a follow-on requirement to contract number HSCEDM-15-D-00002 with Akima Global Services, LLC (AGS). Under this contract, AGS manages and operates the BFDF. The period of performance of this contract currently expires on 01/31/2025.

The procurement will be a competitive 8(a) set-aside. This procurement is expected to award a single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity’s (IDIQ) with firm-fixed price unit prices and some labor hour CLINs. The IDIQ will have a ten (10) year period of performance (Year 1 will be inclusive of a 120-day transition). The Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly known as the Service Contract Act of 1965) statute is applicable to this acquisition. All required clauses, provisions and transportation requirements will be identified in the solicitation and resulting contractual instrument.

The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is responsible for the detention, health, welfare, transportation, and deportation of noncitizens in removal proceedings, and those subject to a final order of removal from the U.S. The mission of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is to identify, arrest, detain and remove aliens, who present a danger to national security or are a risk to public safety, as well as those who enter the U.S. illegally or otherwise undermine the integrity of immigration laws and border control efforts. In implementing its mission, ERO is responsible for carrying out all orders for the securing and departure activities of noncitizens who are designated in removal proceedings and for arranging for the detention of noncitizens when necessary and prescribed by law.

The ERO Buffalo, New York (NY) Field Office has a continued need for comprehensive detention services for approximately 650 adult male and female noncitizens that will provide for general population, intake, segregated housing, and medical beds at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF), a government-owned/contractor-operated detention facility located at 4250 Federal Drive, Batavia, NY 14020. BFDF provides safe and secure conditions of confinement based on the individual characteristics of a diverse population, including threats to the community, risk of flight, type and status of immigration proceeding, community ties, medical and mental health issues. The required contractor management of BFDF shall provide easy access to legal services; ample indoor and outdoor recreation that allows for vigorous aerobic exercise in accordance with PBNDS meal service or satellite feeding; institutional detainee clothing; non-contact and contact visitation, including special arrangements for visiting families, with extended hours including nights and weekends; private areas for attorney-client visits, with video teleconferencing capabilities; noise control; enhanced, but controlled freedom of movement (although the manner and degree of implementation may vary based on security levels); enhanced law library and legal resources; and enhanced programming, including religious services and social programs and dedicated space for religious services.

Detention services shall be performed in accordance with optimal level of the most current version of the ICE Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS).  The most current version is PBNDS 2011 and the 2016 revisions are available at www.ice.gov/detention-standards/2011. The contractor shall also abide by the March 7, 2014, DHS regulation under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79)  Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities (DHS PREA Standards) available at https://www.ice.gov/detain/prea.

This is a follow-on requirement to contract number HSCEDM-15-D-00002 with Akima Global Services, LLC (AGS). Under this contract, AGS manages and operates the BFDF. The period of performance of this contract currently expires on 01/31/2025.

The procurement will be a competitive 8(a) set-aside. This procurement is expected to award a single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity’s (IDIQ) with firm-fixed price unit prices and some labor hour CLINs. The IDIQ will have a ten (10) year period of performance (Year 1 will be inclusive of a 120-day transition). The Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly known as the Service Contract Act of 1965) statute is applicable to this acquisition. All required clauses, provisions and transportation requirements will be identified in the solicitation and resulting contractual instrument.