Residential Reentry Services Located Within King County, Washington and Home Confinement Radius Within 200 Miles of the RRC Facility

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons sought a contractor to provide Residential Reentry Center (RRC) services and home confinement services for federal offenders located within King County, Washington, with home confinement services extending within a 200-mile radius of the RRC facility. The solicitation (15BRRC25R00000039) required the contractor to operate a facility capable of housing both male and female offenders with varying capacity levels (24 or fewer, 25-36, 37-48, and 49 or more average daily population) and to be fully operational within 120 days of contract award. Key contract requirements included 24/7 staffing, comprehensive individual program planning, employment assistance, medical and mental health services, drug testing, electronic monitoring, and strict accountability measures for community-based correctional reintegration. Proposals were evaluated based on three primary factors: Past Performance, Technical/Management capabilities, and Price, with non-price factors being significantly more important than price considerations. The original proposal deadline was August 19, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, with an original solicitation posted date of June 20, 2025, followed by two amendments—the first updating the Department of Labor Wage Determination on July 24, 2025, and the second canceling the entire solicitation on December 22, 2025.

This solicitation included no set-aside designations for small businesses, though a comprehensive subcontracting plan template required contractors to establish a 36 percent overall small business goal with specific targets for small disadvantaged businesses (5 percent), women-owned small businesses (5 percent), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (5 percent), and HUBZone small businesses (3 percent). The contract structure consisted of a one-year base period with four one-year option periods, awarded on a firm-fixed unit price basis determined by average daily population levels for both in-house and home confinement services. Specific award values were not disclosed in the solicitation notice; however, the scope of services and operational requirements suggest a significant contract value given the comprehensive facility and staffing demands. The contractor was required to comply with updated Department of Labor Wage Determination 2015-5535 Revision 26, which mandated hourly rates of $17.75 under Executive Order 14026 and included health and welfare benefits of $5.55 per hour, vacation provisions, and eleven paid holidays annually. The place of performance was established as Seattle, Washington, with proposals to be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Acquisitions Branch at 320 First Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20534, under the primary point of contact Jeremy Essler, Contracting Officer.