RRC Services and Home Confinement Services Located in the Middle Judicial District of Louisiana

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, under the Department of Justice, is soliciting proposals for Residential Reentry Center (RRC) and Home Confinement Services in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. The procurement seeks a contractor to operate and manage comprehensive reentry services for federal offenders, including 24/7 facility operations with residential housing, employment assistance, offender programming, substance abuse surveillance, medical services, and community reentry support. Key contract requirements include maintaining a minimum 22-bed facility (18 male and 4 female capacity), achieving full operational readiness within 120 days of award, providing trained personnel including a Facility Director and Case Managers, ensuring facility compliance with NFPA fire codes and ABA accessibility standards, and implementing electronic monitoring for home confinement residents. Evaluation criteria emphasize past performance as the most significant factor, followed by technical and management capabilities, and price. The solicitation closing date is March 24, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, with proposals to be submitted via email to Pamela Barcelona, Contract Specialist, at pbarcelona@bop.gov; the contracting officer phone number is 606-599-4138.

This solicitation carries no set-aside designation and includes no identified incumbent. The contract type is firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity with a guaranteed minimum of 4,015 in-house days and 3,650 home confinement days during the base year, with estimated maximums of 8,030 and 7,300 respectively, and up to 20 home confinement placements. The base period covers 12 months from the performance start date, with four optional one-year extensions available. Performance will occur in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with home confinement services extending to locations within 200 miles of the facility. Contractors must comply with Service Contract Act wage determinations applicable to East Baton Rouge Parish and surrounding Louisiana parishes, achieve subcontracting goals across small business categories (36% small business, 5% small disadvantaged business, 5% women-owned small business, and 5% service-disabled veteran-owned small business), enroll in E-Verify, and maintain compliance with all applicable federal regulations, state and local laws, and Bureau of Prisons program requirements. Award is contingent upon confirmed funding availability.