State Licensed and Nationally Accredited Secure Care and Heightened Supervision Facility (HSF) Beds for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau (UACB)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement is seeking state-licensed and nationally accredited secure care and heightened supervision facility (HSF) residential beds to support the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program. Prospective vendors must be able to provide capacity for 30 secure care beds and 20 HSF beds located within the contiguous United States, serving minors ages 13-17 who require secure or heightened supervision placement. Key requirements include 24/7, 365-day operations with the ability to admit children within 72 hours of notification, compliance with 45 CFR part 410 regulations, and specific staffing ratios including one staff member per four children during waking hours and one per twelve during sleeping hours. Respondents should submit capability statements by 10:00 a.m. ET on April 10, 2026, limited to 10 double-spaced pages, addressing facility location, licensing and accreditation status, performance outcomes, timeline for bed availability, compliance history, federal contract experience, and per diem cost methodology. A virtual information session is scheduled for May 6, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST, and questions should be submitted to Valarie Pels-Kohout at valerie.pelskohout@acf.hhs.gov no later than three business days before the event.

This presolicitation notice includes no set-aside designation and does not identify any current or incumbent contractors. The anticipated contract structure is a firm-fixed unit price per occupied bed, with an estimated period of performance consisting of one 12-month base period followed by four optional 12-month renewal periods for a potential five-year duration. Vendors may propose either existing operational facilities or new facilities with an expected ramp-up period not exceeding 120 calendar days from contract award. The specific award value or budget range has not been disclosed in this market research announcement. This Sources Sought notice is classified as market research only and does not constitute a formal solicitation, meaning responses will not obligate the government to issue a contract award.