Sources Sought
Secure Juvenile Detention Services within the boundaries of the contiguous 48 states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii)
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sol. 15BRRC26N00000014
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons is asking whether qualified providers can run secure juvenile detention services for male or female offenders anywhere in the contiguous 48 states. This is only a Request for Information (RFI), not a bid: it is market research for a possible future IDIQ contract of a small number of beds, with a one-year base period plus four one-year options.
Watch out for
- RFI only, not an offer opportunity. Nothing can be won from this notice, and responding does not put you on any list for a future solicitation.
providing responses to these questions will not automatically include
- Requires operating a secure juvenile facility. The Bureau is asking about experience running a secure juvenile facility, plus zoning, licensing and community-opposition issues, which is a heavy lift for a business without existing facilities.
Please describe your experience in providing services for juvenile offenders in a secure
- Contractor must provide all services. A single award is expected to cover everything, so a small firm would likely need partners or subcontractors for medical, mental health, education and other services.
all services will be solicited under a single procurement and will require that
- Responses may be released publicly. Your response is not protected as source selection information and can be requested under FOIA, so mark proprietary content carefully.
the information is not protected as source selection information (FAR 2.101
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- RFI for National Juvenile Solicitation.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Tell the Bureau about your experience providing services for juveniles in a secure setting, including operating a secure juvenile facility
- Say whether you could house both male and female juveniles
- Flag state or local laws, zoning, environmental or community-opposition issues that could slow or block a juvenile detention facility in your area
- Describe any area concerns about medical, dental, mental health, psychiatric, education, vocational and evaluation services for juveniles
- Describe any area concerns about programming for Native American or other cultural needs, living skills, and age-specific programming
- Complete the questionnaire (company info, UEI, socio-economic category, NAICS codes, GSA schedule if any)
- Email the response as a PDF to the Contracting Officer by the deadline
- Contract type
- RFI only (Sources Sought). The possible future solicitation is anticipated to be an IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) contract with a guaranteed minimum and estimated maximum number of placements.
- Period of performance
- Anticipated one-year base period plus four one-year option periods
- Place of performance
- Contiguous 48 states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii); no specific location stated
- Offers due
- 2026-10-26 at 2:00 p.m. EDT (response deadline listed as 2026-10-26T14:00:00-04:00). Questions on the RFI are due by October 9, 2026.
- How to submit
- Email a PDF to Laurence Faytaren, Contracting Officer, at lfaytaren@bop.gov. Questions go to the same address; answers will only be posted on SAM.gov, on or about October 15, 2026.
What to include when you submit
- Answer the 12 RFI questions
- Include company point of contact, address, email and telephone
- Include socio-economic listing (SDVOSB, WOSB, Large, etc.), Tax-ID and DUNS
- Fill in the questionnaire (organization name, corporate address, UEI, point of contact, socio-economic category, NAICS codes, GSA Federal Supply Schedule information if applicable)
- Mark and separate any proprietary information; say on each page if you want FOIA Exemption 4 protection
- Do not submit proposals, white papers, brochures or marketing materials, or requests to be added to a mailing list or to be considered for award
Not in the notice text
- Exact location(s) of the facility; the RFI only says contiguous 48 states
- Estimated contract value or price
- Whether the future solicitation will be set aside for small businesses (the notice lists no set-aside)
- Required licenses, certifications, accreditations or standards for the future solicitation
- Evaluation method and factors for the future solicitation
- Which bed count applies: the RFI gives two alternatives, a guaranteed minimum of 9 beds and maximum of 15, or a minimum of 6 and maximum of 10
- Timing of the possible solicitation
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- 15BRRC26N00000014
- Agency
- Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- Office
- Residential Reentry - Co
- NAICS
- 623990
- Product/service code
- G004
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare
- Contracting contact
- Laurence Faytarenlfaytaren@bop.gov
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This announcement is posted as a Request For Information (RFI) only. This RFI is being issued to determine whether or not there are qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirements of a possible upcoming solicitation. This possible upcoming solicitation would be for secure juvenile services for male or female offenders located within the borders of the contiguous 48 states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). See the attached RFI questions. Questions regarding this RFI must be submitted to lfaytaren@bop.gov by October 9, 2026. Questions and answers will be posted on SAM.gov on or about October 15 ,2026. Answers will only be provided through SAM.gov. Responses to this RFI shall be emailed in PDF format, no later than 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on October 26, 2026, to Laurence Faytaren,Contracting Officer at lfaytaren@bop.gov. See the attached Q&A
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