Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
CMCS - Combined Synopsis - Solicitation - FCI Cumberland
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AI summaryThe Federal Bureau of Prisons is asking for offers to provide comprehensive medical services (hospital, doctor and outpatient care for inmates) for FCI Cumberland in Cumberland, Maryland. The plan is a firm-fixed-price, requirements-type contract with a 12-month base year, four 12-month options and a possible 6-month extension. The solicitation is currently on hold because of a GAO protest, so the due date is to be announced. More in the summary
Paused. The AI summary says the buy is on hold: Solicitation on hold (GAO protest). This date may change; check SAM.gov for updates.
A newer version of this notice was posted Nov 2, 2026. It moves the due date from Apr 21, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Jul 8, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 2, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 21, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: New due date and time: Amendment 0003 says TBD until the GAO protest is resolved. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is asking for offers to provide comprehensive medical services (hospital, doctor and outpatient care for inmates) for FCI Cumberland in Cumberland, Maryland. The plan is a firm-fixed-price, requirements-type contract with a 12-month base year, four 12-month options and a possible 6-month extension. The solicitation is currently on hold because of a GAO protest, so the due date is to be announced.
Who can bid (8)
- Not set aside for small business (open to all sizes). NAICS 622110 with a $47M size standard is listed.
- Active SAM registration; the contracting officer checks the UEI before award
- Complete the BOP Vendor Cybersecurity Attestation Form (Attachment 7) with the offer and annually
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- Offerors with an existing approved ATU on file with the BOP do not need to submit a separate Attachment 7
- No non-U.S. citizens in any position with access to or development of DOJ IT systems
- Security clearance investigation package for each institution-based provider within 30 days of award
- Audited or certified financial statements and a bank reference for the business proposal
- Required insurance (listed in H.04 Schedule of Required Insurance) and medical liability insurance clauses; details were not in the text provided
How to submit: Email to J2gregory@bop.gov with a copy to BOP-ADM-FAO-CMS-S@bop.gov, due Apr 21, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
- Serious: Date passed (Oct 21, 2026): Solicitation on hold (GAO protest). The due date is TBD and the notice's Oct 21, 2026 deadline cannot be relied on; the opportunity could be changed, delayed or cancelled.
- Serious: Funds not available. No award will be made until funding is confirmed in writing, and the government can cancel without paying proposal costs.
- Serious: Needs a hospital and provider network. A small business must line up hospitals, physicians and mobile imaging providers near Cumberland, and is scored on service diversity, driving distance and accreditation.
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- Worth checking: Pricing as a discount from the Medicare rate. Pricing must follow the prescribed method in every category, and any different method gets no price score for that category.
- Worth checking: Heavy proposal package. Three volumes, hospital network summary sheets, a cybersecurity attestation, financial statements and a bank reference are all required, and everything must arrive in one email under 14 MB.
- Worth checking: Security vetting of providers. Institution-based providers must clear a BOP security investigation package within 30 days of award, which adds start-up risk.
- Minor: Only one offer allowed; 180-day price hold. You cannot submit alternates, and your prices must stay valid for 180 days from the receipt date.
- Minor: New DEI clause added by Amendment 0003. Clause 52.222-90 lets the government terminate the contract and make compliance material to payment, and it must be passed down to subcontractors.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. Show which files.
- 15BFA025R00000055-00003 SOLICITATION FCI CUMBERLAND - ADD CLAUSE 52.222-90 & NEW DUE DATE TBD.pdf (read)
- 15BFA025R00000055-00002 SOLICITATION FCI CUMBERLAND - DUE DATE ON HOLD PENDING GAO PROTEST.pdf (read)
- 15BFA025R00000055-00001 FCI CUMBERLAND MODIFICATION TO SOLICITATION UPDATING VERBIAGE L2 AND ADDING UPDATED ATTACHMENT 7.pdf (read)
- 15BCMS25R00000055 FCI CUMBERLAND Combined Cover Letter and Attachments Finailized Post 3.9.26.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Inpatient and outpatient hospital (facility) services for FCI Cumberland inmates
- Inpatient and outpatient physician services
- Outpatient services brought to the institution: mobile CT, mobile MRI, mobile ultrasound, optometry, physical therapy, oral surgery and other physicians
- Extended-stay services
- Specialty care appointments available within 14 calendar days of referral whenever possible
- Medical claims submitted within 90 days; corrected claims within 30 days of rejection
- Monthly billing estimates and lab, treatment and discharge reports sent to the COR
- A quality control plan approved before work starts, and a point of contact who acts as liaison with the COR
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/requirements-type contract with firm-fixed unit prices (priced as a discount or premium to the Medicare rate for medical categories)
- Period of performance
- 12-month base year + four 12-month option years, plus an option to extend services up to 6 months (FAR 52.217-8)
- Place of performance
- FCI Cumberland, 14601 Burbridge Rd SE, Cumberland, MD (community-based providers and hospitals serve the institution)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best-value tradeoff of price, technical and past performance. Non-price factors combined are approximately equal to price. Technical and past performance are of equal value; price could become paramount if proposals are about equal on non-price factors.
- Offers due
- Apr 21, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Jul 8, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to J2gregory@bop.gov with a copy to BOP-ADM-FAO-CMS-S@bop.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical (equal to Past Performance): level of diversity of services, driving distance and conditions to community providers, accreditation status of proposed facilities, enhancements to basic requirements (equal subfactors)
- Past Performance (equal to Technical): quality of services, relevancy, timeliness, management, utilization of small business, regulatory compliance (equal subfactors)
- Price: ranked categories led by inpatient facility services, outpatient facility services, outpatient physician services and extended stay; best discount from the Medicare rate scores best
What to include when you submit
- One offer only per offeror; multiple or alternate offers are not allowed
- Three separate volumes: Volume 1 Technical, Volume 2 Past Performance, Volume 3 Business (price)
- All documents in text-searchable PDF; the email with attachments must be under 14 MB; no hard copies
- Technical volume must not include pricing and must include Attachment 6 (Technical Proposal Summary Sheets by Hospital Networks)
- Attachment 7 (Federal Bureau of Prisons Vendor Cybersecurity Attestation Form) with supporting documentation is due with the offer, unless the offeror already has an approved Authority to Use (ATU)
- Past performance: list three recently awarded relevant contracts of at least 12 months, or state that no past performance history is available
- Business volume: Attachment 1 pricing and subcontract certification, FAR 52.209-12 tax certification, management structure summary, a financial institution reference, and audited or certified financial statements for the previous fiscal year
- Include your Unique Entity ID (UEI); offers must stay valid 180 calendar days after the receipt date
- Acknowledge each amendment (0001, 0002, 0003)
Not in the notice text
- New due date and time: Amendment 0003 says TBD until the GAO protest is resolved
- The Performance Work Statement (Attachment 2), pricing form (Attachment 1), medical care level classification (Attachment 4), outcome measures (Attachment 5) and hospital network sheets (Attachment 6) were not provided
- Estimated contract value, expected inmate population and expected volumes
- Insurance minimums (H.04), security and orientation requirements (H.03), and other Section H and I details; the middle of the solicitation text was left out
- Page limits for the technical, past performance and business volumes
- Whether the contract requires a small business subcontracting plan (clauses 52.219-9 and 52.219-14 appear only in the table of contents)
- Incumbent contractor
Notice details
- Posted
- Mar 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Fao, Grand Prairie, TX
- Product/service code
- Q201 · Medical – Managed Healthcare
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 622110)
- Versions
8 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2026 · Amendment 0007Paused, was due Dec 9, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 8, 2026 · Amendment 0006Due Oct 21, 2026
- Jul 8, 2026 · Amendment 0005Due Oct 21, 2026 (changed)
- Jun 11, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Apr 21, 2026
- Jun 11, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Apr 21, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Apr 21, 2026
- Mar 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Apr 21, 2026
- Mar 9, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Apr 21, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 15BFA025R00000055 is issued as a Request for proposal (RFP), for Comprehemsive Medical Services. This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. (ii) Please see Section B in the attached solicitation for details regarding Line-Items. (iii) No brand name requirement for the items that are to be acquired. (iv) Services rendered will be provided at FCI Cumberland, located in Cumberland, Maryland. The date and times will be determined after award. Please see attached solicitation for details. (v) See solicitation for list of provisions. (vi) See solicitation for list of clauses. (vii) Offers shall be received via email (J2gregory@bop.gov and BOP-ADM-FAO-CMS-S@bop.gov) on or before the deadline as listed on the SF-33 Block 9. You may also contact us with any questions via the same email addresses. (viii) Please see below for Contracting Officer's contact information.
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