Sources Sought
CMCS- FCI Texarkana- Sources Sought
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
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AI summaryThe Federal Bureau of Prisons Field Acquisition Office issued sources sought notice 15BCMS27N70000001 for hospital and physician medical services for inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Texarkana, TX. This is market research only, not a solicitation. Questionnaire responses are due by email by the response due date, November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons Field Acquisition Office issued sources sought notice 15BCMS27N70000001 for hospital and physician medical services for inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Texarkana, TX. This is market research only, not a solicitation. Questionnaire responses are due by email by the response due date, November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: Email to Scott Hewitt-Shiley at shewittshiley@bop.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Hospital-scale services requirement. The work covers inpatient, outpatient, long term acute care and physician services, so a small business needs a hospital or a hospital subcontractor.
- Worth checking: Sources sought only; no solicitation yet. This is market research. The Government may not issue a solicitation or award a contract, and responding does not enter you in a competition.
- Worth checking: Pricing tied to Medicare rates. Offers are expected to be a percentage discount from or premium to Medicare benchmark rates, and firm-fixed unit prices for up to five years are asked about.
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- Worth checking: Centralized billing duty. The contractor would run centralized billing, with consolidated invoices due within 90 calendar days after discharge or outpatient encounter; late invoices count as a performance deficiency.
- Minor: Security investigation before staff can work. All individuals providing services at the institution must undergo a security clearance investigation, which can delay the start of services.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Flap A-Tab 10A-Sources Sought Questionnaire - FCI Texarkana.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Inpatient facility and physician services (about 85 inpatient days per year)
- Outpatient facility and physician services (about 1000 outpatient visits per year)
- Long term acute care (about 200 inpatient days per year)
- On-site physician visits at the institution: general surgeon, ophthalmologist and urologist
- Telehealth consultations, such as tele-triage (75), cardiology (15), gastroenterology (15) and urology (30)
- Centralized billing for all services rendered
- Contract type
- Not stated; pricing is expected as a discount from or premium to Medicare rates
- Period of performance
- Anticipated base year of 12 months plus four 12-month option periods
- Place of performance
- Texarkana, TX, USA (Federal Correctional Institution Texarkana)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Scott Hewitt-Shiley at shewittshiley@bop.gov
What to include when you submit
- Complete the Sources Sought Questionnaire and email it; no telephone requests for the questionnaire are accepted
- Say whether you can provide comprehensive hospital and physician services, and for each listed service whether as prime, through a subcontractor, or unable to provide
- State your business size (small or other than small) against the $47 million size standard, and any small business program you qualify for
- Give your contact details, including your Unique Entity ID (UEI)
- State the medical liability insurance levels that are the community standard for hospital and physician services
- State how many calendar days after award you could begin hospital services and on-site physician services
After award, you must have
- Everyone providing services at the institution must pass a security clearance investigation, which may take 30 calendar days or longer From Flap A-Tab 10A-Sources Sought Questionnaire - FCI Texarkana.pdf:
…all individuals providing services at the institutions…
Not in the notice text
- Set-aside status: SAM.gov does not state one
- Contract value or Government estimate
- Evaluation factors, solicitation date and proposal instructions, which come only in a possible later solicitation
- Whether the on-site visit durations for the general surgeon, ophthalmologist and urologist are in hours; the questionnaire table gives numbers without a unit
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Fao, Grand Prairie, TX
- Product/service code
- Q201 · Medical – Managed Healthcare
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 622110)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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