Solicitation
Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Services and Home Confinement Services Located within the city limits of Victorville, California
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sol. 15BRRC26R00000021
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons wants a private company to run a new Residential Reentry Center (a halfway house) inside the city limits of Victorville, California, plus a home confinement program for federal offenders living within 100 miles of the center. It is a new expansion requirement, not a replacement for existing services. The contract is one base year plus four option years, and you must supply your own facility.
Watch out for
- Facility ready within 120 days of award. You need a compliant, staffed, inspected building running four months after award, which usually means securing and outfitting the site before you know you have won.
facility must be fully operational and ready for performance to begin within 120 days after the date
- Site and zoning proof due with the proposal. You must show a signed lease, deed or option on a specific Victorville site and zoning approval (or zoning proof within 90 days), so real estate and local approvals come before any award.
demonstrates they have a right to use, signed by both
- Large 40-bed requirement but low usage estimate. You must keep 32 male and 8 female beds available, yet the government only estimates about 16 in-house offenders and 8 home confinement placements a month with no revenue guarantee, so costs may outrun payments.
the contractor shall ensure a total of 32 beds are available for males and 8 beds are available for females (40
- Funds not yet available and solicitation can be cancelled. No award happens until funding is confirmed, and you would not be reimbursed for proposal costs if it is cancelled.
Funds are not presently available for this solicitation. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are made
- Conflicting facility readiness deadline (120 vs 240 days). Section F and the compliance matrix say 120 days after award, but the evaluation factor says 240 days; ask the contracting officer which applies before you plan.
ensuring operational availability within 240 days after contract award; and (4) the offeror's ability to meet the requirements
- Past performance is the top factor. Past performance outweighs technical approach, so companies with BOP-like halfway house experience have an edge, though a newcomer with no record is not rated down.
customers. Offerors without prior contracts will not
- Payment can be withheld up to 30 percent or more. The BOP can hold back part of each monthly invoice for performance problems (up to 30 percent for safety, security and order), and can add up withholdings across months.
authorizes the Federal Bureau of Prisons to withhold full or partial payment when
- Unlimited liability and indemnification. The contractor must indemnify the government for claims from its negligence, and its liability is not capped by insurance limits, which is a big risk for a small firm.
The contractor will protect, defend, indemnify, save, and hold
- Possible government-required smartphones with GPS and biometrics. The government may require the contractor to provide tracked, biometric smartphones to residents, decided at award, which would add cost not yet priced.
smartphones to residents, which have GPS tracking and utilize biometrics (option to be exercised at time of award).
- Heavy proposal paperwork and community outreach. You must mail notification letters to police and elected officials, gather community support letters, complete environmental and facility certifications, and meet strict page limits, which takes lead time before the November 17 deadline.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 4 not read in full.
- 04 15BRRC26R00000021 Statement of Work - 2022.pdf
- 01 15BRRC26R00000021 Solicitation Cover Letter.pdf
- 02 15BRRC26R00000021 Solicitation Cover Sheet.pdf
- 03 15BRRC26R00000021 Solicitation Document.pdf
- 05 15BRRC26R00000021 Performance Summary Table.pdf
- 06 15BRRC26R00000021 Environmental Checklist.pdf
- 07 15BRRC26R00000021 Sample Community Notification Letter.pdf
- 08 15BRRC26R00000021 Sample Client Notification Letter.pdf
- 09 15BRRC26R00000021 Sample Bank Notification Letter.pdf
- 10 15BRRC26R00000021 Service Contract Business Mgt Questionnaire 06-2026.pdf
- 11 15BRRC26R00000021 Compliance Matrix June 2026.pdf
- 12 15BRRC26R00000021 RRC Cert of Compliance.pdf
- 13 15BRRC26R00000021 Local Area Concerns.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 15 15BRRC26R00000021 Subcontracting Plan 07-2026.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 16 15BRRC26R00000021 FBOP ATU Vendor Attestation.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 14 15BRRC26R00000021 Wage Determination.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
Full brief
What they want
- Operate an in-house Residential Reentry Center within Victorville city limits for male and female federal offenders (32 male and 8 female beds, 40 total)
- Provide home confinement services for offenders within 100 miles of the center (up to 20 placements)
- Have the facility fully operational and ready within 120 days after contract award
- Provide the full BOP program: resident accountability and security, case management, job and housing help, drug testing, medical access, food service, discipline, records and reports
- Supply all staff, equipment and supplies at your own cost, with key staff in place (Facility Director, Case Manager, Employment Placement Specialist)
- Run community relations, including a Community Relations Board, and notify local police and elected officials before bidding
- Handle smartphone use by residents, and possibly provide GPS and biometric smartphones if the government chooses that option at award
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) with fixed daily unit prices; work is ordered by task orders
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 option years, plus an optional extension of up to 6 months (FAR 52.217-8)
- Place of performance
- In-house center within the city limits of Victorville, CA; home confinement within 100 miles of the center
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff using adjectival ratings. Non-price factors combined are significantly more important than price; Past Performance counts more than Technical/Management. The government may award without discussions.
- Offers due
- November 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (14:00 ET)
- How to submit
- Email to the Contracting Officer, Pamela Barcelona, pbarcelona@bop.gov (PDF files)
- Page limits
- Community Relations Plan 2 pages; Offender Accountability Plan 5; Home Confinement Accountability Plan 3; Offender Reentry Program Plan 7; Home Confinement Program Plan 3; Food Service Plan 2; 120-day availability plan 3; Personnel Resources Plan 3; Past Performance volume 15 pages total (3 pages per contract, 5 contracts)
What they'll judge offers on
- Past Performance (most important): in-house accountability, programs, community relations, personnel, communications and responsiveness, plus home confinement accountability and programming
- Technical/Management: Site Location (site validity and zoning, community relations program), Accountability and Security, Programs, Facility, Personnel, Home Confinement
- Price (least important, but matters more as non-price ratings get closer)
What to include when you submit
- Three separate parts: Volume I Technical/Management, Volume II Business Proposal, Volume III Past Performance, all in PDF
- Business Proposal: cover letter with firm rates for the base period and each option year (no sliding scales), plus completed Sections A, B and K and the required Section J attachments
- Include the completed Environmental Checklist and the Service Contract Business Management Questionnaire
- Include proof of right to use the site (deed, lease, option or contingency lease/deed signed by both parties) and zoning approval, or zoning proof within 90 days after submission
- Include copies of signed community notification letters sent by registered or certified mail to local law enforcement, two levels of local officials and the congressional representative, plus documentation of community support
- Include floor plans, site plans, photographs (taken within 120 days of submission) and the signed RRC Contract Facility Certificate of Compliance
- Include a cover sheet naming the place of performance and a contact person authorized to commit the company who will be present for the BOP on-site inspection
- Past performance: five most relevant contracts from the last three years (not BOP RRC contracts), and send client and bank notification letters to your references
- Proposals must stay valid for at least 240 days after the solicitation closes
- Enroll in E-Verify (within 30 days of award if not already enrolled)
You must have
- Open competition: no small business or other set-aside is listed
- A facility located inside the city limits of Victorville, CA that you have the legal right to use and that is properly zoned for a halfway house
demonstrates they have a right to use, signed by both
- Facility must be fully operational within 120 days after award and certified as compliant with safety, zoning, occupancy, Architectural Barriers Act and air exchange rules
facility must be fully operational and ready for performance to begin within 120 days after the date
- Must meet responsibility standards under FAR 9.104-1, including financial capability (financial statements, bank and trade references)
(a) The offeror's compliance with those minimum standards prerequisite to an affirmative determination of
- Must be enrolled in E-Verify, or enroll within 30 days after award
In accordance with FAR 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification, contractors are required
- Must notify local law enforcement, two levels of local officials and the congressional representative of your plan, and submit signed proof
shall be a signed copy of each notification letter sent
- Must submit a completed Environmental Checklist with the proposal
A completed Environmental Checklist must be submitted with all proposals. This
- Staffing plan must meet the BOP statement of work, including key personnel, mandatory training and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) compliance
- Employment Placement Specialist
Current contractor
No incumbent: the notice says this is a new expansion requirement and not a replacement for existing services.
Not in the notice text
- Sections H (special requirements), I (clauses), K (representations) and L (full proposal instructions, including how the email must be sent) are mostly cut off in the text provided
- Wage determination (Service Contract Act pay rates), subcontracting plan, Local Area Concerns form and ATU vendor attestation were not provided
- Large parts of the 24-chapter statement of work (staffing pattern, facility, food service, medical details) were cut off
- No dollar value or price estimate; the bed count (40) and the monthly usage estimate (16 in-house, 8 home confinement) do not match
- Section M says the price evaluation uses a Tier 1 fixed monthly rate, but Section B lists only daily rates for this solicitation
- Whether the 120-day or 240-day facility readiness deadline applies, and when performance would start
- Deadline for questions and the date of the BOP on-site inspection after proposals
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 17, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 17, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 15BRRC26R00000021
- Agency
- Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- Office
- Residential Reentry - Co
- NAICS
- 623990
- Product/service code
- G004
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare
- Place of performance
- Victorville, CA
- Contracting contact
- Pamela Barcelonapbarcelona@bop.gov606-599-4138
What similar contracts paid
79 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code, in the same state, had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 6% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$2.2MMiddle half: $1M to $2.9M
Typical per year$2.7MValue divided by years of performance
Possible incumbent's contract endsSep 2026A similar contract in this state, ending near when this one starts
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
RRC Services and Home Confinement Services Located within the city limits of Victorville, California. Please note this is for a new expansion requirement and not a replacement for existing services.
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