Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
CMCS - Combined Synopsis-Solicitation - FCI Williamsburg
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
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AI summaryThe Federal Bureau of Prisons (Field Acquisition Office) wants one company to provide comprehensive medical services for inmates at FCI Williamsburg and SPC Williamsburg in Salters, South Carolina, under solicitation 15BCMS26R00000019 (CMCS - Combined Synopsis-Solicitation - FCI Williamsburg). The award is a requirements-type contract with a 12-month base year and four 12-month options, and it is not set aside. The response due date is November 10, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. The cover letter says funds are not presently available, and parts of the solicitation (Sections J through M) could not be read. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
The notice looks incomplete: The middle of the main solicitation file was attached but not read (about 408,000 characters left out), including Sections I (clauses), J (attachments list), K (certifications), L (instructions) and M (evaluation). Page limits, proposal format, order of importance of the evaluation factors and past performance rules are likely there. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Field Acquisition Office) wants one company to provide comprehensive medical services for inmates at FCI Williamsburg and SPC Williamsburg in Salters, South Carolina, under solicitation 15BCMS26R00000019 (CMCS - Combined Synopsis-Solicitation - FCI Williamsburg). The award is a requirements-type contract with a 12-month base year and four 12-month options, and it is not set aside. The response due date is November 10, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. The cover letter says funds are not presently available, and parts of the solicitation (Sections J through M) could not be read.
Who can bid (4)
- Open to all businesses (no set-aside), but you must be a responsible entity able to provide the services directly or through a network of providers.
- Firms that hold or take part in a BOP medical claims adjudication contract must show how they will avoid a conflict of interest, or the offer is rejected.
- Complete the Vendor Cybersecurity Attestation Form with supporting documents when you respond.
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- Providers must have a current National Provider Identifier (NPI) number and may not appear on the Health and Human Services excluded individuals list (LEIE).
How to submit: Email to J2gregory@bop.gov and BOP-ADM-FAO-CMS-S@bop.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (12)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Funds are not presently available. No award will be made until funds are available and confirmed in writing, and the Government may cancel the solicitation at any time without paying proposal costs.
- Worth checking: You must build a provider network and pay providers yourself. The prime contractor must pay its hospitals and doctors promptly, and the Bureau will not step into payment disputes with them.
- Worth checking: Organizational conflict of interest. Firms that also hold a BOP medical claims adjudication (claims review) contract must explain how they avoid a conflict, or their offer is rejected.
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- Worth checking: Cybersecurity form due with the offer. The Vendor Cybersecurity Attestation Form and supporting documents must come in with your response, and again each year.
- Worth checking: On-site scheduler at the contractor's cost. The contractor supplies and pays for an on-site scheduler, except the office, phone line and computer, and the scheduler must pass security checks.
- Worth checking: Security screening of staff. Anyone entering the institution is screened, including a drug test, and the institution has final say on who may work there.
- Worth checking: Order volume is not stated. This is a requirements-type contract with unit prices, so how much work you will get depends on inmate needs; no quantity or Government estimate is given in the text read.
- Minor: Response due date extended by Amendment 0002. Amendment 0002 extends the response due date to November 10, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern; SF 33 Block 9 showed October 29, 2026 before the amendment.
- Minor: Partial award possible. The Government may award some line items, withhold others, or award to a firm offering less than the full set of services.
- Minor: Community services start 30 days after award. Full performance of community-based services must begin within 30 calendar days of award or the effective date, whichever is later.
- Minor: Strict claims billing rules. Claims must be filed within 90 calendar days of service and sent electronically in ANSI 837 format; late claims count as a performance deficiency.
- Minor: Quality assurance plan names a different prison. Attachment 11 refers to a performance work statement titled for FCI Schuylkill, not FCI Williamsburg; confirm with the contracting officer that it applies.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- 15BCMS26R00000019-0002 FCI WILLIAMSBURG TIME EXTENSION.pdf (read)
- 15BCMS26R00000019-0001 - FCI WILLIAMSBURG AMENDMENT TO SOLICITATION TO UPDATE ATTACHMENT 2 - PLEASE OPEN FOR DETAILS.pdf (read)
- 15BCMS26R00000019 - FCI Williamsburg Combined Attachments with Cover Letter.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Output 1 (optional): inpatient, outpatient, emergency room and long-term care facility services that meet community standards, with private rooms for non-emergency inpatient stays
- Output 2 (optional): professional services in the community, by telehealth (tele-triage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and specialties such as cardiology, urology and infectious disease), and on-site optometry and physical therapy clinics
- Output 3: send correct invoices and medical claims within 90 calendar days of service, using electronic claims files for the Bureau's claims reviewer, plus a monthly estimate of fiscal year obligations by the 15th of each month
- Output 4: manage medical records, send daily treatment plan reports by 8 AM for inpatients, and send physician reports within ten business days
- Output 5: name a point of contact (POC) with clinical knowledge and supply an on-site scheduler at the contractor's cost
- Offer enhancements that treat inmates inside the secure perimeter, priced inside the line items, and explain the protocol for Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) sexual assault exams
- Support a smooth hand-off to a successor contractor for 60 days after the contract ends
- Contract type
- Indefinite delivery, requirements-type contract with firm-fixed unit prices (FFP: set prices, whatever the work costs); task orders issued by the Bureau
- Period of performance
- 12-month base year plus four 12-month options, plus an extension option of up to 6 months under FAR 52.217-8 (about 5.5 years if all are used)
- Place of performance
- FCI Williamsburg and SPC Williamsburg, Salters, SC (male inmates, Care Level 2); community providers and telehealth are also used
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value is stated in the performance work statement, weighing the diversity of services and price among other criteria. The solicitation's own evaluation section (Section M) was not read.
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to J2gregory@bop.gov and BOP-ADM-FAO-CMS-S@bop.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical (section headings M.01.01 and M.02.01)
- Past Performance (M.01.02 and M.02.02)
- Price (M.01.03 and M.02.03)
What to include when you submit
- Send the offer by email to both addresses on or before the deadline shown in SF 33 Block 9.
- Return the Federal Bureau of Prisons Vendor Cybersecurity Attestation Form (Attachment 7) with supporting documents at the time of your response.
- Price each line item category: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c1, 2c2, 2d1 and 2d2.
- The technical proposal must cover the diversity of services and how close facility and professional providers are to the institution.
- Include a copy of each facility's current Joint Commission accreditation certificate, or papers for another recognized accrediting body.
- Describe the on-site scheduler's duties and work hours, any enhancements offered, and the protocol for PREA sexual assault exams.
- A firm that also holds a BOP medical claims adjudication contract must explain in detail how it will avoid an organizational conflict of interest.
- Fill in SF 33: offer acceptance period (60 calendar days unless you insert another), prompt payment discounts, amendment acknowledgments and signature.
- Past performance and business proposal instructions are in Sections L.03 and L.04, which were not read.
After award, you must have
- Employees and subcontractors who enter the institution must pass the Bureau's background checks, fingerprinting and drug test, and attend orientation. From 15BCMS26R00000019 - FCI Williamsburg Combined Attachments with Cover Letter.pdf:
An individual who does not pass the security clearances will be unable to perform services…
- Insurance: employer's liability of $100,000, general liability of $500,000 per accident, and medical malpractice insurance, certified in writing before work starts. From 15BCMS26R00000019 - FCI Williamsburg Combined Attachments with Cover Letter.pdf:
Comprehensive General Liability: $500,000 per accident or occurrence for bodily injury.
- Send a complete security investigation package for each institution-based provider within 30 calendar days of award. From 15BCMS26R00000019 - FCI Williamsburg Combined Attachments with Cover Letter.pdf:
…days from the date of award or upon the effective date of the performance period, whichever is later. The…
Not in the notice text
- The middle of the main solicitation file was attached but not read (about 408,000 characters left out), including Sections I (clauses), J (attachments list), K (certifications), L (instructions) and M (evaluation). Page limits, proposal format, order of importance of the evaluation factors and past performance rules are likely there.
- The deadline for questions is not stated in the text read.
- Estimated order volume, number of inmates and the Government's estimate are not given.
- Whether the Government plans a site visit is not stated.
- Attachment 7 (Vendor Cybersecurity Attestation Form), Attachment 4 (Medical Care Level Classification), Attachments 5 and 8-A and 8-B are named in the documents, but their full text was not in the part read.
- Medical malpractice insurance amounts are set by FAR Deviation 52.237-7, whose text was not read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the notice text limits who can bid:
- The notice text says this is set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov lists no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which one applies before you bid.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to J2gregory@bop.gov and BOP-ADM-FAO-CMS-S@bop.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 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
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 10, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 29, 2026
- Jul 30, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Oct 29, 2026
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
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 15BCMS26R00000019 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 Williamsburg, located in Salters, South Carolina. 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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