Solicitation
Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Services and Home Confinement Services Located within Bakersfield and surrounding areas within Kern county, California
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sol. 15BRRC26R00000022
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons wants one contractor to run a new halfway house (Residential Reentry Center) inside the city limits of Bakersfield, California, plus a home confinement program for federal offenders within 150 miles of it. It is a new expansion requirement, not a replacement for existing services. The contract is a one-year base period with four one-year options, and offers are due November 23, 2026.
Watch out for
- Need a site and local zoning before you can bid. You must already control a facility inside Bakersfield (lease, deed or option) and show zoning for a halfway house, which is hard and costly for a business without existing property.
use shall be submitted at the time of initial proposal
- Community opposition risk and heavy outreach. You must notify police, local officials and the congressional representative by certified mail and document community support, and halfway houses often draw neighborhood opposition.
- Past performance counts most, and BOP contracts do not count. Past performance is the top factor and you must list five relevant non-BOP contracts from the last three years, so new entrants are at a disadvantage.
Offerors should not submit Bureau contracts for RRC
- No guaranteed revenue beyond a small minimum. The guaranteed minimum is about 10 in-house residents and 6 home confinement placements at a time, and the government says estimates are not a revenue guarantee, so you carry the cost of 25 beds.
not constitute a Bureau of Prisons usage guarantee or a guarantee of revenue to the offeror.
- Funds not yet available. No award will be made until funding is confirmed, and the government can cancel without paying any proposal costs.
Funds are not presently available for this solicitation.
- Conflicting facility-ready deadline (120 vs 240 days). The contract and compliance matrix say 120 days after award, but the evaluation section says 240 days; ask the Contracting Officer which applies and plan for 120.
ensuring operational availability within 240 days after contract award; and (4) the offeror's ability to meet the requirements
- Payment can be withheld for performance problems. BOP can hold back a share of each monthly invoice (up to 30% for safety and security issues, and more in egregious cases), which can strain cash flow.
withhold up to 25% of the Contractor’s payment for that month.
- Unlimited liability and indemnification. The contractor must indemnify the government and its liability is not capped by insurance limits, so you need strong insurance and risk controls.
The contractor’s liability will not be limited by any
- On-site inspection after proposals. BOP will inspect your proposed facility, so the site must be nearly ready and a decision-maker must be available.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons representatives will conduct an on-site inspection of your facility
- Smartphone and GPS option decided at award. BOP may require you to supply GPS-tracked, biometric smartphones to residents, which adds equipment and monitoring cost you cannot price with certainty.
smartphones to residents, which have GPS tracking and utilize biometrics (option to be exercised at time of award).
- Award possible without discussions. The first offer may be the only one considered, so it must be complete and priced as your best and final.
The Government reserves the right to award the contract without discussions.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 4 not read in full.
- 04 15BRRC26R00000022 Statement of Work - 2022.pdf
- 01 15BRRC26R00000022 Solicitation Cover Letter.pdf
- 02 15BRRC26R00000022 Solicitation Cover Sheet.pdf
- 03 15BRRC26R00000022 Solicitation Document.pdf
- 05 15BRRC26R00000022 Performance Summary Table.pdf
- 06 15BRRC26R00000022 Environmental Checklist.pdf
- 07 15BRRC26R00000022 Sample Community Notification Letter.pdf
- 08 15BRRC26R00000022 Sample Client Notification Letter.pdf
- 09 15BRRC26R00000022 Sample Bank Notification Letter.pdf
- 10 15BRRC26R00000022 Service Contract Business Mgt Questionnaire 06-2026.pdf
- 11 15BRRC26R00000022 Compliance Matrix- June 2026.pdf
- 12 15BRRC26R00000022 RRC Cert of Compliance.pdf
- 13 15BRRC26R00000022 Local Area Concerns.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 15 15BRRC26R00000022 Subcontracting Plan 07-2026.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 16 15BRRC26R00000022 FBOP ATU Vendor Attestation.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 14 15BRRC26R00000022 Wage Determination (Revised).pdf: over the file limit for one brief
Full brief
What they want
- Operate an in-house Residential Reentry Center in Bakersfield with 25 beds (20 male, 5 female) for federal offenders
- Provide home confinement services for offenders within 150 miles of the center (estimated maximum 15 placements)
- Have the facility fully operational and ready within 120 days after contract award
- Run accountability, security, drug testing, case management, employment and reentry programs under the BOP Statement of Work
- Provide food service and medical access for residents under the Statement of Work
- Staff the center with a Facility Director, Case Manager and Employment Placement Specialist (named key personnel)
- Use smartphones for resident accountability as outlined in the Statement of Work; the government may require GPS and biometric phones
- Build community support, including a Community Relations Board
- Contract type
- Indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) with firm-fixed unit prices (per-day rates), ordered by task orders; bid as a negotiated RFP
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 one-year option years, plus an optional extension of up to 6 months under FAR 52.217-8
- Place of performance
- In-house services within the city limits of Bakersfield, CA; home confinement within 150 miles of the facility
- How they'll choose
- Best value (price and other factors considered). Past Performance and Technical/Management combined are significantly more important than Price; Past Performance is more important than Technical/Management. Award may be made without discussions.
- Offers due
- 2026-11-23, 2:00 PM Eastern (14:00 ET)
- How to submit
- Email to the Contracting Officer, Pamela Barcelona (pbarcelona@bop.gov); the Section L instructions that give full details were not fully visible in the text provided
- Page limits
- Past Performance volume: not to exceed 15 pages total (3 pages per contract, 5 contracts). Plans: Community Relations 2 pages, Offender Accountability and Security 5, Home Confinement Accountability 3, Offender Reentry Program 7, Home Confinement Program 3, Food Service 2, 120-day availability plan 3, Personnel Resources Plan 3
What they'll judge offers on
- Past Performance (in-house RRC accountability, programs, community relations, personnel, communications and responsiveness; home confinement accountability and programming)
- Technical/Management: Site Location (site validity and suitability, community relations program)
- Technical/Management: Accountability and Security (including smartphone policies)
- Technical/Management: Programs
- Technical/Management: Facility
- Technical/Management: Personnel
- Technical/Management: Home Confinement (accountability and programming)
- Price (reasonableness; becomes more important as non-price ratings get closer)
- Proposal risk assessment (considered in best-value decision)
What to include when you submit
- Send three PDF volumes: Volume I Technical/Management, Volume II Business Proposal, Volume III Past Performance
- 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 applicable Section J attachments
- Include the signed Environmental Checklist, the Service Contract Business Management Questionnaire and the RRC Contract Facility Certificate of Compliance
- Include proof of right to use the site and zoning approval, floor plans, site plans and recent photographs of the facility
- Include a separate cover sheet naming the place of performance and a contact person authorized to obligate the offeror who will be present at the on-site inspection
- Send community notification letters (certified or registered mail) to local law enforcement, two levels of local officials and the congressional representative, and include copies
- Include documentation of community support dated after the pre-solicitation notice, plus any known opposition and a plan to address it
- Send client notification letters to past performance references and bank notification letters to bank references
- Prepare the offer as your final proposal; proposals stay valid for at least 240 days after the solicitation closes
- Send questions to the Contracting Officer using the email and phone in Block 10 of the Standard Form 33
You must have
- No set-aside: open to all businesses
- A real, usable facility inside the Bakersfield city limits, with signed proof of right to use (deed, lease, option to lease or buy, or contingency lease/deed) submitted with the proposal and zoning approval for a halfway house (due within 90 days after proposal if not included)
use shall be submitted at the time of initial proposal
- Facility fully operational and ready within 120 days after contract award
a. The Contractor's facility must be fully operational and ready for performance to begin within 120 days after the date
- Enrollment in E-Verify within 30 days of award if not already enrolled
contractors are required
- Completed Environmental Checklist submitted with the proposal; new construction or major renovation may trigger extra environmental review
Submissions of the completed checklist is mandatory.
- Financial capability shown through recent financial statements and bank references
most recent Financial Statements (audited, reviewed, or
- Key personnel: Facility Director, Case Manager and Employment Placement Specialist; plan must show Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) compliance
- Facility Director
- Prior notification of local law enforcement, two levels of local government officials and the congressional representative about the proposed center
Current contractor
No named incumbent. The notice says this is a new expansion requirement, not a replacement for existing services.
Not in the notice text
- Full text of Section L (instructions to offerors) and Sections H, I and K: much of the middle of the solicitation document was left out of the text provided
- Section B tier structure and the wage rates: the Service Contract Act wage determination was not provided
- Subcontracting plan requirements, the ATU vendor attestation and the Local Area Concerns form were not provided
- Total contract value or budget: none is stated
- Details of the middle chapters of the Statement of Work (personnel, facility, programs, food, medical) were partly left out of the text provided
- Whether the 120-day or 240-day facility readiness deadline applies
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 23, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 15BRRC26R00000022
- 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
- Bakersfield, CA
- Contracting contact
- Pamela Barcelonapbarcelona@bop.gov6065994138
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
Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Services and Home Confinement Services Located within Bakersfield and surrounding areas within Kern county, California. Please note this is for a new expansion requirement and not a replacement for existing services.
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