MODIFICATION
G -- Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Services and Home Detention Services Within the City Limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 623990
— Other Residential Care Facilities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Acquisitions Branch, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20534
- ZIP Code
- 20534
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-200-1177-NE
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2013
- Point of Contact
- Kevin J. Hoff, Phone: (202) 307-3070, Andrea R Gentile, Phone: 202-307-3070
- E-Mail Address
-
khoff@bop.gov, agentile@bop.gov
(khoff@bop.gov, agentile@bop.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Response Date: April 2, 2012 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES This announcement is posted as a Request For Information (RFI) only for an intended upcoming solicitation that will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. This RFI is being issued to determine whether or not there are qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirements of this intended upcoming solicitation. This upcoming solicitation will be for both Residential Reentry Center (RRC) services and Home Detention Services Within the City Limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for male and female offenders held under the authority of various United States statutes. The RRC requirement will be for: a guaranteed minimum of seventy (70) in-house beds (sixty [60] in-house male beds and ten [10] in-house female beds) and an estimated maximum of one hundred and thirty (130) in-house beds (one hundred and ten [110] in-house male beds and twenty [20] in-house female beds) for the one-year Base Period; and for a guaranteed minimum of seventy (70) in-house beds (sixty [60] in-house male beds and ten [10] in-house female beds) and an estimated maximum of one hundred and thirty (130) in-house beds (one hundred and ten [110] in-house male beds and twenty [20] in-house female beds) for each of the four one-year option periods thereafter, if any options are exercised. The Home Detention requirement will be for: a guaranteed minimum of twenty (20) placements onto home detention and an estimated maximum of forty-five (45) placements onto home detention for the one-year Base Period; and for a guaranteed minimum of twenty (20) placements onto home detention and an estimated maximum of forty-five (45) placements onto home detention for each of the four one-year option periods thereafter, if any options are exercised. Please note that for the Home Detention requirement, the guaranteed minimum and the estimated maximum can be made up of either males or females. The anticipated period of performance is March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2018, if all option years are exercised. The questions below pertain to the services that will be sought under the intended upcoming solicitation. If you have an interest in the upcoming solicitation, please provide a written response to all questions below (for both RRC services and Home Detention services) and send your response to Kevin Hoff, Contract Specialist, via email at khoff@bop.gov. You are advised that providing responses to these questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for this solicitation. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RRC Services: 1. Are you familiar with and does your company qualify for any of the programs identified under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19? If yes, please explain. For example, what is the size (small, large, non-profit, etc.) and status (8a, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, Small Disadvantaged Business, woman-owned, etc.) of your organization? 2. What experience do you have in providing residential reentry services? 3. Are there any other residential reentry center facilities in the area? 4. Are there any state or local ordinances/restrictions that would prohibit or that would considerably slow down the procurement process for RRC services(i.e., building permits or leasing/rental agreements)? 5. Are there any known local area concerns in relation to providing RRC services? Do you think the area would be supportive of a BOP RRC program? Are there any known groups or organizations that would oppose the operation of a residential (halfway) house in this area? 6. Are there environmental issues/concerns in the area that would impact the operation of an RRC? 7. Are there HUBZone locations in the area? 8. Do you feel that it would be difficult to find a suitable location for an RRC in this area? If so, explain in detail why it would be difficult and provide supporting documentation. 9. What percentage of the work would you do with your firm's employees and what percentage of the work would you subcontract in providing RRC services? If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you anticipate any difficulties in subcontracting with 8(a), small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled, or women-owned small business concerns? 10. Are there any zoning issues that prohibit or would slow down the procurement process for RRC services? 11. Is local or public transportation available in this area? If not, is there an alternative method of transportation for inmates to get to and from work or get to and from their programming appointments? 12. Is the location conducive of the BOP RRC requirement for inmates to find jobs within twenty-one (21) days of placement? 13. Are there innovations in providing RRC services that the BOP could benefit from and if so what are they? 14. Are there unique laws or regulations applicable to RRC services? Home Detention Services: 1. Are you currently providing home detention services to a correctional entity? In what capacity? 2. What experience do you have in providing home detention services for offenders housed in the community (at federal, state, or local levels)? 3. Are there any providers offering home detention monitoring for offenders in your geographic area? 4. Are you aware of any state of local ordinances/restrictions that would prohibit or that would considerably slow down the procurement process for home detention services for this requirement? 5. Compliance with the conditions of home detention may be monitored by any of the following: telephone; in-house person contacts; or electronic monitoring methods, to include GPS monitoring equipment? 6. Are you familiar with the various types of electronic monitoring modalities (including GPS monitoring devices) and do you have experience in their use and operational standards? 7. Are there any unique laws or regulations applicable to home detention services in the area identified for this requirement? If so, what are they 8. (If applicable) What percentage of the work would you perform with your firm's employees, and what percentage would you be interested in subcontracting, in providing home detention services? If subcontracting opportunities are available, do you anticipate any difficulties or complications in relation to the provision of these services?
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/BPR/PPB/RFI-200-1177-NE/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Record
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