Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 24, 2026·Responses due Sep 23, 2026

Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Services and Home Confinement Services Located within Bakersfield and surrounding areas within Kern county, California

Bureau of Prisons · RESIDENTIAL REENTRY - CO

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
623990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
15BRRC26R00000022
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
G004
Place
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Contact
Pamela Barcelona (pbarcelona@bop.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 15BRRC26R00000022 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 24, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Sep 23, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 20, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026, middle of the range Sep 29, 2026.
Measured from 169 past early notices at Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 24, 2026).
Responses are due Sep 23, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking concerns having the ability for providing Residential Reentry Center (RRC) services (in-house RRC beds) and Home Confinement services (home confinement placements) for male and female Federal offenders held under the authority of United States Statutes located in Bakersfield, CA and the surrounding areas within Kern County, CA. This will be for a new expansion and not a replacement contract for current services. Both the RRC services for in-house RRC beds and the Home Confinement services for Home Confinement placements shall be in accordance with the F… (show all)

ederal Bureau of Prisons Statement of Work entitled, "Residential Reentry Center, March 2022 SOW�. Home Confinement services (for home confinement placements) are specifically defined in chapter 10, Programs, of the aforementioned SOW. Additional requirements for these services are referenced throughout the SOW as well. This will be an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract with firm fixed unit prices for all line items. The RRC In-House requirement will consist of a maximum of 25 beds in which 20 beds will be designated for males and 5 beds designated for females for the One-year Base Period and each of the Four One-year Option Periods The Home Confinement requirement will consist of a maximum of 15 placements to include both males and females for the One-year Base Period and each of the Four One-year Option Periods. The Home Confinement Radius will be within 150 miles of the RRC. It is the intent of the Government to award both line items (RRC in-house beds and home confinement placements) to a single provider, as these services are interconnected and rely upon each other to ensure adequate programming and case management of offenders. The Government reserves the right to potentially make an award which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Government. 15BRRC26R00000022 will be available on or about September 23, 2026, and it will be distributed solely through the Government Point of Entry website at www.sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. Future information about this acquisition will also be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The estimated closing date of 15BRRC26R00000022 will be on or about November 23, 2026. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency. No collect calls will be accepted. No telephone request or written requests for the solicitation will be accepted.

Who won similar work

27 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 623990.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DISMAS CHARITIES INC5$110.2MAug 24, 2026
GEO REENTRY INC3$135.7MMay 13, 2026
KEETON CORRECTIONS INC2$30.2MApr 27, 2026
THE SALVATION ARMY Waco TX 76706 USA2$1.3MJul 29, 2026
CROSSPOINT INC1$41.3MFeb 26, 2025
BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS SOUTHWEST INC1$37.2MFeb 25, 2026
KINTOCK GROUP, INC1$34.4MApr 25, 2025
RENEWAL INC1$27.0MOct 14, 2026
WORKING ALTERNATIVES, INC.1$25.0MNov 15, 2024
Southern Missouri Reentry, LLC1$24.6MNov 13, 2024

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Prisons (BOP) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 1 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

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