Intent to Sole Source - Educational Textbooks and Materials - FCC Yazoo City
Bureau of Prisons · FCC YAZOO CITY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 15B31526PR000277 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 31, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- 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
Description: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Yazoo City, Mississippi intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Paxen Publishing, located at 2194 Highway A1A, Suite 208, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937. 1. Scope of Requirement This acquisition is for proprietary inmate literacy, basic educational training, and adult secondary education curriculum systems. The requested products will serve the complex's centralized Education Department and consist of the following authorized items: TABE Tutor 11/12 Test Prepar… (show all)
ation Modules (Student & Teacher Layouts) Steck-Vaughn Fundamental Skills Instructional Bundles Steck-Vaughn PreGED Test Preparation Sets Steck-Vaughn GED Test Preparation Materials (English and Spanish print editions, plus matching digital seat licensing formats) Complementary initial in-service instructional implementation services 2. Regulatory Rationale The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), implemented via FAR 6.302-1 ("Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements"). Paxen Publishing has certified that it functions as the exclusive publisher, trademark holder, and distribution point for these specific product families. No external commercial brokers, school supply entities, or secondary instructional warehouses hold wholesale rights or valid distribution agreements for these resources. Using alternative curriculum layouts would force a complete restructuring of the facility�s baseline testing tracking framework and cause unacceptable operational delays in inmate academic processing. 3. Submission of Capabilities Statements This publication does not constitute a formal Request for Quotation (RFQ) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). No solicitation package will be posted openly. However, interested parties who believe they can legally provide these exact items may submit a detailed capability statement, technical data sheets, and official documentation proving authorized distribution rights. All capability materials must be submitted electronically via email to C. Tate, Supervisory Contract Specialist, at c3tate@bop.gov no later than August 15, 2026, by 8:00 AM CST. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.
Who won similar work
1320 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Bureau of Prisons), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (1318): middle half $25K to $219K, median $66K; range $300 to $179.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAVER FOODS LLC | 56 | $4.3M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| North Star Imports, LLC | 35 | $2.1M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Multiple Berlin NH 03570 USA | 34 | $2.5M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| L.A. FOODS, LLC | 33 | $1.2M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| JNS FOODS LLC | 33 | $1.0M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| PUEBLO TRADING CO INC | 27 | $1.1M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC | 27 | $495K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Matts Trading Inc | 26 | $1.1M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| MULTIPLE VENDORS Bruceton Mills WV 26525 USA | 25 | $7.5M | Sep 18, 2026 |
| VARIOUS Lisbon OH 44432 USA | 25 | $3.4M | Jul 7, 2026 |
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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 19, 2026CITY OF FAITH PRISON MINISTRIES$13.8MRRC Services and Home Confinement Services Located in the Middle Judicial District of LouisianaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026FOUR TRIBES CIVIL CONSTRUCTION LLC$30.5MFreezer/Cooler Western RegionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 2026NORTHWEST REGIONAL RE-ENTRY CENTER (NWRRC) Portland OR 97218 USA$45.9MAward Notice: Residential Reentry Services Located within the city limits of Portland, Oregon. Home Confinement within Radius 200 Miles of the FacilityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 16, 2026THE SALVATION ARMY Chattanooga TN 37403 USA$29.5MAward Notice: Residential Reentry Services Located within the city limits of Chattanooga, TN. Home Confinement within Radius 150 Miles of the FacilityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026UNITED DAIRY INC$14KDAIRY 1ST QTR FY27No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026North Star Imports, LLC$33KFCI Berlin FY27 1ST QTR BeefNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026Multiple Berlin NH 03570 USA$53KFCI Berlin FY27 1ST QTR MeatsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026Regional Produce Distributors, Limited$310KFCC COLEMAN FY-2027 NOVEMBER PRODUCENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026Multiple Berlin NH 03570 USA$8KFCI Berlin FY27 1ST QTR KosherNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026THE SMOOTH SAILING GROUP LLC$22KFOOD 1ST QTR FY27No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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
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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.