15B11825Q00000005 PreSolicitation Cover letter GENERAL ITEMS 3rd QTR FY 25
Bureau of Prisons · USP BIG SANDY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 15B11825Q00000005 in this department, oldest first.
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
15B11825Q00000005 PreSolicitation Cover letter GENERAL ITEMS 3rd QTR FY 25 The Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States Penitentiary Big Sandy located in Inez, Kentucky, is issuing this pre solicitation notice for the requirements of: 15B11825Q00000005 QUARTERLY SUBSISTENCE (GENERAL ITEMS). Solicitation Date: March 10, 2025 to March 21, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. site local time (EST) Anticipated Award Date: March 24, 2025 through March 27, 2025 Government Point of Entry: https://sam.gov/ Set-Aside: 100% Small Business Primary NAICS: 311999 Delivery location: United States Penitentiary Big Sandy, 1197… (show all)
Airport Road, Inez, KY 41224 Best Value Determination: Evaluation of Price, Technically Acceptable, and Past Performance Site Point of Contact email: BSY-Contracting-S@bop.gov
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USP BIG SANDY), same product/service code (PSC) 8945 and NAICS 311999.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $371K to $485K, median $400K; range $338K to $502K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIOUS Inez KY 41224 USA | 1 | $502K | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Various: See Attached Inez KY 41224 USA | 1 | $485K | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Various-See attached Inez KY USA | 1 | $400K | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Varies Vendors- See Attached Inez KY 41224 USA | 1 | $371K | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Various Vendors, See Attached Inez KY 41224 USA | 1 | $338K | Dec 31, 2025 |
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.
- Sep 21, 2026VARIOUS Inez KY 41224 USA$502K15B11826Q00000010 SUBSISTENCE (GENERAL ITEMS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 19, 2026Varies Vendors- See Attached Inez KY 41224 USA$371K15B11826Q000000003 3RD QTR FY 26 FOOD SERVICE General Items Award noticeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 31, 2025Various Vendors, See Attached Inez KY 41224 USA$338K15B11826Q000000001 2ND QTR FY 26 FOOD SERVICE General Items Award Notice - BSYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 15, 2025Various: See Attached Inez KY 41224 USA$485KUSP Big Sandy 1ST QYR FY 26 FOOD SERVICE General Subsistence Items Award Notice MemoNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 20, 2024Various-See attached Inez KY USA$400K15B11825Q00000003 Award letter GENERAL ITEMS 2nd QTR FY 25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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.