SOURCES SOUGHT
G -- Religious Services
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 813110
— Religious Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, ICE-OAQ-DM, 801 I Street, NW, Suite 910, Washington, District of Columbia, 20536, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20536
- Solicitation Number
- HSCEDM-14-R-00001
- Point of Contact
- Roberta O. Onuma, Phone: 2027327021, Tara K. Murphy, Phone: 202-732-2387
- E-Mail Address
-
Roberta.O.Onuma@ice.dhs.gov, Tara.Murphy@ice.dhs.gov
(Roberta.O.Onuma@ice.dhs.gov, Tara.Murphy@ice.dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is responsible for the detention, health, welfare, transportation, and deportation of detainees in removal proceedings, and those subject to final order of removal from the United States. ICE requires a contractor to provide religious services in accordance with the 2011 ICE Performance Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) at six (6) ICE Service Processing Centers located in Florida, Texas (2), New York, California, and Arizona. The Contractor shall lead and coordinate community volunteers who will provide various worship services and religious instruction classes for detainees for all of the different faith traditions at each facility. The number of services and instruction opportunities each week will vary based on the religions requests of the detainee population. Secondary responsibilities, shall include but are not limited to providing pastoral care to detainees on a case-by-case basis to detainees, approving detainee requests for religious meals provided by a third party, and making recommendations to ICE on what religious property and materials should be allowed in each facility in accordance with PBNDS. All duties shall be in accordance with PBNDS Section 5.5 and all Contractor(s) shall abide by the applicable Department of Labor Service Contract Act (SCA) Wage Determinations. It is the policy of DHS to extend to all detainees the greatest amount freedom and opportunity for pursuing individual religious beliefs and practices consistent with the security and good order of the each facility. All interested Contractors shall forward their capabilities statements via email to Roberta O. Onuma at Roberta.O.Onuma@ice.dhs.gov by 12:00 pm (noon) EST Tuesday July 31,, 2013. A formal RFP outlining all requirements may be posted under this solicitation number via FedBizOpps.gov at a future date.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/INS/ICE-OAQ-DM/HSCEDM-14-R-00001/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Florida, Texas, New York, California, and Arizona, United States
- Record
- SN03117526-W 20130718/130716235051-a0bfcaa90b5a764089b00dbf78b4536b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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