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S -- DETENTION SERVICES DUE 093098 POC Peter Reese -- 202-307-9339 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting official via, Pete Reese@usdoj.gov. This is a request for information (RFI) only. This synopsis is for planning purposes only, and it does not constitute a Request for Proposals. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has a potential need for detention spaces for housing federal prisoners in and around the following locations: Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Washington, D.C.; Orlando, FL; Des Moines, IA; Baltimore, MD; Minneapolis, MN; Kansas City MO; Omaha, NE; Saipan, Northern Mariana Island; Oklahoma City, OK; Islip Long Island, NY; McAllen, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, El Paso, San Antonio, and Laredo, TX. The USMS expects that the majority of contracts, where contracts are awarded, will be for between 250 and 1,000 bed spaces with medium/maximum security. The contracts will provide for housing, medical care, transportation, and guard services. The current plan is for the award of a mimimum of 6 jail contracts and possibly 6 medical contracts in fiscal year 1999. The number of contracts may be increased depending upon the information received from this notice. Respondents to this RFI should provide the following information for existing facilities: 1) size of the facility (note awards may be made for facilities which have less than 250 bed spaces), the miles from the locations cited above, security levels, if the facility meets ACA standards, and services provided within the facility. The same information is requested for detention facilities under construction, in the planning stages, or where one might be planned and constructed in response to a USMS requirement. In the case of those under construction or planned, include the date(s) at which it will be operational. If the facility is scheduled to come into operation over a period of time indicate the projected times and different levels of capacity relative to those times. In the case where a faciity mgiht be constructed in response to a USMS requirement assume 400 bed spaces and indicate the amount of time that would be required between the award date and the date or dates that service would be provided. Any proprietary information should be identified as such. The Government will not pay for any costs associated with submissions of responses to this RFI Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238400). (0230)

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