Artist in Residency Program

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, FMC Carswell Fort Worth, Texas intends to make a single award for the provision of an artist-in-residence program grounded in literacy to be provided on behalf of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center (FMC) located in Fort Worth, Texas. The contractor shall provide, on a nondiscriminatory basis an Artist-in-Residency Program that is grounded in literacy. The contractor will develop lesson objectives, plans, and prepare a viable course curriculum. The contractor will prepare and present art history workshops for the inmate population. The contractor will organize inmate talents found in the general inmate population with a goal of providing basic instruction on 2 dimensional/3 dimensional architectural designs. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the contractor's work time is awarded for personal development to work on his/her own work. The contractor will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the total program. The contractor shall be responsible for performing services on minimum custody/security level male inmates, at FMC Carswell located at - J St Building 3000, Fort Worth, Texas, 76127. The contract period shall consist of the Effective Date of Award (EDOA) through 12 months from the EDOA. The Contractor shall be required to perform an estimated course to 15 inmate students per session, fifteen (15) sessions per week for approximately 48 weeks per year. One session is equal to one hour. The classes will be held up to five days a week Monday thru Friday excluding Federal Holidays. A schedule that is mutually acceptable to the Government and the contractor can be determined after award of the contract. Government obligations will be limited to services received from the contractor. Sessions shall be one (1) hour in length and shall be ordinarily scheduled between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The solicitation will be available on or about January 25, 2016 and will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The site provides downloading instructions. Hard copies of the solicitation will NOT be available. Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must register on the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov. All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date for receipt of quotations is February 12, 2015, 2:00 P.M. CST, however, this is a projected estimate and quoters should refer to the solicitation (1449 -Block #08) for the actual date quotations are due. The North American Industry Classification System code for this solicitation is 611511 with a size standard of $7.5 million. This solicitation will be a total small business set-aside. All responsible small business concerns may submit a quote which will be considered. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations can submit offers/quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. The anticipated date of award is March 1, 2016.