G -- Transitional Drug Abuse and Mental Health Treatment services-Janesville, Wisconsin

Response Date: May 23, 2005 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES This announcement is posted as a request for information only, for an upcoming Request for Quotation (RFQ) that will be posted in FEDBIZOPPS. This request for information is issued to determine whether or not there are qualified sources that will be able to meet the requirements. The RFQ will be for male and female Federal offenders held under the authority of United States Statutes in the Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County) area housed in community corrections center participating in outpatient drug abuse treatment and/or mental abuse treatment services. The requirements are as follow: BASE PERIOD Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Inmates - 25 Intake Assessment (1 per inmate) 2 Individual Counseling (48 units per inmate) 1,200 Group Counseling (72 units per inmate) 1,800 Mental Health Inmates - 2 Intake Assessment and Report (1 per inmate) 2 Medication Monitoring (2 units per inmate) 4 OPTION YEAR ONE Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Inmates - 26 Intake Assessment (1 per inmate) 2 Individual Counseling (48 units per inmate) 1,248 Group Counseling (72 units per inmate) 1,872 Mental Health Inmates - 2 Intake Assessment and Report (1 per inmate) 2 Medication Monitoring (2 units per inmate) 4 OPTION YEAR TWO Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Inmates - 27 Intake Assessment (1 per inmate) 3 Individual Counseling (48 units per inmate) 1,296 Group Counseling (72 units per inmate) 1,944 Mental Health Inmates - 2 Intake Assessment and Report (1 per inmate) 2 Medication Monitoring (2 units per inmate) 4 OPTION YEAR THREE Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Inmates -28 Intake Assessment (1 per inmate) 4 Individual Counseling (48 units per inmate) 1,344 Group Counseling (72 units per inmate) 2,016 Mental Health Inmates - 2 Intake Assessment and Report (1 per inmate) 2 Medication Monitoring (2 units per inmate) 4 OPTION YEAR FOUR Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment Inmates - 29 Intake Assessment (1 per inmate) 5 Individual Counseling (48units per inmate) 1,392 Group Counseling (72 units per inmate) 2,088 Mental Health Inmates - 2 Intake Assessment and Report (1 per inmate) 2 Medication Monitoring (2 units per inmate) 4 The anticipated period of performance is October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2010, if all option years are exercised. If you have an interest in the upcoming solicitation, please provide a written response to the questions below and provide your response to Pamela C. Kelly, Contracting Officer via email at pckelly@bop.gov. You are advised that providing responses to the questions will not automatically include you in the acquisition process for this solicitation. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 1. What experience does your agency have in providing drug abuse/mental treatment to the offender population? 2. What experience does your agency have working with law enforcement agencies, community corrections centers (halfway houses), or work release programs? 2. What are the requirements for an individual to provide outpatient drug abuse/mental treatment in the State of Wisconsin, specifically in Rock County? 3. What are the requirements for a facility to operate an outpatient drug abuse/mental treatment program in the State of Wisconsin, specifically in Rock County? 4. Does your agency use a cognitive-behavioral approach to drug abuse/mental treatment programs? 5. What treatment techniques does your agency employ to target criminality (i.e. changing antisocial behavior and feelings, reducing antisocial peer associations, increasing self -control, etc.)? 6. What assessment tools does your agency use? What does an assessment by your agency include? 7. What type of group therapy does your agency offer? What is your counselor to client ratio for group? What time are your group therapy sessions offered? 8. Are there any public transportation issues that effect clients ability to get to your facility? 9. How does your agency provide referral agents documentation of treatment services rendered? 10. Would your agency have problems obtaining and maintaining qualified staff based on the qualifications outlined in the attached SOW? 11. Are there any state regulations that prohibit disclosure of client 12. Are there any physical space limitations at your facility that would interfere with providing services to groups of twelve clients or more? 13. Does your agency have internet capabilities, a FAX machine and answering services or machines? 14. Do you feel a pre-solicitation conference would provide any assistance in clarifying the requirement for this area? If so, explain how it would be helpful. 15. Are there innovations in the area of drug abuse/mental treatment that the BOP could benefit from and if so what are they?