Life Connections Program (LCP) Instructor

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, Grand Prairie, TX, intends to issue solicitation 15B41721Q00000009 for the provision of LCP Instructor Services. The contractor will provide the LCP Instructor Services in the Education Department at FCI Milan, Michigan located at 4004 East Arkona Rd., Milan, Michigan 48160. The contract type is an indefinite delivery/requirements contract with firm-fixed unit price. The award will be made to the responsible vendor based on price and past performance. The award will be for a Base Year and four 12-month option years along with a 6 month option period. A session is defined as one hour. The contractor will provide a total of four (4) instructors (one will teach both the speech and small business classes). The instructors will provide an average of 6 sessions each week to coincide with the core curriculum topics of the residential Life Connections Program. Work hours will normally be between the hours of 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Monday thru Friday excluding Federal Holidays. The schedule may include evening hours based on program needs. The breakdown of hours will be determined locally. Ordinarily, classes will be limited to 17 inmates each. There will be a total of 5 classes that will be conducted twice per year. Each class has a different number of sessions, but the total amount of sessions for all classes will be approximately 284 per year. The classes may include, but are not limited to, Managing Emotions, Interpersonal Skills, Job Skills, Creative Writing, as well as other therapeutic classes such as Art, Crafts, Drama, etc. The Chaplin will give more details on classes upon award. More details are within the solicitation. The solicitation will be available on or about July 20, 2021 and will be distributed solely through SAM's website (www.SAM.gov). All future information concerning this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure you have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The website provides all downloading instructions to obtain a copy of the solicitation. The anticipated date for receipt of quotes is on or about August 10, 2021. No collect calls will be accepted. No telephone request or written requests for the market survey will be accepted. All responses to the Market Survey Questionnaire must be submitted via email to contact@example.gov. If you have any questions, please send all correspondence to the aforementioned email. Insert the clause FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance, in solicitations that contain the provision at 52.204-7, and resulting contracts. This clause requires all contractors doing business with the federal government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database at www.sam.gov. Contractors should include their Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number in their offers. The Contracting Officer will verify registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award by entering the potential awardees DUNS number into the SAM database. The acquisition is unrestricted. The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code is 611210 with a small business size standard of $22 million.