State Licensed and Nationally Accredited Secure Care and Heightened Supervision Facility (HSF) Beds for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau (UACB)

This posting serves as a pre-solicitation notice issued in accordance with RFO FAR 5.101, Presolicitation Notice, under the Department of Health and Human Services' class deviation implementing the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), and also provides industry the opportunity to review and submit feedback on the attached Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) prior to issuance of the final solicitation. Background and Summary of Services ORR requires contractor-operated Secure Care and HSF residential placements for Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) ages 13–17 who meet the respective placement criteria for each level of care. UAC are referred to ORR after apprehension by the Department of Homeland Security, and ORR places each child in the least restrictive setting appropriate to their individual needs, considering factors such as danger to self or others, flight risk, and criminal history. HSF placements serve UAC who require increased supervision but not full secure-facility confinement — typically children who have been disruptive in shelter settings, show behavioral patterns requiring closer oversight, or have a non-violent criminal or delinquent history. Secure Care placements serve UAC who pose a danger to themselves or others, or who have been charged with or convicted of a criminal offense. The Contractor shall operate state-licensed, nationally accredited (or accreditation-pending) Secure Care and HSF programs within the contiguous United States, providing humane, secure residential care and comprehensive, trauma-informed services — including healthcare, behavioral and mental health services, education, case management, counseling, recreation, nutrition, transportation, religious access, acculturation services, discharge planning, and support for transfer or safe release — in compliance with 45 CFR Part 410 and applicable federal, state, and local requirements. The Contractor shall provide qualified, cleared, and trained multilingual staff capable of managing comp