BOP Plans Bakersfield Reentry Expansion
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is preparing a new residential reentry and home-confinement procurement in Bakersfield and surrounding Kern County, with the formal solicitation expected on or about September 23.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is preparing to expand contracted community-reentry capacity in California through a new Residential Reentry Center and Home Confinement procurement centered on Bakersfield and surrounding areas of Kern County.
BOP posted the presolicitation notice for 15BRRC26R00000022 on August 24, 2026. The acquisition is identified as a new expansion and contemplates an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed unit prices. The procurement is classified under NAICS 623990 — Other Residential Care Facilities and PSC G004 — Social-Social Rehabilitation.
The anticipated contract structure includes a one-year base period and four one-year option periods, creating the possibility of a five-year service relationship if all options are exercised.
Up to 25 residential beds and 15 home-confinement placements
The residential component calls for a maximum of 25 RRC beds. BOP specifies 20 beds for male federal offenders and five beds for female federal offenders during the base period and each option period.
The Home Confinement component calls for a maximum of 15 placements serving both male and female federal offenders. The notice establishes a Home Confinement service radius of up to 150 miles from the RRC.
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| Requirement | Planned scope |
|---|---|
| RRC capacity | Up to 25 beds |
| Male RRC beds | 20 |
| Female RRC beds | 5 |
| Home Confinement | Up to 15 placements |
| Home Confinement radius | Within 150 miles of the RRC |
| Contract structure | 1-year base + four 1-year options |
| NAICS | 623990 · Other Residential Care Facilities |
| PSC | G004 · Social-Social Rehabilitation |
BOP wants the residential and home-confinement services coordinated
BOP states that it intends to award the RRC and Home Confinement line items to a single provider because the services are interconnected and rely on coordinated programming and case management. The notice also preserves the Government's discretion to make an award it determines to be in its best interest.
The requirement covers male and female federal offenders held under federal authority. Services are expected to follow BOP's Residential Reentry Center, March 2022 Statement of Work, including the Statement of Work's Home Confinement requirements.
The procurement therefore reaches beyond the operation of residential beds. The selected contractor would participate in the broader transition between institutional custody, structured community placement and home confinement.
The formal solicitation is expected September 23
The current federal notice is the advance procurement stage. BOP says solicitation 15BRRC26R00000022 is expected to become available on or about September 23, 2026 through SAM.gov.
The September 23 date should not be confused with the anticipated final proposal deadline. SAM.gov currently displays September 23 as the response date associated with the presolicitation record, while BOP states that the estimated closing date for the forthcoming solicitation is on or about November 23, 2026.
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| Milestone | Date / status |
|---|---|
| Presolicitation posted | August 24, 2026 |
| Current notice response date | September 23, 2026 · 2:00 p.m. ET |
| Formal solicitation anticipated | On or about September 23, 2026 |
| Estimated solicitation closing | On or about November 23, 2026 |
The September and November dates are estimates stated in the presolicitation notice and may change when BOP publishes the formal solicitation or subsequent amendments.
The procurement adds another federal reentry-market signal
The Bakersfield notice is significant because it represents prospective new BOP community-placement capacity rather than a routine extension of an identified incumbent contract.
Residential Reentry Centers support the transition of federal offenders from institutional custody into the community. Home Confinement provides a nonresidential community placement in which an individual remains in BOP custody while residing outside an RRC and remains subject to applicable accountability and monitoring requirements.
By combining the two components, the procurement creates a service requirement spanning residential placement, case-management continuity and the transition into home-based community supervision.
The current notice does not establish a vendor relationship. No contractor has been selected, and the formal competition has not yet been published. OACRA will therefore track the procurement through the solicitation, amendment, closing and award stages before treating any future contractor relationship as established government implementation evidence.
What providers should watch next
The principal next checkpoint is publication of the formal solicitation on or about September 23. That document is expected to establish the controlling proposal instructions, evaluation requirements, final performance terms and submission deadline.
BOP states that future information about the acquisition will be distributed through SAM.gov and places responsibility on interested parties to monitor the federal procurement record for updates.
Potential providers should therefore rely on the formal solicitation and any later amendments rather than treating the presolicitation notice as the final statement of procurement requirements.
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Institutional Sponsorship →Editorial note: OACRA News & Policy Review is published by OACRA LLC, an independent private organization. OACRA is not a government agency and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the U.S. Department of Justice. Procurement scope, capacity, classifications, dates and status in this article are based on the official federal procurement record for 15BRRC26R00000022 and its posted acquisition materials reviewed August 25, 2026. Dates identified by BOP as anticipated or estimated may change. Interested firms should rely on SAM.gov, the formal solicitation and subsequent amendments for controlling procurement requirements.
