Intent to Sole Source-FY25 American Correctional Association for ACC

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: This is a non-personal services contract to provide American Correctional Association (ACA) reaccreditation for Army Corrections Command (ACC) to include facilities at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Joint Base Lewis McCord, Washington; Europe; and Korea. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the services defined in this PWS except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. 1.2.

Background: The ACA has been established and exists for the purpose of improving correctional agencies, institutions, and programs through the process of accreditation. Accreditation is a process administered by an impartial, elected Commission which certifies whether or not an agency, institution or program meets and maintains compliance with ACA Standards in order to be accredited.

The Association has developed the Manual of Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions, Fifth Edition, containing standards approved for the accreditation of such agencies, facilities, and programs. The Commission is in the process of accrediting Adult Correctional Institutions, throughout the United States, and the Agency realizes the benefits accruing from accreditation and wishes to seek accreditation from the Commission. ACC realizes the benefits accruing from accreditation and wishes to seek reaccreditation from the Commission. 1.3.

Objectives: The ACA shall conduct an audit of the ACC HQ and facilities compliance with ACA standards to determine eligibility for reaccreditation; ACA awards accreditation to the ACC HQ and each facility pending the outcome of the audits. 1.4.

Scope: The contractor shall provide a reaccreditation audit in order for the ACC and each facilitiy to maintain their initial accreditations at multiple locations.