Request for Information - DC Correctional Treatment Facility Annex Project

The District of Columbia (“District” or “DC”) Department of General Services (the “Department” or “DGS”), on behalf of the Department of Corrections (“DOC”), as its implementing agency, is issuing this Request for Information (“RFI”) as the first step in developing a process to guide the solicitation of design-build (“DB”), design-build-finance-maintain (“DBFM”) or other alternative proposals from respondents (“Respondent(s)”) interested in serving as the developer (“Developer”) or design-builder (“Design-Builder”) for a new and upgraded, $1.2-$1.5B facility located at 1901 E Street SE, Washington, DC 20003, comprising of:

1. A new Annex to be connected to the existing DC Correctional Treatment Facility (“CTFA” or “Annex”);

2. Renovation of select areas of the existing CTF (“CTF” or “Renovated CTF”);

3. Extension of Massachusetts Avenue SE to the proposed DOC property line;

4. Demolition, design and modification of select areas of the existing Central Detention Facility (“CDF”) located at 1901 D Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 for temporary use until completion of the Project and decommissioning can occur, (items i – iv being the “Project”); and 

5. Exploration of options for long-term preventative and lifecycle maintenance for the Project.

Project Details

• Reference ID: DCAM-26-CS-RFI-0001
• Department: Contracts and Procurement
• Department Head: Eric Njonjo (Deputy Chief Procurement Officer)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-06-05T20:00:00.000Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-05-28T14:00:00.000Z — https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/252722789520265?p=jwKxVRS7j4AbHoGr0J

Evaluation Criteria

• Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal —

  The Department of General Services (DGS), DC is accepting electronic bid submissions. Bidders shall create a FREE account with OpenGov Procurement by signing up at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup. Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Submit Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic bid.

• Project Details —

  Refer to the Attachments section to download project documents.

Submission Requirements

• Vendor's Response Upload (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here (excluding pricing).

• Vendor's Pricing Upload (required)
• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?